Alcohol and APs

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Is it normal not to feel the effects of alcohol on antipsychotics?

I’ve noticed that after starting risperidone I no longer enjoy having a glass of wine or two on occasion. I don’t feel relaxed or pleasant or any of the good feelings I used to have in the past.

I’m sorry if this kind of post isn’t allowed because it mentions alcohol, but I’m really concerned about the things that used to feel good but don’t anymore. Getting a massage is another example.

I feel like I need some more dopamine, but isn’t too much dopamine the problem to begin with?

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Same problem here but still enjoying other stuff

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Do you have anxity ?

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I don’t drink more than one pint and that’s not very often. From my understanding it just makes you more sedate.

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Sounds more likely to be increased tolerance

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Think most ap’s aren’t supposed to be mixed with alcohol, perhaps physical problems. but when I did i felt the effects of alcohol still… the ap suppressed emotions the alcohol brought them out

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yes the liver damage is immense, why i mean when i was trying not to drink i could last a week, drink once a week, now i take naltrexone and don’t drink at all

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Drinking while on risperidone or other antipsychotics can cause permanent damage to your liver. Don’t do it.

Side note, I talk a big game, but I used to mix alcohol and my meds. I couldn’t get the happy drunk feeling either. So I gave it up. It just wasn’t worth the physical damage. I just got sleepy, and threw up. Not a good party vibe. Now, I’m the DD. All my friends can get home safely, and I still enjoy hanging out with them.

It’s fun being the only sober one at a party, because everyone else is acting so silly that I no longer feel self-conscious or insecure over my own behavior.

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Do you know if this is true for any amount of alcohol? I do sometimes have a glass of wine with dinner or a beer at happy hour. Now I’m worried I’m doing damage.

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No alcohol is safe to mix with APs. Ask your doctor for more information.

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I used to drink on my meds. I never will again because over the long haul of doing that, my AP grew ineffective. I was an alcoholic, too, so I drank more and more to get the same effect, and also I was drinking to medicate my psychosis. In the last stage I was drinking a case of beer a day and neglecting to either eat or take any medication other than alcohol. It was a grisly way to go and I don’t recommend it. Now I’ve started over again on a new AP. Because I went unmedicated for a while, I now hear voices and other hallucinations that could’ve been avoided had I not drunk on my meds to begin with. I’m stuck with them as it is: they resist medication. So there you go.

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My dr told me a glass of wine occasionally doesn’t hurt but I can’t take it with klonopin

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They gave me one seroquel pill in the hospital and i felt drowzy the whole day. I never have that with olanzapine.

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Booze and meds don’t mix.
Too many dangerous side effects.

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None of my doctors have told me not to drink at all. :confused: They’ve told me to drink responsibly. But then my doctors don’t have much time so I don’t know what their actual opinions are.

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Yes with any dose until I vomit not a single apprciated effect. except one Time in exterior when I move to pee all that beer I felt few euphoria a little. Do you have anxity ? Cuz maybe if you don t I havé an explanation

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I do have anxiety.

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My doctors have never told me not to drink either, as long as not getting carried away

I don’t know what effect the meds have on the effects from the alcohol though cause these days if I drink I don’t drink much

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i usually have 1 beer a day. take it how you want

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I am 4 weeks off the drink, I had to stop it was rotten my liver, I feel fresh every morning and life is better without alcohol IMO.

I’ve my second blood test in 2 weeks time to check my liver function.

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