Whenever I ask someone, I get different answers, or answers that seem to be pulled out of someones ***. Does anyone have a solid response to the question? How likely is death?
Also, if you have one beer while your on a relatively low dosage of an anti-depressant, is it bad?
Does it depend on the anti depressant? Like does Zoloft have a different effect with alcohol then wellbutrin?
2006-10-03 13:54:12 · 23 answers · asked by Donnie Dragon 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
>You feel good, then you die.<
2006-10-03 13:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by Druid 6 · 2⤊ 6⤋
Alcohol is incompatible with many of the drugs used to treat depression. It can intensify the sedative effects of some antidepressants. Chronic alcohol consumption can increase the availability of some antidepressants while decreasing the availability of others. Tyramine, a substance found in beer and wine, can interact with MAOIs potentially causing a dangerous rise in blood pressure.
Alcohol is a depressant… so think for your self, what will be the consequence of taking a depressant (alcohol) AND an antidepressant together?
i would ask your doctor if it would be okay before you drink....
2006-10-03 13:59:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol is a powerful depressant. You mix depressant with another depressant, and you get more effect than having either one alone. Contrary to common misconception, alcohol is NOT a stimulant.
Depressants either suppress or reduce production and/or transmission of brain chemicals. Your reaction time slows......
Beyond certain point, such things as remembering to breath and controlling your body temperature stops. (controlled by the brain stem) Then you die.
Exact reaction depends on your body size, chemistry, and exact kind of the medicine you are talking about. Each one is different.
2006-10-03 14:06:23 · answer #3 · answered by tkquestion 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The reason you get different answers is because there are different classes of antidepressants and several types of antidepressants in each class. Combine that with the fact that people can react differently to the alcohol/antidepressant combination. Some people can have physical and/or mental effects while others can have no effects. From personal experience when I drank while taking Paxil I got unusually emotional, loopy and kinda wacky.
2006-10-03 14:14:55 · answer #4 · answered by DawnDavenport 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are a number of problems with the mixture of alcohol and antidepressants.
Antidepressants make you especially susceptible to the intoxicating effects of alcohol.
The effects of alcohol prevent the antidepressants from working. Alcohol prevents antidepressants from being effective. This is not because it interferes with the absorption of antidepressants; it is because of the effects of alcohol upon brain chemistry.
The use of alcohol leads to increased depression and panic symptoms, as well as, increase the risk of suicide.
Antidepressants increase one's susceptibility to the intoxicating effects of alcohol. Also, both alcohol and some anti-depressants increase the possibility of seizures.
Alcohol is a depressant… so think for your self, what will be the consequence of taking a depressant (alcohol) AND an antidepressant together?
2006-10-03 14:02:00 · answer #5 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I've been on Effexor for 2 yrs now, and while I've never gotten drunk while on it I've had a few drinks 1-3 now and then and felt no adverse affects. I avoided doing this when I first went on the drug, but after time I tried it out and nothing seemed to happen. Of course everyones experience will be different.
2006-10-03 18:16:43 · answer #6 · answered by Heidi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ok i'll be honest with you it really all depends on the person even tho its said alot but for me and quite a few plp in my family drinking on ssri type of antidepressants really doesnt have any noticeable adverse effect except it seems to increase the effect of alcohol which isnt nessecarly bad. as far as wellbutrin and other class of anti depressants i am not sure.
2006-10-03 14:16:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Someone suggested skipping the pill that night. My doctor has addvised against that. Besides the drug is already built up in your system. When you take antidepressants they don't only work for a twenty four hour period and then immediately stop working. When I drink while on meds I get supper tired. Though, a friend gets super! drunk and then really! depressed.
2006-10-03 18:09:11 · answer #8 · answered by urban_boo 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put it this way, less than two months ago I had a friend pass away unexpectdely. He was a great guy, loved his family, his church, his music, his work. And now he's gone from mixing the two. NO ONE expected this. He had so many things left on earth to do.
I'm sorry we just miss him so much. I've done a lot of stupid things like mixing Vicodin with alchohol just to dull the pain from surgery or a migrain. And now, I know I will never do it again. I don't want to leave my kids and hubby just yet. Not for a stupid mistake. Who listens to perscription warnings. I mean don't we all think we are strong enough to handle just once?
Sorry, don't mean to go off. But, please don't do it. It's not worth it.
2006-10-03 14:07:26 · answer #9 · answered by llbm3 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Mixing antidepressants with alcohol makes the two drugs compete and usually the antidepressant will not work. It can affect your heart rate. it can make you suicidal. Different antidepressants work in different ways. To get a more detailed answer, ask your doctor or your pharmacist. Or you can do the research yourself by going to one of the many drug sites online. WebMD is a good question and answer forum with doctors on call to answer your questions.
2006-10-03 14:00:24 · answer #10 · answered by dbarnes3 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
wellbutrin and most anti-depressants will increase the feeling of alcohol. just be careful. drink slowly when you do drink. when i first got put on meds i didn't realize that it would effect me so much more when i drank and got really really sick. i'm still on meds, i just try to drink slowly. like have a drink or two and wait 20 minutes to see how it effects you.
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2016-04-14 04:20:46 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋