Posted by pellmell on July 24, 2001, at 13:44:10
In reply to Alcohol and Anti-Depressants, posted by KARAsweet on July 24, 2001, at 11:35:47
> I know it's not good to mix, but what kinds of experiences have any of you had when drinking and being on an SSRI?
>
> Depressants + Anti-Depressants = don't mix..
>
> but I do like to have the occasional drink, unfortunately.In my experience:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Prozac, Zoloft, Serzone, Effexor - no problems.
I know for sure that (at least in preclinical blah blah) Effexor and ethanol leave each other alone when they're sharing your brain.Wellbutrin - I got drunk after imbibing much less C2H5OH than it took to get me there before. And it was an unpleasant, bloated queasy-drunk. Bleh. Smoking (cigarettes) isn't much fun on this stuff, either.
Remeron - Yowch. Like Wellbutrin, only much, much worse. I'd get very, very dizzy. I think it's Remeron's H1 blocking action that magnifies the effects of alcohol. One night, after an excessive but not unreasonable number of drinks, I took a dose and within fifteen minutes was hanging over a trash can.
Lithium (+Zoloft) - Hehehe. This was fun to drink on. I was a cheap date, and without the bloating and queasiness that Wellbutrin and Remeron caused.
Of course, YMMV. Drink carefully (and don't spill ;)), even though the "don't drink" label your pharmacy puts on your prescription bottle is probably just an extra cautious precaution.
-pm
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