DOSE:	10 mg	oral	Pharms - Escitalopram	(daily)
	10 mg	oral	Pharms - Diazepam	(daily)
	2 glasses	oral	Alcohol - Beer/Wine

BODY WEIGHT:

52 kg

After too many stressful events in too short a timespan, I got so depressed I could only cry and think about ways to end my 'miserable and useless' life (that's how I felt then, even though knowing better!). Fortunately, I had enough presence of mind left to see my GP, and he immediately put me on antidepressants and diazepam.

The diazepam (10 mg tablets) I only took before going to sleep, and I must say it worked VERY well for me: a pleasant drowsy and careless feeling, no waking up at night, no panic attacks.

The lexapro acted weird on me: after 2 days I got this 'ADHD'-like state of mind: giggly and over-active. I also noticed having wide pupils; it looked very nice, but I was worried however (widened pupils are reported to be one of the side-effects). Some days later, this over-active 'mania' disappeared, and I just felt relaxed, but also dizzy. But since I took 10 mg of valium every evening, and later learned about its build-up effects, I cannot say whether this effect was caused by lexapro or diazepam...

After one week, I went out with some friends, and since I didn't want to bother them/tell them about my depression and medicine, I drank two beers. I didn't really enjoy them, nor did I feel the 'urge' to drink, so I drank them slowly.

Soon after the second beer I started to get hyperactive again, I couldn't sit or stand still, I had to move. I felt very careless and self-assured, and started dancing and talking a lot. Though I was having a good time (and my friends too), I didn't really like my loss of 'control', so I didn't drink any more alcohol.

At home, I took a tablet of valium to sleep, as usual. I slept very deep and well, and woke up in a great mood. However, I realized that the 'personality change' I experienced wasn't very good. Several weeks later, after stopping the valium-intake (difficult, but I didn't want to become addicted...), I tried alcohol (beer) again, and again I became restless and over-active.
The last experience with lexapro and alcohol was again some weeks later, resulting in hyperactivity again, but also in euphoria. This euphoria soon became depression after I received a not so nice message: like I fell from 7th heaven and lay shattered on the floor. Later that night I got severe migraine too, so I will NEVER combine alcohol and escitalopram again. I'm off the medication now, and last week I drank some beers again, and now I felt 'normal' (the way I always felt when drinking some beers).

Exp Year: 2010	ExpID: 89754
Gender: Female
Age at time of experience: 32
Published: Jan 29, 2026	Views: Not Supported
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