It appears you have not yet Signed Up with our community. To Sign Up for free, please click here....

Depression Message Board
 HealthBoards > Mental Health Board > Depression > Drinking while on anti-depressants
Post New Thread   Closed Thread
Subscribe To Depression  
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 06-16-2007, 10:42 AM   #1
Newbie
(male)
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Wales
Posts: 9
Ebminor HB User
Drinking while on anti-depressants
I'm going on anti-depressants next week and was just wondering what the deal was with drinking alcohol while on them. Is it perfectly okay? Do you have to abstain from taking your tablet on the day you plan to drink? Is it outright forbidden?

 
Old 06-16-2007, 10:48 AM   #2
Inactive
(female)
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: London
Posts: 463
ExTra111 HB User
Re: Drinking while on anti-depressants
Depends on different people really, I tend to get drunk much quicker and I get very excited soon after drinking, then stupidly depressed after a couple of hours... the general advice is to stay away from drinking, or drink as little as possible... which is sth I still cant do... my doctor knows it, but she doesnt seem to want to stop me... coz to be honest, it really helps me to relax and I can sleep easier after a couple of pints... but it's just me...

 
Sponsors Lightbulb
    
Old 06-17-2007, 08:13 PM   #3
Senior Veteran
(male)
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: ontario
Posts: 3,779
Blog Entries: 1
trg247 HB Usertrg247 HB Usertrg247 HB User
Re: Drinking while on anti-depressants
Alcohol tends to be multiplied when taken with antidepressants. Drinking is still possible but you need to be real careful. The reason I responded was about not taking the med while drinking. Antidepressants need to be taken every day and as close to the same time as possible. It differs abit from drug to drug but a med like Effexor you have to be pretty diligent with. If you miss a dose on this drug your body reacts pretty quickly.

take care
trg247
__________________
Major Depressive Disorder With Psychotic Features
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Current Meds
Pristiq
Cymbalta
Seroquel
Temazapam

 
Closed Thread




« Side effects with effexor xr? | best most simple cbt book out there? »
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



Join Our Newsletter

Stay healthy through tips curated by our health experts.

Whoops,

There was a problem adding your email Try again

Thank You

Your email has been added








TOP THANKED CONTRIBUTORS



flamesabers (68), Phoenix (43), keenobserver (19), katlin09 (13), Diverdan8 (10), cuddles1 (9), neveragain444 (9), blessed824 (9), jennybyc (9), fusionqueen (8)

Site Wide Totals

teteri66 (968), janewhite1 (822), MSJayhawk (758), Apollo123 (723), sammy64 (656), Titchou (630), Gabriel (618), BlueSkies14 (610), midwest1 (584), SpineAZ (520)



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 06:19 AM.

Home - About Us - Archive - Search - Privacy - Disclaimer - FAQ - Tags - Site Map - Advertise With Us - Contact Us - Top


Site owned and operated by HealthBoards.com™
Copyright and Terms of Use © 1998-2013 HealthBoards.com™ All rights reserved.
Do not copy or redistribute in any form!