I have been on sertraline for 8 weeks or so now and on 100mg.
I'm 16 turning 17 in a month, and being this age I'm not going to stop my issues from me drinking and having a good time with my friends. But it does cause me to get a lot more drunk very fast and makes me aggressive and upset, and extremely distressed.
It wasn't ever a problem me coming home drunk, I was always good fun.
But now, my mother dreads me coming home as I am apparently out of control and extremely vulnerable, and get myself into situations which are sooo dangerous but at the time think nothing of it.
For me when they are mixed, I become impulsive, aggressive, distressed and upset.
I have borderline personality disorder, but the one thing these tablets have magically done is leave me hangover free in the Morning which is a god given thing.
I've read comments about this and most people are fine but if anyone else is experiencing this please let me know. Thank you
Hi hun, i have a niece the same age as you and wouldnt want to lecture her or have her miss out on fun, but the truth is you're putting yourself in danger and causing your mum lots of worry, so the only thing to do is be more sensible with the drinking, alternate between alcohol and non alcoholic. I used to love going out drinking but my chronic migraines stopped all that, it just wasnt worth the agony! Now im on sertraline 150 mg, its working brilliantly, if i feel good and fancy a drink i'll have a couple of low alcohol wines, i'll probably have the odd G&T over the summer too,but I just accept that my health and well being is more important to me than alcohol. I know its easy for me to say, Im 48 but Believe me I used to love to party! But you can feel good on a couple of drinks as opposed to getting hammered and out of control. I know doctors dont recommend drinking with this drug, one or twos ok but any more is not advisable hun. Take care x
Be careful, my Dr said zero alcohol on this drug, drinking like that at 17 and on antidepressants, you may end up hospitalized. One fellow wrote in and said he got drunk and woke up in intensive care a few days later. Drugs and alcohol don't mix. Take care
Yes I've just learnt the hard way that the two don't mix well! I was on a date last night and had 2 glasses of normal wine and boy am I regretting it! Been sick,dodgy stomach and anxiety like I've not had in months. Its really not worth it! I rarely drank before sert and I fancy it even less now. I'd say it doubled the effect of the alcohol. In future if I ever feel like a drink again it'll be low alcohol wine, but right now I feel like I'll never fancy another drink!