I have never had a problem (in terms of painful after-effects, anyway) with drinking alcohol while on ADs. But I just started Lamictal and the doc said to take it really slow if I wanted to drink.

I hosted a dinner party last night and it would be practically unthinkable not to have a little wine. So I did. My advisor was pouring and knows I'm supposed to be very careful with alcohol so he poured me very small glasses. I'm not joking when I say I drank about a quarter what I might otherwise, less than 2 glasses the way I would normally pour. (The entire group killed 6 bottles!)

But I didn't get any buzz at all. Not even a little. And to head off a headache, I drank a couple pints of water before bed. This has always been effective for me in the past.

No luck. I have a splitting headache this morning. I feel slightly woozy and my stomach is giving me the what-for (coffee is helping a little...) This must be what a hangover feels like - I've actually never had a hangover before. I used to call it my secret super power! And yes, I've drunk way more than enough to induce a hangover before.

Anyway, no point to this post except to say, wow, this sucks. I'm pretty bummed that even with being very careful, the after-effects of the alcohol are so yucky. Well, more than bummed. I really like wine ( as in, connoisseur, not wino...) and being unable to drink sensibly without having serious regrets feels like a big kick in the teeth.

Anyone else unable to consume alcohol solely because of BP meds?