Posted by rina on January 31, 2007, at 0:00:30
In reply to Re: Drinking Alcohol on Lexapro - WHY NOT ?, posted by linkadge on January 30, 2007, at 16:10:02
> I think that a lot of people probably combine alcohol with SSRIs without problem.
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> Sure you could say that alcohol is a depressant, but that makes no sense because benzo's are depressants, and benzos are prescribed in conjunction with SSRI's all the time.
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> Sure, if you get piss drunk all the time, you're probably going to compromise your recovery, but I think that "don't drink" while on meds is a bit of a blanket statement.
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> To make a long story short. For me, drinking is not an option with any type of medicine for depression, anxiety, manic, bipolar or any other illness. I take the meds because I need them to help me stay better. Every drug has warning signs catered specifically for each medicine. I've yet to come across one that says,"take a risk,drink, it won't be your last, we just do studies for the heck of it and by the way, the choice is yours, life or death. Ladies and gentlemen, I choose life. The comment made about people that indulge in alcohol might end up in the hospital. That's just as fair as saying because a person that killed another while driving drunk, that's it's the deceased fault. Alcohol and Meds don't mix and by the way, it was the first drinking experience I'd ever had in life. I'm 36
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