can you drink alcohol while taking wellbutrin?
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It intensifies depression if you're taking it for that.  It intensifies any side effects you may already be having.  It totally messes with your body chemistry and it will take days to readjust.  Not smart.
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I am on Lexapro and my doctor told me it was not a good idea.  It can allready make you drowsy and unaware.  Just think if you drink.
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I have taken both and find that wellbutrin xl does nothing for anxiety however for fatigue does wonders, so much that  i can not sleep at night.  Lexapro will be excellent for anxiety, lexapro is a ssri, which is just seretonin which addresses ocd and anxiety, Wellbutrin addresses dopamine and norepinephrine which addresses fatigue and lethargy.  I am a bit confused as to your question.\n\none of the reasons the dr. would be prescribing wellbutrin is to offset the side effects of ssri lexapro and to offset the weight gain and the sexual side effects.
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Yes you can. There are prescription medicines that disqualify you as well as having a cold or feeling ill but alcohol isn't a factor.
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Can you let up on the Wellbutrin for a week to find out?\nAre you taking any other drugs that my cause this?\n\nCan you look up the side effects and see if facial redness is one of them? I know those types of drugs have about a hundred side effects. I took Wellbutrin for a month and then it stopped working. You are lucky to find something that works for you without stopping.\nI finally found out I have an underactive thyroid gland and when I started taking pill for that my depression slowly went away.\nSo now I tell everyone with depression to have their thyroid gland checked with a simple blood test called the TSH test.\n\nYou can even order it yourself from this place:\nhttp://www.healthcheckusa.com\n\nI would also say use a sunblock whenever you go outside if you think the redness may be a hypersensitivity reaction to getting sun. I had that one time form some drug and I had been out like about 2 minutes. In the winter.\nI use Olay Complete for sensitive skin and it has SPF 15 in it and it is light and nice and my skin looks better from it.\nI feel bad for you having to take a drug for depression. I took about 12 of them and they either did not work or made me manic. The Wellbutrin worked the best but like I said it only worked for about a month or two and stopped and also made my hands shake bad.\n\nI sent you an email with my email address.
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i dont know about the combo you're on now, but i do know that wellbutrin is the worst medication to take for bipolar. it makes it worse.
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Not really. When you say "in between", that would assume that the drugs are similar. As you say, Adderall is a stimulant and Wellbutrin is an antidepressant with benefits for ADD'ers. (I take that, and I find it quite helpful, I'm not as impulsive.) It wouldn't address sleep at all, though. To clarify, if you are trying to do two different things, there is no "in between".\n\nOver-the-counter things you could try could include two or three benedryl (I've been taking four for years, pharmacologically safe, a "loading dose" as a pharmacologist would say). Things that your doctor could do could include amytriptylene or trazodone. What I absolutely would avoid would be habit forming drugs like Xanax or Restoril, and especially alcohol. ADD'ers have very high rates of substance abuse, so avoid those like the plague if you know what's good for you.\n\nGood luck, and be an informed consumer with your doc.\n\nWith regards to the previous comment, listen, just go away. I honestly have better things to do with my time than to honor you with attention, but here goes. Please, find a reason to exist. Be helpful. Channel your feelings into making the world better, not your whipping boy.
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Really you should never take ANY medication with alcohol. Real effects? Depends on the antibiotic. However there are SOME antibiotics that will make you really nauseous if taken with alcohol...REALLY, REALLY nauseous.
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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO ASK THE DOCTOR.  I WOULD ONLY ASSUME THAT ANY INTAKE OF ALCOHOL WOULD JUST MAKE THE SITUATION (DEMENTIA) WORSE.  THIS IS A MEDICATION GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.  ALCOHOL SHOULD NOT BE INGESTED .. THIS IS JUST MY OPINION.. BUT I THINK THAT THE DOCTOR WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE SAME ANSWER...
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Prozac stays in your system for a long time, and if I remember correctly, it hits peak levels in your blood at about 6-8 hours after dosing. What that means is if you took some at noon, the levels of Prozac in your system will be highest between about 6 to 8 p.m. If that's the case, I would strongly advise you to not drink alcohol, or if you absolutely must, to limit yourself to one drink only, and then stick to soda afterwards.\n\nI take anti-depressants, and I called my uncle, who is a pharmacist and really knows about all this stuff, several years ago on New Year's Eve to find out if I could drink. He said it's safer to have the alcohol BEFORE the medication, and then wait 'til the last possible time to take the medication, so when I drink, that's what I do. He also said I shouldn't have more than two drinks if I was drinking liquor. The reason he gave me that advice was because the liquor would be mostly out of my system before the drug was at peak level in my system. Here, you have a reversed situation, so I think you need to be very, very careful.\n\nGood luck!
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You can take the St. John's Wort but just mention it to your doctor first.  If you are taking any antidepressants already, there may be an interaction beteen the, and the Wort do don't take them both together. Good luck...
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I did without even trying, I'm on wellbutrin xl 300mg. I was put on it for depression, but the longer I took it the less I wanted to smoke. I didn't have nearly as many cravings and when I did smoked it made me wanna be sick.
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Don't listen to these on here yes you can drink with amoxicillin, the ONLY antibiotic you can't drink on is metranidazole, as this has an ingredient in which is the same as an alcoholic takes to stop drinking, 1 in 100 people who drink on metranidazole will feel very very ill after drinking just one drink, i was unaware of this even until i spoke to the leading pharmacist in the hospital i work in, and he said drink DOES NOT stop the antibiotic from working, only metranidazole, people on here are not medically trained
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yes. stop taking wellbutrin and try something else. your body is telling you something
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I hope you're on something else than just Wellbutrin. Wellbutrin is a stimulating anti-depressant and if you're bipolar it can trigger a manic episode very easily. I'm on Wellbutrin as well but also on an anti-seizure med which basically acts as a mood stabilizer. I've been on other meds though...Paxil, Clonazepam, Ativan, Lithium, Epival, Valproic Acid, Olanzapine, Risperdal, Lamactil.
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Alcohol is incompatible with many of the drugs used to treat depression. It can intensify the sedative effects of some antidepressants. Chronic alcohol consumption can increase the availability of some antidepressants while decreasing the availability of others. Tyramine, a substance found in beer and wine, can interact with MAOIs potentially causing a dangerous rise in blood pressure. Consult your physician or pharmacist for specific precautions regarding your own medications.
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I do not take Wellbutrin but I do work with people who have mental illness and do know from experience that your body will grow amuned to any type of drug and sometimes an increase is need or a total change is needed. Speak with your psychiatrist and have him decide what would be best for you. Good Luck and don't give up