Lexapro and alcohol

[Jittery024]

So I have struggled with anxiety most of my life and kept it under control with the help of Lexapro. So my dr and I decided that I was doing well and in December I started tapering off. I came off of it completely.

This past May I started back up on it cause I just couldn’t handle the symptoms. So finally after months of anxiety and med adjustments, I was feeling great. All of a sudden Friday night I have date night with my husband and drank tooooooo much and have a huge hangover on Saturday and Sunday anxiety starts back up...... it’s mainly morning anxiety that lasts until about noon or so. I went to dr yesterday he said that I should not be drinking (which I realize) but it will go away. If it does not he will adjust my medicine again.

Has anyone ever experienced anything similar?

Also the anxiety I ha r been dealing with since May has been the morning anxiety.

[gggg123]

If I drink on a Friday and Saturday, Sunday I will be ok, Monday rough and Tuesday anxious as hell !!. It's just alcohol is relaxing, you gotta have some fun !!

[Jittery024 in reply to gggg123]

I have never experienced this. I can have a few drinks and be fine. This time is completely different. Maybe because of how much I drank and the mix of alcohol I had. I’m just not sure why this is happening.

[gggg123 in reply to Jittery024]

Maybe it has nothing to do with alcohol and it is your head. Both you say are morning anxieties and you suffer it either way. This is why I never took any kind of medication maybe he needs to up your dosage.