I need medication for my anxiety/depression (I’m going through counseling too), but also want to be able to have a drink occasionally. Do you know of any anti-anxiety or anti-depressant medication that it is safe to drink with? I will ask my psychiatrist when I see him in two weeks but until then I’m hoping to get some answers and look into these meds as possibilities.

Thank you

I’m considering being an alcoholic to get over my social anxiety. I’ve tried some medicines like lustral and some herbal stuff but they didn’t help much but when i drink too much in the evenings i feel relaxed at work next morning. If you ask me i prefer to be an alcoholic rather than living with stress and pain everyday. Alcohol can shorten my lifetime but same will happen other way as well. I don’t want to grow a tumor in my brain because of being under strees 5 days in week. I need your advices.

I’m talking occasional social drinking. I am a young person and want to have a life.

as in once it wears off does it make the anxiety worse? If so and you have someone with anxiety that’s pretty much saying that person can never get drunk or else the anxiety will always worsen?

My name is Andrew, and I am 28. I am an alcoholic. I drink WAY too much. My anxiety is caused by years of drinking alcohol. Has anyone heard of anxiety getting better or going away the longer someone has stayed away from alcohol? I have now only drank 2 times in the last 24 days, that is a record for me.
I do eat healthy if you can believe that. My friends say I am the healthiest alcohol they know.

I know alcohol is a sedative and normally relaxes people, but I also noticed that some people get more hyper when they’re drunk and it seems to have the opposite affect… so is it possible for someone who is already anxious for example to drink and make the anxiety worse and lead to an anxiety attack when drunk?

How long does irritability and anxiety last once you stop drinking alcohol.

I’ve been drinking lots of beer for 15 years and recently have been drinking almost daily this past year.

I noticed i get irritable and anxious when I’m not drinking.

What can i expect when I quit?
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Cipramil is the brand name for Citoplepram and its an anti-depressant but Im taking it for anxiety and panic attacks. Now every one says you shouldnt drink on anti depressants because alcohol is a depressant and it just cancels out the effects. But if Im taking it for anxiety will alcohol stop it from working for me? Im only on it a week so it hasnt kicked in yet but I dont want the alcohol to inhibit the drug in any way…

And in your opinion what is more dangerous considering tollerance and withdrawal?

Please dont say benzos are medicine and alcohol is a drug, i know that. I just want to hear from people with anxiety problems how do they compare alcohol with benzos in stressful, anxious sitations.

I plan on going out with some friends tonight but I already took my meds. What should I expect if I have 4-5 beers?