If a person is taking medication for depression, and goes out to drink the same night, can they get a negative reaction? - eviltoast

This is for a novel im writing. For a point in the story, a girl is taking meds and is convinced by friends to go and drink and she has a negative reaction and wakes go the next day remembering nothing.

But Im not a medic so I dont know how realistic this is. What would happen if a person takes meds like anti depresants, and afterna few hours drink alcohol? What would happen to them?

  • AmethystHeart2301@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I’ve only really got experience with my own medications which is a combo of effexor and mirtazapine. For me when I drink alcohol, it feels like the effect is intensified. For example on one standard drink, i feel as drunk as if I had two standard drinks, if I drink two, I usually stop after 2 because I feel like I’ve had four and I’m ready to fall asleep. I’ve never experienced memory loss from alcohol but, I’ve never pushed myself past that limit, even before I went on antidepressiants. I think these drugs and combinations can be a very complex thing, and everyone can have different reactions.