Drinking on Sertaline

reports seem to vary really widely regarding drinking on sertraline

for a lot of people though they can drink just fine on it and not experience any issues

so best thing to do is give it a try, just dont drink to much on the first try, and then take it from there

im fine when i have a drink i was worried at first, but i dink now and again and even got realky drunk a couple of times , ifelt a tiny bit anxious when i wokr up. just try a small amount first.

Hi Nancy,

i've on Sertraline and 50mg for just over four weeks now, and I love a good beer! The best advice I could give you is hold off for the first 3-4 weeks, then it slowly, I.e, one pint in an evening, if that's ok try two, but I strongly suggest nothing more than three pints at the max. Anything more than that increased my side effects and anxiety levels the next 1 or two days, so be sensible with it and treat alcohol as another medication you're taking alongside Sertraline. Another piece of advice would be not to drink on successive days, maybe only two per week, you don't want alcohol to become a safety behaviour that you rely on and become alcoholic by accident :-) 

I only have a couple of drinks at the weekends as drinking every day does cause depression.