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I was just wondering if anyone has drank with this med and were there any side effects? I've been on lexapro 10 mg for a month and am feeling great but I am petrified to even attempt to drink alcohol, but would like to try. So if anyone could help that would be great.

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I initially ignored the warning label and it took a few times to piece together Lexapro's effect with alcohol. Last night I went out and had a few beers, enough to be somewhat drunk under typical circumstances. But, there were parts of the night I can not remember, which is VERY atypical for me. Also, the hangover was an extremely brutal mix of depression and extreme anxiety. I wished I had researched this sooner. At the very least, I would attempt drinking somewhere safe before you head out. It apparently affects people differently, but I can tell you waking up with parts of night missing is horrifying. Probably best to avoid. Be careful.

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Your wife knows how you are. You need to seek help to stop drinking. You sound like you would like to stay married. Mixing drugs and alcohol is a bad combination. Some can drink occasionally but you do not know what damage you are doing to your body and your marriage. Please seek help.

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You need to stop the alcohol. Apparently you are unable to process both the alcohol and Lexapro. Decide which is most important to you. Maybe drink only a little on the weekend. I would not drink as often as you do if it is causing a "weird feeling" in your head. That sounds like it could be a real problem.

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I am an alcoholic. My hope was to try this medicine to help with my depression and anxiety.
I've taken 10 mil for six weeks now. Got through those crazy side effects. Anxiety lessened the first day...by day 10 I became more positive, making plans and goals. It has been a wonder drug for me.
Still alcoholic....and drinking as much as ever. Can't say if the drunk is worse or not.

All bad when I lose control. Since age 14 I've only had about 100 sober days.

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Hello. I have been on lexapro for about 2 months ago. The first month I didn't drink at all, but once I felt like I was stable enough, I eased into it. I think I got a little carried away with being back to my old self so this weekend I drank a little more than I should have a couple nights in a row. Now I am experiencing some anxiety and depression symptoms. How long did this usually last for you before the medicine started to kick in again?

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I have been on lexapro for about 2.5 years now, and I too like to drink. I typically have 5 to 6 beers a night. I have noticed my drinking has increased to almost every night and my wife says that I am back to the way I was before starting lexapro. I am wo dering if there is a correlation ans if I too am putting my marriage in jeopardy. I tend to blame the drinking on stress as well.

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Don't do it! I got drunk while on lexipro about a week ago, and I'm still feeling the aftermath of it. It was like a 12 hour long panic attack. My anxiety has drastically increased after that.

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I started drinking wine spritzers and a small glass of wine. It is affecting me. I am feeling blue and some depression. I think it is better off not to drink. I will try not to Before I started drinking wine again I was
feeling great so wine definitely is not good. Maybe a very small amount but I am going to stop the wine and compare the difference when I wake up in the morning.

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This is the problem i have. If i drink 5 glasses of wine at the end of the night, i will be paying for it the next day with terror like anxiety, the lexapro cant touch it and have to resort xanax which is dangerous fix due to possible falling dependent to the drug.

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This happens to me too. I take lexapro for anxiety that started 5 months after finding my father passed away in his home. Shortly, i acquired anxiety and panics. I went against the dr's instructions and only grabbed for xanax when ever i started having that "feeling" of anxiety. So i started taking the lexapro as insructed for 3 weeks and thought it wouldnt hurt to drink. I had 3 big glasses of wine one night, woke up and felt fine. After about lunch time; a full on Anxiety attack ensued. And yes it starts with a light headed, introverted, sliding slowly into a terror. Soooo... im not drinking like that needless to say.
How is your anxiety now?

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I would not recommend it, my boyfriend was on the meds for 6 months and went on a 3 day weekend drinking everyday on the 3rd he became suicidal and tried to kill him. He then started sleep walking and having major depression. He was on 15 MG, please avoid drinking at all cost, thankfully I was around to save his life, had I not been he would be died.

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I get this strange eerie feeling of horrible feelinges it is crazy as hell.You know what is going on but its like nothing can help.Like your mind is poisoned or something. Its just does not doesn't feel right at all.

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I am on 10mg Lexapro, and last night my kids took me for some pub grub that's food in a pub I am English, I had 2 pint of draft Guniness that is my limit now. I was a big drinker 8 pints of STELLA that' runs at %6 , that would nuke me now, you cannot go BAR crawling anymore , the booze will cancel out you med , me personal get a hangover at 2 pints now its not worth it, I do 2 pints twice a week that's it just being with my buddies, but I am kidding myself its not the same never will be, and if it tips you back into the darkness your screwed

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It's definitely not a page where people have an excuse to think it's okay to drink because someone else does, it's a way to compare and to understand the different effects it has given us by having a drink in moderation. I came here to understand that what happened to me, did happen to someone else and it was because of the medication.

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I have been on Lexapro for 2 months and have drank a few times and feel no different. Pharmacist says in moderation it is ok, may increase drowsiness or dizziness. If anything I'm happier!

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you guys in America slay me. have you ever looked on your Lexapro fact sheet. We in England get out meds in blister packs and packed in boxes with a leaflet inside , we like it this way nobody gab mess with your meds in blister packs , but in bottles no way. ANYWAY the firs thing it tells you is don't drink on lexapro so why do you do it . You cannot be ill if you DRINK booze , because it just told you not to /GUINESS is a cool draft drink with iron in it by all means have 1 of those its like being a bad boy or girl but getting iron. Don't ask others do you drink on Lexapro all your doing is looking for an excuse to drink, ie he drink so I can , that's what this forum is page is about . Drink if you like but you should not it tells you that, END OF

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Lexapro is a depression meds with a weak anti anxiety meds added . its not a anxiety med on its own.

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go to mental hospital and say I am drinking on my meds doc , he will say follow the sign that says EXIT

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yes and you get fat has a pig , if drinking with Lexapro

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then the Lexapro is not working , sorry but true

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