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follow up to zoloft and alcohol
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Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
follow up to zoloft and alcohol
by u2crew, Jan 13, 2004 12:00AM
I posted a question a couple days ago regarding the potential interation between zoloft and alcohol. I know that you can not answer this unequivocally but I was wondering what your thoughts are on drinking while taking an anti-depressant. I really am stressed out all the time worrying that alcohol/zoloft combined has harmed me. Is it unlikely that the two have given me brain damage? I have OCD and this is my main worry, that I am somehow stupider from the combination of alcohol and zoloft. By the way, I don't combine the two anymore. I sometimes think that I am stupider and then feel stupider, which is one of the reasons I have had to take some time off of college. My doctor says that if I had brain damage of any kind there would be more symptoms than just cognitive symptoms, which are the only symtoms that I think I have. Is this true? I don't have any motor problems etc...
My doctor says that millions of people around the world take anti-depressants and many drink while on them and they don't have brain damage.
I really need this worry to be put to rest so that I can get on with my life and feel like I have something to look forward to instead of worrying that I have damaged my potential to think at a complex level.
Can you offer any reassurance that the combination of these two hasn't done anything?
Thanks, Derek
My doctor says that millions of people around the world take anti-depressants and many drink while on them and they don't have brain damage.
I really need this worry to be put to rest so that I can get on with my life and feel like I have something to look forward to instead of worrying that I have damaged my potential to think at a complex level.
Can you offer any reassurance that the combination of these two hasn't done anything?
Thanks, Derek
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