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I posted this on Depression side too, I don't know which one to stick too since i have both anxiety & depression.
I'm 21 and i've been depressed since I was about 8 or 9.
I wrote on this forum months ago about my trial with effexor. I recently stopped taking it because after having my dose increased more and more, my psychiatrist realized it wasn't doing anything for me.
Now i'm taking Wellbutrin XL 150 mg for one week, then I have to take 2 tables totalling 300mg.
You are much better off increasing the dose of the medication and stopping the alcohol if you are using alcohol as a stop gap medication for anxiety.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Mental-Health/Celexa--Alcohol/show/1055180?
s going to exacerbate your depression bigtime. Also, again, you cannot be the best parent you can be when chronic alcohol use is a factor.
Mixing alcohol with any medication is questionable, depending on the medication in question. Alcohol and psychiatric medication should never be mixed, Besides alcohol being a depressant and directly affecting your mood, mixing them together can depending on the medication be down right dangerous.
On how it specifically effects Prozac and adderall ?
About 60 percent of men and 30 percent of women have had one or more adverse alcohol-related life events. Together with the data on medication use, these statistics suggest that some concurrent use of alcohol and medications is inevitable.
To exert its desired effect, a drug generally must travel through the bloodstream to its site of action, where it produces some change in an organ or tissue.
2 @ bedtime) comb/w klonopin 1 mg (1 tab 2x daily) comb/w Zyprexa 5 mg (1 tab 2x daily)
This combination seemed over the top and precipitated some manic behavior. All of this medication was removed and Depakote 250 mg (1 tab 3x daily) was issued as it's replacement. Im probably borderline in some capacity with a touch of seasonal affective disorder.
While I am not a pharmacist or MD of any kind, I can tell you that my psychiatrist has always cautioned me against any types of drugs or alcohol because of the effects it could have on my medication. I don't do any drugs or use any alcohol, so it's kind of a moot point for me, but I know it must be pretty significant if she brings it up every time. Also, I'm on different meds than you. But, hey, ask your doctor.
Hello Carl
I am no medic so I cannot tell you about the interactions between your medication and alcohol. I did pick up on what you said about drinking and you remembered how much you loved alcohol. Also you stated that drinking two beers a night was a great escape but now you are having to increase your alcohol intake to get the same effect. Please think about were this may be heading and why you are drinking to feel good and escape in the first place.
Hmmm, trying to figure out this puzzle & not easy. Quit drinking altogether 5-months ago cold turkey, which was not pleasant to say the least. I'm healthy & exercise all the time and the alcohol never seemed to show any physical effects [I always had anxiety issues & self-medicated myself by drinking].
So here's the thing.
I'm in my 50's, always worked out & alway drank every day of my adult life. I guess with the vitamins & working out it never really showed. I drank like a 6-pak of beer & a couple drinks every night to mostly compensate for acute anxiety problems. The problem is it gradually got worse - anxiety & drinking last fdew years.
I decided to quit drinking 5-months ago and the anxciety sky-rocketed and I was in deep depression for about 3-months.
I heard there is new medication to help curb the need to drink alcohol. I heard it was originally used for tobacco.
Can you please let me know if there is medication that can help with alcohol addiction?
Depression may occur in any form and due to any cause in people of all age groups. Vulnerability is more in females than males. However, males are four times more prone to committing suicide due to depression. So it is important that the depressive illness they are going through is treated.
The first step of treatment of depression is to go to the doctor.
Find out more information and speak to your psychiatrist about starting a medication that would have less of an effect of weight gain and be better on depression. If you still have a problem with alcohol abuse go to a dual recovery group for a person with a psychiatric disability and an alcohol abuse issue as that can set back anyone's recovery. Once you start on medication, talk therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy is helpful in addition.
I am currently looking for a new depression medication. I need some info on something that is NOT a SSRI, a hormone, and is not zoloft, celexa, or prozac......also something that does not contain salicylic acid aka aspirin. If anyone can help I would appreciate the help.
He was very good and after a couple of meetings he prescribed me with medication for what he called a chemical imbalance in my brain that caused depression. The meds worked and I definitely wasn't as sad most of the time. So for seven years I've taken meds. More recently I've started to feel, emotionless and even angry (on the inside). Im not suicidal like I was in middle school, but I definitely don't feel good.
If you are taking medication for depression does that make your system take longer to ejaculate and also make it harder to gain an erection?
Hi, I was diagnosed with bipolar depression in March. I was prescribed Lamictal and Klonopin to start out. Two weeks later, after an alcohol related suicide attempt, I was put on Wellbutrin for depression. I take 200mg twice a day. I take 150mg of Lamictal, I take 1 mg of Ativan as needed and was recently put on Busbar (starting out with 5mg twice a day and working my way to 10mgs twice a day). I have had severe anxiety and panic attacks for years now, which is due to a laundry list of things.
However, I am feeling the need to drink almost everyday to give me relief from anxiety and still depressive episodes such as crying spells. My first question is- is the alcohol inhibiting the Zoloft from working to its ultimate capabilities? Secondly, do you think I need to give the 200 mg more time to work since I've only been on this dosage for about 3 1/2 weeks.
Any advice would be helpful. Thank you!
Whilst you may need to tackle the alcohol issue first it cant help to seek advice on depression in the meantime - and hopefully the advice from each group will feed into one another. As for taking anger out on your husband i would suggest you try writing down how you feel instead.
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