Posted by oldschool305 on November 24, 2007, at 0:56:53
In reply to Alcohol/weed effect on Lexapro... quick question., posted by aminos4me on October 27, 2007, at 0:40:05
well, i see you posted this some time ago but I just now read it. I first started taking Lexapro 4-5 years ago. At first, it actually increased my urges to drink!!! Lexapro tends to make me sleep 20 hours a day, no lie!! So when I drank on this medication, I slept 20 hours AND SOME. I take my lexapro at night before bed... so when I know that i am going out to drink, I just don't take it that night. It doesn't really do anything, side effect wise. Ofcourse, the med won't FULLY work the way it should when mixing alcohol. If you're just an occasional drinker, like once every few weeks type of thing then I don't think it's such a big deal. Luckily lexapro is not like XANAX, which people abuse with alcohol all the time.
I am not proud of it, but I've been on Lexapro for 4-5 years and have been drinking the entire time. Only once a week though, but hard core binge drinking. The lexapro still works, just don't take it the night you go out. You should be fine.
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