ANTI-DEPRESSANT LIFESTYLE: WATCHING YOUR ALCOHOL INTAKE
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Even if you don’t have a defined problem with alcohol, it is very important for a person who suffers from depression to pay careful attention to his or her alcohol intake. First of all, alcohol is capable of interacting negatively with any drug that affects brain functioning. Even though one study of individuals taking St John’s Wort suggested that the effects of alcohol on their co-ordination and ability to concentrate was no different from that seen in people on placebo, I would recommend moderation in alcohol consumption to someone on St John’s Wort as I would to a person on any other type of anti-depressant. In practical terms, this generally means no more than one (or at the most two) glasses of wine or single shots of alcohol per day, depending on an individual’s tolerance. As always, it is important to exercise judgement when driving or operating machinery under such combined drug influences.
Even in those who appear to handle their alcohol very well in the hours after drinking it, I have often noticed a ripple effect on mood in the days that follow. This sometimes occurs after a very small amount of alcohol (even a single glass of wine) and takes the patient quite by surprise when the association is finally recognized. As I mentioned, sometimes it is only by logging one’s mood on a daily basis that a person will come to appreciate that there is indeed a cause-and-effect relationship between drinking alcohol and becoming depressed.
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