I'm also on a low dose of generic Lexapro, that's why I don't mind having drinks with friends.

Cannabis helps calm me down for sure, helps me sleep, everything just comes into perspective

I did drink on my meds but found it counter productive. But I drank frequently and a lot. I think doc Ii Al drinking and limiting your consumption is ok, if your able to do that v Ii wasn't Alcohol may numb your depression for the moment, but it also can amplify it the next day. I chose to stop drinking. I wasn't feeling any better, but after I stopped ibd Ii d see an improvement. Maybe because I didn't hide the osin, felt it and delt with it instead of covering it up.

Both coffee and alcohol are stimulants that have a rather significant and immediate impact on the physiology of your body. Due to its high caffeine content (95mg per 8 fl oz cup), coffee does indeed give you that energy boost. The problem is not so much getting on this rush of caffeine but getting off. Personally, I found that after a few hours, I would experience a hard emotional landing once the caffeine effect wore off. I would be much more susceptible to negative mood swings. Caffeine just messed too much with the physiological rhythm, or emotional curve, I was trying to achieve for it to be beneficial to my recovery. So I gave it up. The same goes for similar stimulants like energy drinks. I opted instead for black tea, which gives me that nice, though less intensive, buzz (26mg of caffeine per 8 fl oz cup) without the side effects.

Alcohol works in a similar way but is far more detrimental. It negatively impacts the emotional curve by bending it out of shape, usually pushing me down to very low readings. I found that while too much caffeine derails me for a day, the effects and reverberations of alcohol on the state of my mind and mood could last for up to three days. I completely abstain from drinking now. I figured that my mental health was far more important.

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Being honest I used to drink on my meds but I realized they made the meds less efficient and I haven't touched a drink in over two months...feel a lot better