My ex boyfriend changed after taking paxil. He has always drank every night but he started to drink even more while on the paxil. He is paranoid and moody. He has become disrespectful and nothing and I mean nothing is his fault. He blames me for everything all the time. When all I ever asked him to do was get some help.
What can happen to a person mentally and physically if they are taking paxil and drink ALOT every night?
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I called my pharmacist, she said you should NEVER mix the two, it can cause terrible side effects, such as serious mood swings, suicidal thoughts, and night sweats, etc, also if he is caught on the road by a policeman, he will get taken to jail, for mixing booze and drugs. BAD NEWS….Take care of yourself, o.k.? Also you can call alcoholics anonomous and ask them what to do. Niki.
We are all "wired" differently. When I started taking Paxil, drinking made me feel groggy. I know you are not supposed to drink while on it, but I can’t get a straight answer why.
There is only one answer I can give you…….Join Al Anon. There you will be supported to make the changes you need to make in your life.
You cannot change him; but you can change. And often you changing means he decides to change too.
Good luck
He should get off paxil. I took it amyself and became moody and really out of it. In my opinion its a bad drug. I was on it for 4 months and when I finally got off it I felt like a new man. Tell him he should try getting over his depression naturally, thats what I did and it worked great. Sometimes medicine doesnt solve everything. Good Luck
If he is drinking while on med, then the med won’t be working! So he needs to either stop drinking or stop taking the med – otherwise it is a waste of time.
Look after your own mental health too!!
Paxil is part of the SSRI medication group for treating depression among other ailments. When a patient begins taking Paxil, that person can become increasingly depressed, moody, or even suicidal for the fist few weeks of taking the drug. However, the good effects of the drug usually kick in after five weeks, and patients typically show vast improvement in their well-being. Drinking heavily while taking Paxil isn’t recommended because both the drug and alcohol are processed by the liver. Taking both causes an increased effect of drunkenness because the liver is unable to process both the drug and the alcohol quick enough to clean out the alcohol from the bloodstream. When your boyfriend drinks, he likely gets more drunk from less drink, if you follow. He should limit his intake of alcohol to just a few drinks if he does choose to drink.