Anonymous
Post 03/14/2024 11:17     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
Anonymous wrote:Of course they do because they are a hot mess.


You're such a nice person. Feel better now?
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2024 11:16     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I knew a 40 y/o really healthy guy, young kids, who died in his sleep. autopsy came back as a drug interaction between ssri and alcohol. Rare, on the back of the box label though so you’re supposed to know the risks. Super tragic.


A close friend, the head of a major ER, told me that they do not interact. And she sees people with all kinds of cross-interactions and ODs all the time. MAOIs and alcohol interact. Benzos and alcohol interact.

Unless your friend took a deliberate OD of the SSRI and alcohol, or had an underlying issue, that was not the primary cause of death. You can OD on either substance, but the interaction alone - when each substance is ingested in normal amounts - won't do it.


And now we get medical advice from a poster whose "close friend" is "the head of a major ER." Even though this person is the "head of a major ER" they apparently told OP that alcohol and SSRIs "do not interact"? Really?

Because this is from the Zoloft label (which is the first and only SSRI label I bothered to check): Do not drink alcohol while you take Zoloft. (Emphasis in the original.)


It's not going to kill you dumb ass. It's just not going to work as well. Please educate yourself before fear mongering.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2024 05:42     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
Of course they do because they are a hot mess.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2024 00:42     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
Rarely, but when I do I notice it causes an increase in my depression and anxiety. I do not notice any drug type interactions though.
Anonymous
Post 03/13/2024 22:46     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I knew a 40 y/o really healthy guy, young kids, who died in his sleep. autopsy came back as a drug interaction between ssri and alcohol. Rare, on the back of the box label though so you’re supposed to know the risks. Super tragic.


A close friend, the head of a major ER, told me that they do not interact. And she sees people with all kinds of cross-interactions and ODs all the time. MAOIs and alcohol interact. Benzos and alcohol interact.

Unless your friend took a deliberate OD of the SSRI and alcohol, or had an underlying issue, that was not the primary cause of death. You can OD on either substance, but the interaction alone - when each substance is ingested in normal amounts - won't do it.


And now we get medical advice from a poster whose "close friend" is "the head of a major ER." Even though this person is the "head of a major ER" they apparently told OP that alcohol and SSRIs "do not interact"? Really?

Because this is from the Zoloft label (which is the first and only SSRI label I bothered to check): Do not drink alcohol while you take Zoloft. (Emphasis in the original.)


See the NYt story linked.
Anonymous
Post 03/13/2024 22:46     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/well/mind/drinking-alcohol-ssri-antidepressants.html
Anonymous
Post 03/13/2024 22:42     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I knew a 40 y/o really healthy guy, young kids, who died in his sleep. autopsy came back as a drug interaction between ssri and alcohol. Rare, on the back of the box label though so you’re supposed to know the risks. Super tragic.


A close friend, the head of a major ER, told me that they do not interact. And she sees people with all kinds of cross-interactions and ODs all the time. MAOIs and alcohol interact. Benzos and alcohol interact.

Unless your friend took a deliberate OD of the SSRI and alcohol, or had an underlying issue, that was not the primary cause of death. You can OD on either substance, but the interaction alone - when each substance is ingested in normal amounts - won't do it.


And now we get medical advice from a poster whose "close friend" is "the head of a major ER." Even though this person is the "head of a major ER" they apparently told OP that alcohol and SSRIs "do not interact"? Really?

Because this is from the Zoloft label (which is the first and only SSRI label I bothered to check): Do not drink alcohol while you take Zoloft. (Emphasis in the original.)


Because it could make you more symptomatic.
Anonymous
Post 03/13/2024 19:36     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I knew a 40 y/o really healthy guy, young kids, who died in his sleep. autopsy came back as a drug interaction between ssri and alcohol. Rare, on the back of the box label though so you’re supposed to know the risks. Super tragic.


A close friend, the head of a major ER, told me that they do not interact. And she sees people with all kinds of cross-interactions and ODs all the time. MAOIs and alcohol interact. Benzos and alcohol interact.

Unless your friend took a deliberate OD of the SSRI and alcohol, or had an underlying issue, that was not the primary cause of death. You can OD on either substance, but the interaction alone - when each substance is ingested in normal amounts - won't do it.


And now we get medical advice from a poster whose "close friend" is "the head of a major ER." Even though this person is the "head of a major ER" they apparently told OP that alcohol and SSRIs "do not interact"? Really?

Because this is from the Zoloft label (which is the first and only SSRI label I bothered to check): Do not drink alcohol while you take Zoloft. (Emphasis in the original.)
Anonymous
Post 03/13/2024 17:18     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
Anonymous wrote:I've been on Zoloft (and a pretty high dose) about as long as I've been of legal drinking age. Yes, I drink while taking it. Am I not supposed to? No prescriber or MD has ever said so to me.


Read the drug info that comes with the prescription.
Anonymous
Post 03/13/2024 16:36     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I knew a 40 y/o really healthy guy, young kids, who died in his sleep. autopsy came back as a drug interaction between ssri and alcohol. Rare, on the back of the box label though so you’re supposed to know the risks. Super tragic.


A close friend, the head of a major ER, told me that they do not interact. And she sees people with all kinds of cross-interactions and ODs all the time. MAOIs and alcohol interact. Benzos and alcohol interact.

Unless your friend took a deliberate OD of the SSRI and alcohol, or had an underlying issue, that was not the primary cause of death. You can OD on either substance, but the interaction alone - when each substance is ingested in normal amounts - won't do it.


Precisely. Alcohol surely doesn't help with depression or anxiety (it's a depressant) so drinking while on a low lose basically counteracts anything that the med is doing, but you will not die if you drink while on SSRI.
Anonymous
Post 03/13/2024 13:03     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
Anonymous wrote:I knew a 40 y/o really healthy guy, young kids, who died in his sleep. autopsy came back as a drug interaction between ssri and alcohol. Rare, on the back of the box label though so you’re supposed to know the risks. Super tragic.


A close friend, the head of a major ER, told me that they do not interact. And she sees people with all kinds of cross-interactions and ODs all the time. MAOIs and alcohol interact. Benzos and alcohol interact.

Unless your friend took a deliberate OD of the SSRI and alcohol, or had an underlying issue, that was not the primary cause of death. You can OD on either substance, but the interaction alone - when each substance is ingested in normal amounts - won't do it.
Anonymous
Post 03/13/2024 12:55     Subject: Re:If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
I do/have for the past 20 years. At times a bit too much.

As I get older though, drinking just makes me so incredibly tired the next day so I've cut back a lot.
Anonymous
Post 03/13/2024 06:57     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
I did not. My doctor said the occasional drink probably wouldn’t hurt, but I didn’t find it worth the risk.
Anonymous
Post 03/13/2024 00:38     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
I knew a 40 y/o really healthy guy, young kids, who died in his sleep. autopsy came back as a drug interaction between ssri and alcohol. Rare, on the back of the box label though so you’re supposed to know the risks. Super tragic.
Anonymous
Post 03/13/2024 00:05     Subject: If you take an SSRI, do you also drink?
I've been on Zoloft (and a pretty high dose) about as long as I've been of legal drinking age. Yes, I drink while taking it. Am I not supposed to? No prescriber or MD has ever said so to me.