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Alcohol and antidepressants

Posted by AMD on December 19, 2004, at 22:03:07

For months I have been doing well on my cocktail of Celexa and Lamictal in dealing with BPII and OCD. Last week I decided to go out and have a few drinks, and in doing so got a little bit more tipsy than I had originally planned. OK... I was drunk. The next night I went out and had a single drink. I smoked both nights as well.

A few days later I fell into a deep depression.

Now I sit here in bed, in a room illuminated only by the glow of my laptop's screen. I've slept a good part of the last week.

How is it possible a night or two of drinking can send one back into this type of state? I don't get it. I would expect perhaps to be a bit down the next day, but this prolonged misery is troublesome.

To top it off, I'm concerned too that I may have done some damage to my cognitive functioning by mixing my antidepressants with some hard shots of vodka. Is there any chance I did so? I read these articles online about damage to executive functioning and memory, and I sit here second guessing every thought, wondering if I have just taken away my mental abilities by drinking, or by mixing my antidepressants and alcohol. Will I recover?

Another thing I'd like clarification on. For about a year I've been forgoing alcohol. I have felt a definite improvement in mental clarity, memory, and concentration over those days.

By drinking, did I simply reverse all of that progress? Does one or two nights drinking set you back to square one in that regard? Or worse? I would really like some insight on this.

Thank you,

amd


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