Lexapro and wine

[Dogluvr]

Hi everyone. I know you should not drink while on Lexapro but I wanted to get an opinion. I am currently on 7.5mg (I have been taking Lexapro for 3 months) and I take it around 8:30pm. Last night I had a Christmas party and decided to have a glass and a half of wine. I hardly ever drink, so please do not suggest an alcohol problem. This is my third glass of wine in 7 months. Anyways, I had bad dissociation and anxiety when I got to the party. However after one glass of wine I was more outgoing and sociable than the last time I can remember. A little hyper even. Later on I started to get a headache and felt kind of dizzy and out of it. I am small, 5'1" and 105 pounds. I take Xanax (.25mg) and melatonin (1mg) to sleep, so I took that about 6 hours after having my last glass of wine. I slept 10 hours and could have probably slept 14. I feel SO tired today and hungover! Is this normal? I won't be drinking on Lexapro again 

 

Thanks in advance 

[Flash]

Some medications can interact in weird and unpredictable ways with alcohol. I couldn't get buzzed from jäger while on lithium, no matter how much I drank. And warfarin and alcohol were a ghastly combination. Seroquel was another nightmare. A lot of meds cause dry mouth, which can be exacerbated by alcohol. I am so congested much of the time that I frequently sleep with my mouth open, which makes the dry mouth much, much worse. I cough up blood sometimes. 

[thunder]

I suspect it has more to do with the alcohol+Xanax+melatonin, as well as the effect of alcohol alone for someone who very rarely drinks, than it does strictly the Lexapro. Although the Lexapro might have contributed to the effect.