Posted by rina on January 30, 2007, at 13:55:05
In reply to Re: Drinking Alcohol on Lexapro - WHY NOT ?, posted by shadowplayers721 on January 30, 2007, at 10:40:25
> Alcohol and ssri's work on the central nervous system. They put that warning on there, because it is risky (potentially deadly).
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> I had a person give me a drink. I thought it was vodka. It wasn't. It was 180 proof. I nearly died from it and I wasn't taking meds then. Just think what would have happened if I was taking meds - ssri's or benzo's, etc.
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> There are so many scenarios that affect alcohol in your system- the potency, how much you ate, how slow you drink it, how much you drink, you weight, etc. Alcohol is considered another drug, so they don't advocate doing your own chemistry test on yourself by mixing the two. But, I have to say - showing up in the ER from drinking on meds with "No Alcohol" labels on them is really frowned on by the staff trying to save your life.Just to piggyback on what was just said. Alcohol and Effexor almost cost me my life. I drank with the meds and ended up in the emergency room for 4 days, then had to be checked in the psych ward for three days because I tried to kill myself and I never had those thoughts before that experience.
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