So I went out last night with the family and had rather too many drinks.
Which I now completely regret.
Never in my life have I been woken up from a deep sleep by a panic/anxiety attack.
From out of the blue I was shocked into awakening by the overwhelming feeling of dread. And for the rest of the day I have felt so anxious and awful.
Never again, this has been a huge set back for me.
Well Alice, some of us have to learn the hard way right? I have. Yeah, when we are on a powerful brain medication, we need to be very careful. Brain meds scare me, so I did not care what I had to give up, because I need help with depression and anxiety and I weighed it out.
Sure hope you will feel better soon and try not to be too hard on yourself for the choices you made.
Hugs
💛 Dawn, USA
Hi Alice my pharmscist and doc said it was fine to have a few drinks just not over the top but not because of interaction but as alcohol is a depressant but mine is more anxiety. Before I was even on tablets I sometimes woke feeling panicky as my heart was beating faster. And if u were worried about drinking and being on medication that could have triggered it too. I started on sertraline in oct and didn't have a drink until middle of January as was worried this year and have been fine. Not loads but a few glasses of wine. My hangovers were getting horrendous anyway and I hate feeling sick. Did u have loads? It's not the medication causing the anxiety but the worrying about it probably. And my hangovers caused me to be anxious before medication too. Once this has gone u will be fine I promise x
I was out with friends on Saturday for a few drinks, I think I had too many, I was home for 8, ill was fine when out in company but don't recall much after I got home, fell asleep on couch and my daughters told me some of what I'd been up to, nothing bad just funny things I was doing and saying. Looks like alcohol and sertraline don't mix.
I suppose like everything it differs with differnt people. I had a few on Saturday and like u was back earliesh but I felt fine the next day and probably the only night I didn't get weird dreams on these bloody tablets!!