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@alicorn2237 I’m not going to engage in judgment on your question. You would not have come to the Mayo Clinic Connect forum had you not realized you made a mistake.

Are you prescribed anti-depressants because you were diagnosed with depression? If yes, then using alcohol will only result in more depression and make your mood feel worse. Alcohol is a depressant on the central nervous system. So while you might feel good and your mood is lifted up while you are using alcohol once you come down from the high your mood is likely to plummet. I’m talking from experience and from the experiences of people I know. Also, people I know who use alcohol often do not tend to take their antidepressants as prescribed.

Whether or not you will be “okay” is a good question to ask the doctor who prescribed the antidepressant medication. The path to feeling better is to take your antidepressant medication as prescribed, and see a mental health therapist.

Are you currently seeing a therapist? If yes, then you can ask your therapist your question too.

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Thank you so much. Yes, it was definitely a mistake that I do not wish to make again. I take them for anxiety, and yes afterwards I felt the symptoms of that back but nothing more. I was making sure I was okay in the physical sense. Thank you again!