Posted by ace on May 11, 2008, at 22:29:09
In reply to Re: Nardil- The best AD ever......., posted by simon79 on May 10, 2008, at 22:47:22
> Dear Ace,
> I have a quick question for you if you have time time answer that would be kool..
> I have always loved my beer, but starting clonazepam and nardil my doctor said to try to restrict a drinking sessions to 4 standard drinks per day orelse the meds with lose some of their eficacy. How much do you drink and if you drink more than this has you meds lost some of their eficacy?This brings back memories! Before I started Nardil I was drinking every day- large quantities. In order to go out, without anxiety, I had to be intoxicated. This was obviously detrimental to so many things.
I remeber talking about alcohol to my MD. I was very concerned that I wasn't going to be able to drink.....I didn't wan't to loose my alcohol!!!
After starting Nardil I stopped. After 6 weeks, I thought "this is way better than any beer!!" In 7 years (almost) I have been intoxicated twice....both times I drank tap beer (which is contraindicated) and I had no problems at all- except it gave me a heightened response to the alcohol.
To answer your question, I would most certainly AVOID alcohol whilst waiting for Nardil to kick in (certainly not have 4 drinks a day). I DO feel it can interfere, and I have seen evidence for this. I can't explain exactly why I'm sorry.
When Nardil kicks in, and I strongly feel it will!, I would advice to drink bottled beer (tyramine can accumulate in the pipes- resulting in a possible HT crises) I have mentioned this before. I would personally be moderate in my intake.
Do you drink in order to supress psychiatric syndromes, or is it a social thing??
Cheers mate.....I have the texts on me right now- see other message:)
Ace:)
> I'm ok with this because as everybody knows 1 beer on benzos = 2 beers for a person not on meds, and nardil probably increases the effect of alcohol also, but I do miss the occassional binge..
> Thanks a bunch :-)
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