Posted by flipsactown on April 28, 2004, at 11:07:43
In reply to Re: Zoloft and alcohol, posted by ravenmccoy on April 27, 2004, at 20:03:57
I don't want sound harsh, but alcohol and any kind of medication, generally, is an absolute no no especially when it comes to antidepressants and painkillers. Alcohol intensifies the effects of medications, thus you are actually taking an overdose of whatever medication you are taking. It also works the other way in that some medication intensifies the effects of alcohol, so if you think you can get away with just drinking a small amount of alcohol, your medication could be doubling or tripling the effects of what you thought was small amount of alcohol. Bottomline: Unless you like blacking out from a small amount of alcohol taken with Zoloft and not knowing how, what and where you are, you should not be drinking alcohol with your Zoloft. Consider yourself lucky that you were not injured, or worse killed, because you drank alcohol with Zoloft.
FST
>I have blacked out sooo many times from zoloft and drinking. I've woken up in places that i didn't remember going to the night before. When I black out, the 'personality' that takes over is not me. I want to know WHY this blackout thing happens, and why I act so nuts. People who I'm with say that it doesn't even seem like i'm THAT drunk, just a little more wild than usual. I also apparently get aggressive and physically abusive. it sucks.
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