alcohol + antidepressants, anyone? Options

[cupcake]

ok so that colorado shooting thread in the news forum got me to thinking...

for the first time in my old ass life I have been on antidepressants. since the summer.

anyway, I am noticing that when I would drink beer...my reaction was different to it than before.

in the past, this negro could drink a 12 pack and feel the effects, but that's it.

since I've been on this stuff...I found when I drank I would start having memory lapses, lapses in judgement, imparied and often delusional thinking.

it's scary as a mother of fuck...and as a result I have stopped drinking. the shit is freaky.

has anyone else on antidepressants ever experienced such a phenom?

[Spectatrix]

Yeah. Obviously it various by drug, but the "half life" of Prozac is 2-3 days. Not sure if it's by design or not, but it's good in that you don't spiral down into depression if you forget a pill or two. You might get a slight dip in mood, but nothing too major (in most cases).

That having been said, there are other meds that can dump antidepressants from your system pretty quick. Corticosteroids can do that with Zoloft, probably with Prozac as well (both are SSRIs).