alcohol and psychiatric medication

What meds are you on? I drink with no more than the usual ill-effects, and am on clomipramine (antidepressant) and aripiprazole (antipsychotic). Some people on some drugs will react badly (getting drunk quicker, getting 'messy' drunk, blacking out etc.), and I have one friend who's on antidepressants and can't even have a sip of alcohol without getting an instant hangover.

Really though you won't know until you've tried it, so if you fancy a drink just take it slowly, and maybe make sure there's someone around who can look after you should you really need it.

Enjoy!

Generally those on anti-physcotic medication cannot consume alcohol, if you give me the exact drug you are on I will be able to tell you more.

Thanks.

I know you shouldn't drink if you've taken paracetamol as it harms your liver irreversibly I was more worried about that than getting drunk quickly or having a hangover.





Haloperidol and mirtazapine.

Hey, don't take mirtazapine with alcohol; it's a NaSSa, and so could kill you.
Haloperidol is okay to take with but extremely dangerous if you're drunk; it is however safe if you're sensible.

Shouldn't that be something a doctor should have sorta told me?

Shouldn't that be something a doctor should have sorta told me?

I drank on mirtazapine for around five months in what could be described as excessive quantities. Watch for it making you sleepy but I'm not dead yet so I would say your probably fine on that one.

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You could take lactobacilus rhamnosus, B vitamins and vitamin D etc, stop eating like crap, eat brightly coloured veggies, nuts, mushrooms, olive oil, get at least 30 minutes exercise every day that leaves you out of breath. Then have a few cold beers with mates.

Or, you could take nasty drugs like abilify.

I drank on mirtazapine for around five months in what could be described as excessive quantities. Watch for it making you sleepy but I'm not dead yet so I would say your probably fine on that one.

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Don't know if this will be of any help, but I would have loved to have had this thread exist when I was having those questions. I was on propranolol for many months, and was told that I was not to mix alcohol with this medication. I went out and did it anyway (being the stubborn teen I am) and what i noticed was that it made me feel so nauseous. I later found out it is because propranolol (as i am sure is the same with others) is a timed release medication meaning that it releases a steady and equal amount of drugs within 24 hours. If alcohol was drunk then this medication would be released into my bloodstream faster and at a higher amount that usual, making me sick and generally not being good for my body. Hope this helps!