DRINKING alcohol and taking meds........... - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

craziunique · 01-20-2008, 08:01 PM

This past week( Thursday ) my pdoc just put me on SEROQUEL ( which I have noticed on this board a lot of you have questions about this med - so do I!!!!)

Well, it states no alcohol - period. I have done that. I'm also on Prozac, Tompac and Klonopin cocktail. But I'm guilty of drinking on those meds before - but not everyday. Weekends usually.

Now, I made a promise to myself NOT to drink! But I'm being asked all sorts of questions. Why are you drinking water? What is that in your hand? ( meaning water) if I'm at a bar. This past weekend was my first go ahead at it. Granted, I can deal with it for a short period of time, then I found myself bored, wanted to go home. I'm saying this in a good way. I do feel better!!

Bottom line, I'm just asking for your help. What do I tell people when they ask me, why are you not drinking????

jules3 · 01-20-2008, 08:37 PM

tell them you are on an antibiotic. it is a very ignorant person that would ask that question anyway!!

Peepicker · 01-20-2008, 10:28 PM

Ran accross your post. Been on Seroquel 50mg and also lamictal 300 for three years now. Have always weekend drank on both of them and never had an issue. Of course I dont drink alot. 5 or 6 drinks max a night out.

DO you have the shakes after you take your seroquel? About 30 minutes if I dont go to bed, my body involuntarily jerks and its really annoying.

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Originally Posted by craziunique

This past week( Thursday ) my pdoc just put me on SEROQUEL ( which I have noticed on this board a lot of you have questions about this med - so do I!!!!)

Well, it states no alcohol - period. I have done that. I'm also on Prozac, Tompac and Klonopin cocktail. But I'm guilty of drinking on those meds before - but not everyday. Weekends usually.

Now, I made a promise to myself NOT to drink! But I'm being asked all sorts of questions. Why are you drinking water? What is that in your hand? ( meaning water) if I'm at a bar. This past weekend was my first go ahead at it. Granted, I can deal with it for a short period of time, then I found myself bored, wanted to go home. I'm saying this in a good way. I do feel better!!

Bottom line, I'm just asking for your help. What do I tell people when they ask me, why are you not drinking????

Llama · 01-21-2008, 01:14 AM

Hi craziunique. I too am guilty of drinking while on meds. My pdoc says it's a no-no because it can interfere with the meds and also mask symptoms. So, we don't know just how bad things are because the alcohol can calm a lot of symptoms and mask them too. This is why it is dangerous in many senses.

That said, do you like soda? Maybe you could have a sprite or a diet coke . Or you could say you are the sober driver for the evening.

I hope these ideas helped!

I am working on this issue to, so I wish us both luck!

klyn07 · 01-21-2008, 03:15 PM

I was going to ask my doctor this when I saw him last week and forgot. I don't think a drink here or there will hurt you. I would be wary of drinking every weekend, just because alcohol (from what I have read) can be a trigger for the mood swings to kick off. But I think if you were going to have 1 or 2 drinks in a month it wouldn't hurt. That said, I have never spent time with people and they thought to ask what I was drinking or why I wasn't drinking too. Now that they know about my diagnosis and how alcohol can affect me, if they see me drinking they tell me they are watching me, LOL.