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Originally Posted by sewerrats
I googled the citalopram an drink , and your post came up first , seems the that most is from posters who had drink probs, they started again after takeing ssri,s an not just citalopram. The finding seem to point at a relaxed state to the point of i dont give a f*** . Of course you could have craveings the main one is food , but if takeing benzos aswell the buzz factor is there , i was that man .  |
There's many people who claimed to not even like alcohol before taking an SSRI and they had cravings. It's not just Citalopram, all the SSRI's can cause alcohol cravings. Of course that doesn't mean that everyone who takes an SSRI will have this but it can be a side-effect.
It's also mentioned on Paxil, alcohol abuse is a side effect. There's a theory that SSRI's lower blood sugar, which means it makes you crave alcohol or sugar foods like sweets. The thing is, alcohol gives a high of blood sugar but for a short amount of time and then begins to lower the blood sugar even more and that's why the cravings continue. It doesn't happen to everybody.