Or in a crisis , text "NAMI" to Donate Now. Drinking alcohol while taking antidepressants is generally not recommended because both of these substances can make you drowsy, less alert, and uncoordinated. When taken together, those effects are increased. However, since many patients are not willing to give up alcohol completely, it is important to combine alcohol and antidepressants in the safest way possible.
Some physicians allow moderate drinking for their patients. This means 1 drink per day for women and 2 drinks per day for men. It is also a good idea to drink slowly and eat some food while drinking to decrease the effects of the alcohol. However, you should not combine alcohol with your antidepressant until you know how your antidepressant will affect you.
Many antidepressants will make people feel drowsy, dizzy, and less alert. Whether you take antidepressants or not, drinking alcohol is a poor coping mechanism that only causes more harm. Many people use alcohol or drugs to try to cope with negative feelings, bad moods, stress, and traumatic memories.
Only professional treatment and healthy coping strategies can truly help process your feelings and moods and help you manage depression in the long run. As someone who lives with depression, you have a greater risk of developing a substance use disorder. According to experts, the risk is double when compared to people without depression. What this means is that you may be able to drink without becoming addicted, but the risk of becoming addicted is significant.
Co-occurring mental illnesses, like depression, with alcohol or drug use disorders is common and problematic. While they are treatable, management for a dual diagnosis is much more challenging. If you drink and develop an addiction, it will become more difficult to control symptoms of depression, reduce the frequency of episodes, and stop or moderate drinking. You may need more frequent and long-term treatment if you have both an alcohol use disorder and depression.
There are several classes of antidepressant drugs. All of them have the potential to cause side effects, some very uncomfortable or even severe. Drinking can enhance and worsen some of these. The most common class of antidepressants is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors SSRIs. While they cause fewer side effects than other types of antidepressants, SSRIs may cause :.
Certain other drugs interact badly with SSRIs, worsening side effects. Adding alcohol to this mix may increase the number of side effects you experience and also make them more severe. Some of the side effects are dangerous and detrimental to your health. Another risk is that as side effects increase you may be tempted to stop taking the antidepressant, which can lead to a relapse of symptoms.
Combining alcohol and antidepressants clouds your thinking and judgment, and that can be risky. Being drunk is a state of impairment that leads to poor judgment, bad decisions, and even self-destructive behaviors. When combined with antidepressants, these effects of drinking become heightened.
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Drinking alcohol while taking antidepressants is generally not advised because alcohol can make depression worse.
It can also increase the side effects of some antidepressants, such as drowsiness, dizziness and co-ordination problems. It's best to avoid drinking alcohol if you're taking antidepressants, particularly if you're going to drive or operate machinery. The information and advice below is specific to the different types of antidepressants that are available. Stopping antidepressants suddenly can cause withdrawal effects, such as flu-like symptoms , sensations in the body that feel like electric shocks, and fits seizures.
SSRIs generally do not cause problems when taken with alcohol, and it may be safe to drink alcohol while taking them. But the manufacturers advise avoiding alcohol during treatment because it might make you feel drowsy.
TCAs can make you feel drowsy and affect your co-ordination, particularly during the first few weeks.
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