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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
Psychiatrists don't like alcohol use with PTSD because while it has that sedative affect, it also aggravates the PTSD and it isn't good to use alcohol with other medications. Your psychiatrist should have taken time to "calmly" explain that to you. I drank when on Wellbutrin too, like I said, that medication just wound me up too much.
OE
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Another thing with wellbutrin and alcohol is there is a risk of having seizures.
I was put on it at one point, too. It wasn't a good med for me, but I attribute a lot of the problems I had while on it to the struggle of staying sober at the time. I had stopped daily drinking, but still would lose control and binge a few times a week.
Why the Pdoc put me on it when I had such an alcohol problem is beyond me. I'm guessing its because he suspected Bipolar and didn't want to mess with SSRI's.
That may be why the Pdoc was so stern about drinking.