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Posted by JeanHamlin on August 6, 2001, at 15:59:51
I have been on several medications during the past 3 years, including: Doxipin, Serzone, Zoloft, Paxil, and Effexor. None of them worked, but i never experienced any bad alcohol interactions until the other nite. I'm taking celexa and trazadone, and had only 3 beers over a 3 hour period. I was extremely drunk (which is odd for me, i have a large alcohol tolerance) and was very hot and felt nauseaus and dizzy, although i was unable to vomit. I also had a hallucination that the bed was shrinking, and everything around me was getting smaller, as well. Is this just a normal alchohol interaction, or am i sensitive to this medicaton (i've been taking it for 2 weeks now) Please advise.
JeanHamlin
Posted by MM on August 7, 2001, at 0:12:21
In reply to Celexa and Alcohol Interaction, posted by JeanHamlin on August 6, 2001, at 15:59:51
I have that exact same bed shrinking thing (without alcohol) every once in a while. It's called a scale illusion and I was told here that it is VERY suggestive of temporal lobe epilepsy, so maybe you had a mild seizure. I think all SSRI's lower the seizure threshold, and so does alcohol. I'm no expert though. You might want to go to a neurologist?
Posted by JeanHamlin on August 8, 2001, at 15:36:45
In reply to Re: Celexa and Alcohol Interaction » JeanHamlin, posted by MM on August 7, 2001, at 0:12:21
My dad has partial complex epilepsy. Do you think that maybe that puts me at risk for temporal lobe epilepsy? i go to a psychaiatrist that works for the county- i can't afford a neurologist.
Posted by MM on August 8, 2001, at 19:26:30
In reply to Re: Celexa and Alcohol Interaction, posted by JeanHamlin on August 8, 2001, at 15:36:45
Yes, I'm pretty sure that seizures are hereditary. I think your general practitioner (if you have one) can run some tests and you don't need to go to a neurologist. If there's no way you can get an EEG (the epilepsy test) then maybe your pdoc can prescribe an anti-convulsant (which is used for mood stabilization as well).
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