Is it safe to drink two beers while on 5mg Olanzapine?
Haven’t drunk in 18 months… but thinking drinking a couple of beers might be enjoyable.
I was on 40mg of olanzapine for over 15 years. I was told not to drink while taking it.
I haven’t had a drop of alcohol since about 2003. Other than some non-alcoholic beer which has less than 0.5% alcohol.
I’m no longer on Olanzapine, I’m on Lurasidone now, but I still don’t drink.
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I’m tempted, but may wait a while. Only two weeks into a reduction
Doctors in different countries will tell you different things. The only known interaction is increased drowsiness. It is a mild interaction, so drinking is probably safe. None of my doctors have warned me not to drink alcohol. I’ve been on Zyprexa, Abilify and Seroquel.
Yeah, before I was on antipsychotics I partied a lot. Binge drinker on weekends with friends in High School and University. I missed drinking early on but I haven’t had alcohol in so long I don’t even think about it anymore.
I quit smoking and marijuana too. I’m totally clean. Sometimes I reminisce abut getting totally inebriated, smoking, partying and having a good time but I think I am past that now.
I decided to play it safe and just quit everything.
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Something I will say is that it is nearly impossible to get drunk on antipsychotics. Whenever I tried,ijust gotthe sick and sleepy feeling, without any of the fun part. I gave up drinking in 2017ish because there was just no point in drinking things that taste bad and give me a headache.
If you do decide to drink, we ask that you stay off the forum while you do so. Posting under the influence is against the rules.
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That’s okay…. Only thinking of having two. But probably won’t tbh… I’ll give it longer
I drink occasionally, but there is a very big interaction between alcohol and olazapine for me. I think the more closely the two substances are metabolised by the body the more severe interaction. And by interaction I mean feeling really out of sorts the next day.
So the way I solve it is that I occasionally drink a couple of beers, but I drink them in the afternoon or early in the evening. That way there is a few hours between the alcohol and taking the drugs. The closer from you stop drinking till you take the drug the bigger the interaction in my experience.
I try to avoid drinking much because then I have to skip the drug entirely and can’t sleep for the night and get a really crappy next day.
Same for me, on meds alcohol makes me tired and sleepy, kinda depressed. I still occasionally drink but small amounts and never more than 13% alcohol.
I never post while drunk bcz I never get drunk with the occasional small amounts I drink.
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Yeah, it’s not a good idea to do so. I used to be on a gaming forum where people got lit up in the weekend. There was a lot of toxic things being said. People arguing, foul language…I think that was the main reason I decided to quit.
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The max Ill have is a small glass of wine or one beer.
My pdoc in the UK told me moderate alcohol drinking on the dose of abilify I was on is okay. That was either 10mg or 15mg I can’t remember
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Having said that, I have made the personal choice not to drink ever again
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Not telling you to drink but i drank 3 beers on 3mg risperidone, still got the sedative effects of them, alcohol affects me easily so it might just be me.
Alcohol works on GABA receptors in your brain like a benzo which is why it can have sedative properties and you can become dependent on in like a benzo too.
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I drank a lot over the years on antipsychotics. I never had any issues.
I haven’t had a drink in like a week almost I’m trying to abstain from alcohol and am only drinking two cups of coffee as opposed to the usual like 5 or 6! I feel great! I don’t recommend drinking on antipsychotics!!
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