Posted by Sad Panda on February 24, 2004, at 10:01:47
In reply to Re: Fluoxetine and Alchohol--please help, posted by B2chica on February 24, 2004, at 9:36:07
> > hi. i'm new to the board and just this weekend had a rather unpleasant experience. i've been taking 40mgs of fluoxetine (prozac generic) and i had a bit to drink. i got very sleepy and slow and out-of-it and someone i know took advantage of me. there was no acutal sex and it didn't go very far but it went far enough that now i'm uncomfortable with what happened. at the time, i didn't care; i was off and away somewhere. it felt like a doctors exam. now, though, i'm sick and scared and just found out that i'd actually been taking 80mgs by mistake for about a month--my doctor switched me from 2 20mg tabs to 1 40mg and i didn't know. i didn't take my dose before drinking--thank god--and what a wonder that was.
> > what i want to know is--is this assault? i'm really confused and torn up about it, etc. etc. and keep thinking that i could have died from the booze and the prozac if i'd taken that days dose. can anyone help me answer these questions? thanks!
>
> I agree with Bill, this is not something you should bottle up inside (trust me i know). There should be a local crisis hotline in you phone book. Give them a call (it's anonymous) talk it out and should you decide to press criminal charged they can help you with what you need to do.
> B2c.
>I don't agree with Bill as I don't know the whole story. What, exactly did this person do? When you told him/her to stop, did he/she stop?
Fluoxetine+Alchohol: Not taking your Prozac before drinking actually makes no real difference. Fluoxetine has an extremely long half life of 7-14 days with some people taking as long as 30 days to get rid of it.
Cheers,
Panda.
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