Citalopram mixed with alcohol

After 3 weeks of Citalopram I went out and had about about 10 drinks. I honestly don't think I've ever had a more enjoyable night out; I felt relaxed and happy and was chatting away with people all night. I didn't have a hangover the next day.

Hi everyone

I'm very new to Citalopram... Only started this Tuesday!! I've already had some side effects- not unbearable but obviously I'd prefer not to have them!

I'm not a drinker....I gave up 6 months ago when I knew something was up but didn't know it was actually anxiety, I thought I was just a bit down. I quit as I was getting so drunk (now I know it was to drown my thoughts out and forget what I was going through) and as it was a depressant it was making me very unhappy.

Anyway, there are a few occasions where I will have a couple of glasses of wine if it's a social situation where I'm not close enough to the people to explain my situation. At the end of the month I am going to a gathering/reunion and know it will be a boozey affair, I don't want to be stone cold sober as I lack confidence and very insecure but I am very worried about what could happen if I drink. As I won't drink up until this event I won't know what the reactions could be.

I'm leaning towards just not drinking....does anyone have any tips on how to put on a confident front? Otherwise I will be sat in the corner alone, help!!

I dont normally post on these things but thought i would give it a go since i've also been struggling with this area whilst being on Cit.

I am only on 20mg, and have been on it since January, so over 3 months now. I dont drink that often, only when out with friends or at a party/birthday etc. but since i've been on citalopram i've found that i cant drink the same amount i used too, and it suddenly hits me and i am completely drunk and need to sleep (not that i could do long nights out in the first place anyway hah). I have black spots too, where i cant remember whole chunks of the evening which never happened before and really concerned me as you just dont know what you've done. things friends would tell me i've done (nothing bad just random) the next day and i literally had no memory of it, could have been a different person! and i really didnt like that so ive stopped drinking on it for a while to see how it goes.

The hangovers are also terrible, i never used to get bad ones at all, i would just drink lots of water and sleep but now i have pounding headaches for the next 2 days after and feel absolutely terrible.

To anyone who has just started on this, just have a few drinks to start out with and spread it out, also drink lots of water throughout the night.

Hi, I started on citalopram about 5 years ago. Sever anxiety, depression etc. that I'd dealt with a lot of my life. Turned my life around completely for the better. Stopped for 4 months once after a few years, felt things sliding, straight back on and back on track. Convinced it's a wonder drug for me.

I drink a lot, more than the recommended and I do so daily and have done since long before I started on citalopram. I'm not quite an alcoholic but I do love a daily smoke and many other recreational chemicals as well. Sporadically and respectfully mind. I guess they're not really a cause of my problems but my point is, for me, alcohol (and many other drugs) do not have any effect on the effects of citalopram and vice versa, whatsoever.

MDMA weakened significantly. Can still have a good time though. The 2Cs work, coke, k and all the triply stuff. Weed's fine obviously. I know that's not what a lot of people should listen to if their problems are related to drug abuse etc but I googled this 5 years ago and just wish I'd found a post that told me to chill out with a nice cold beer and a spliff as you would do normally, Citalopram could still really help you get your life together, just give it time. As in a few months to start feeling a real benefit.

I'm 29, male and on 40mg

Good luck

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I know this is an old thread but I recently have been prescribed this drug too and want to add I found taking the drug a good while before you planned on drinking was probably the best solution. For example if I was planning to start drinking at 9 in the evening I would take my medication at 4 so it gives it a good few hours to digest without it being a possible dangerous mix with the alcohol.

Can I add to stacecole what a heartless and ignorant thing to say. I can understand where you are coming from but depression effects everyone in different ways, Stephanie likes to go out socialise and drink on the occasion so what. For all you know there may be days she can't get out of bed and isolates herself too. I know I'm that way.

I've been taking clexa for almost a year now. I drink from time to time, and I found that it made me a bit tired when I started it. I ended up growing immune to it. Also, I don't get hangovers, but one time after drinking quite a bit, I had a slight headache the morning after. I came to the conclusion that citalopram worsen the effects of alcohol.

I went on Celexa about six weeks ago and the result was amazing. It is VERY likely that it saved my life considering what I was thinking , but I found that alcohol use was horrible. I went to sing karaoke and had one drink and that was the last thing I remember. I woke up in the emergency room. they told me that I had a racing heartbeat and blood pressure variations which soon went away. The main thing was the complete loss of memory. I don't have any idea how much I drank.

Hi ya. I know this was posted a year ago but could u tell me ur experience taking this med as I've been given it and scared to take it because of side effects x

I have been taking anti-anxiety medicine for 10 years, about the same time that I started drinking so I'm not what is normal for drinking and what is not.

I do feel alcohol effects me more than others. My personality changes greatly and I feel so much regret the next day whether I've done something regretful or not, I always feel guilt and shame.

Friday I drank probably 7 pints and bits and pieces of the night are missing. I usually don't black out when drinking unless I've had hard alcohol. The next day I'm completely useless both mentally and physically. I don't know if this is because of the medicine or because of my anxiety. I do understand that this is a heavy amount of alcohol. I just don't know how much is impact the medicine has on it.

Do any of you feel guilt/shame after drinking?

Hi Chedi_0612,

Alcohol is poisonous and a depressant.

Citalopram is poisonous and an anti-depressant.

I wouldn't mix them both.

 

I know this is an old post but I took the time to read it all. Do any of you realise the physical make up of each person is different. Completely daft. I am on 40mg a day, function fine with and without, A friend collapses on 20mg a day after one beer. If you like a drink, get yourself your chosen poison, stay in and see how you react. 

We all make life choices. We should not drink but we do. Just be in a sensible environment and try.

When I mix alcohol with citalopram I black out. I'm not myself at all and I do really stupid things it's frightening. I guess all our genetic make ups are different and the drug and the alcohol affect us differently. I feel very depressed the next day and I struggle to get out of bed. I just want to disappear

Hello,

I have been taking 30 mg of Citalopram for about a year now mainly for anxiety and I tend to be a drinker on the weekends. Unfortunately I have had a lot of embarrassing and/or dangerous incidents with this. For example, I have blacked out many times with my usual amount of drinks that never used to affect me that way, I have lost control of my bladder, completely forgot the things I have said and done and the list goes on. I have found that wine is THE worst, as it has caused excessive vomitting and serious blackouts. In conclusion I would NOT reccommend regular drinking on this medication unless you are a light drinker who has 1-2 drinks per day for example. I have read that this medication combined with alcohol can cause an overdose and possibly cause death if the drinking becomes too heavy. Also, I feel much happier and my anxiety is WAY lower during the weeks where I have not drank at all! I just hope everyone is safe!!!

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