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I was told by a pharmacist that it's not horrible. For me it lowers my tolerance...the pharmacist said that was to be expected.

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It is best to talk to your doctor about this.

Yep, check with your doc. From what I understand, you should not take them together. Alcohol is a depressant, so it makes no sense to take an anti-D, and alcohol together.

Also anti-D's can make the alcohol more powerful. And I think that some kinds of anti-D's mixed with booze can cause high blood pressure and possible seizures.

When in doubt, don't mix them.

Most AD's are metabolised by your liver...just like alcohol. If you drink too much, and are on a high dose of AD's, you can have elevated liver enzymes, and eventually liver damage. I am no doctor...although my WW is...

Lemonan...can you confirm?

TM

Alcohol affects the central nervous system as a depressant.

That doesn't sound like something I would want to mix with an antidepressant.

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AD's are an ANTI depressent...alcohol is a DEpressent...I dont think that taking your AD WITH the alcohol was a good idea, HOWEVER, I would not stress too much over it...

I have a glass of wine usually at dinnertime every night...do not mix alcohol and Xanax...very dangerous...

Are you drinking hard liquor or just wine? cuz that also makes a difference!

Yes, this is true, but it is all relative. What KMEJ did in the "shirt term" is likely of no clincal significance.

Hey KMEJ,

What happened to going to the gym or working out? Sometimes it feels like a chore but I ALWAYS feel better after working out. Good about myself and just plain good.

Have you tried that?

Is it WH, the tornadoes or just life in general that's got you down today?

Cheers,

Miker

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KMEJ,

Just my experience. If you are on Prozac, the psychiatrist told me I could die if I drank alcohol.

When I was on Celexa, one drink was equivilant to 3 drinks. I say be very very careful. You could be cancelling out the effect of the antidepressant.

Look to lemonmans answer, he is the doc afterall. Don't make it a habit.

Try to communicate and be honest with your H. Just be honest. I would like you to be in a spot with H that you could just say, "I feel like I want to drink and escape. I know it is not healthy for us, kids, etc., and what do you think we could do about this to make it better?"

Are you at a point where you can talk with H like this? Seems like you had a bit of sucesss with that approach recently.

JMVHO.

Careful KMEJ, I ended up drinking and it got out of control. Don't go down that slippery slope. Yeah, it helps at first, but in the end it is evil. Oh, and we all know alchohol in any form is addictive. The most addictive. Besides tobacco.

Get control before you have a monster that you will have to try and keep on a leash. Abstain. It is not healthy to drink on a regular basis. And alcholic sodapop, which is what you, is very unhealthy.

God Bless, you are in my prayers.
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Love in Christ,
Miss M

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Dont use alcohol as an escape! That is when it becomes dangerous...when you feel you NEED to drink to get the edge off...I drink simply because I enjoy the glass of wine while I am cooking...I cant drink more than one glass...but lately I ahve been drinking the zima flavored wine coolers...

Alcohol can be dangerous if you use it to escape....go to sleep instead! I just hate to see people get addicted to something that can be so easily prevented!

Hi KMEJ,

Hope things are going better for you today. We all have our days...

Yes it all can be so overwhelming at times... Right now is especially crazy for me with school wrapping up. I get overwhelmed sometimes too but in my own little brain I try to say to myself "freaking out and getting overwhelmed about this isn't going to make it any better... I just have to tackle it one piece at a time" Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. I found exercise as an excellent escape as well. Its hard to worry too much when your body and mind are focused elsewhere. Also making sure you get enough sleep helps too but I know that's hard when your trying to "do it all".

Is there anyway your H can take the kids for a bit so you can get a break and collect your thoughts and get recharged?

Cheers,

Miker

Yes, I treat people after this in my line of work. Your not obviously going to die or something from this incident. Everyone does have a bad day. I have just seen their days get much worse from the combination. Regardless of what the Dr. says, I was having a hard time explaining this to family's of a pt. who just did not know...

Never ever do this. Please.