Posted by jojo on July 24, 2001, at 14:13:27
In reply to Re: Alcohol and Anti-Depressants, posted by pellmell on July 24, 2001, at 13:44:10
> > 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.
>
> -pmI got a prescription for Ambien (As far as I know, used exclusively for induction of sleep), and the pharmacist put a label on it that said (Caution: May cause drowsiness). I said to him, "Does that mean that it may NOT cause drowsiness?). He didn't mind. He just smiled.
What song are those last two sentences from? Anyone know? Could it be American Pie?
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