[Shakes]

Hello. It's Shakes here. I am a 16 year old male with depression. Depression sucks! I was diagnosed with this illness just under a year ago. I've been off and on 20/10mg daily throughout the year. Im fairly pleased with the results of Prozac, and I am grateful for it.

However I am concerned when it comes to the combination of Prozac and alcohol. This combination is very dangerous and I have personal experience with that deadly duo. I recall a situation when me and my friends we're having a nice time drinking, just shootin' the breeze, smokin some herb, same old same old. That night I ended up drinking a little under two 40's of Malt Beer (Old English). Now, had I not been on Prozac, that amount of alcohol would of got me very drunk, maybe even passed out. But I would of been o.k, and i'd of managed. I've been drunk before, I can handle two 40's. But because fluoxetine was in my system, I got hammered like I've never thought possible. I was never that drunk before, and it felt like a different kind of alcohol-buzz, very bizzare, hard to explain. I was so messed up. I pissed all over my dad, slapped three security guards in the mall, called my sister a whore, and slashed my wrist 5 or 6 times with scissors! (Prozac is supposed to help prevent radical, raging outbursts of fury, not provoke them!) I would never do that when I was normally just drunk. And I don't remember any of this, my parents told me all about it in the morning. Now I don't drink anymore, in fear that I might kill myself, or someone.

My question is: What is it that makes alcohol react so badly to Prozac? Whats the technical reason? What physically happens in the brain that made me go insane? Does it have something to do with serotonin? Is it only SSRI anti-depressants that react this way to alcohol, or are there other medications that have similar reactions? Thank you for your time.

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[sleeptime]

I'm not a doctor so I don't know the exact chemical reaction in your brain, but I do know that Prozac is an anti-depresant and alcohol is a depresant. Mixing the two only confuses your body and make you act the way you have. One of my closest friends used to do the same when we were in hight school. She'd drink all night long, do stupid ****, and forget about it the next day. The girl is lucky she's still alive. Maybe you should take a look at the real reason you're taking these drugs and find out, if you use them right, how beneficial they would be for you. Or, maybe it's time to re-evaluate yourself and change up your lifestlye habits. That's what I did. I took anti-depresants for a while but felt that they "numbed" me, so I quit. I decided that my problem was something that I was going to fix for myself. It's been a long road for me but I know it's possible. Drugs only mask problems, not fix them. The sooner you realize that the sooner you'll be able to fix your situation and deal with you life.
Hope this helps and good luck.

Tara R James