he definitely should not be mixing medication and alcohol.

my sister was on antidepressants and drinking heavily, and the mix of the two made her symptoms a lot worse. the antidepressants also numbed her a lot more than she already was from alcohol. it was really scary for me to see her like that because i knew her depression was more situational (a break up), and instead of actually trying to see a therapist to talk through it and get support, she was prescribed a medication.

i don't believe she needed medication, especially not while she was determined to keep drinking...and people don't seem to realize that alcohol IS a depressant, so you can't expect a med to magically make things okay if you are drinking while taking one...plus all the other complications that can happen by mixing the two.