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MJo · 08-08-2006, 06:55 AM

I enjoy the taste of good beer and wine, but I got hangovers easily from a small amount. I found it hard to go out socially and refuse to have at least one drink, though. Now I have a good excuse -- BC. I probably will avoid all liquor from now on. I use Lexapro and at night I take .25 mg Xanax to help me sleep. It occurs to me .25 Xanax is like taking a glass of wine, but without the hangover I get from one glass. If I didn't have poor tolerance for booze, I would probably drink a glass of wine at night before bedtime and skip the xanax. As for Lexapro, I have lived my life with underlying stress and the Lexapro has eased it. I took the smallest dose - 10 mg. and found myself with extreme sugar cravings. After a distressing day of eating ice cream, cookies, chocolate and avoiding real food, I decided to cut back to .5 mg. I have diabetes 1 and 2 in my family, and am concerned about sugar cravings. But I don't want to give up the relief Lexapro gives me.

08-08-2006, 06:55 AM	#8
MJo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wilmington, Del. Posts: 1,126	My experience I enjoy the taste of good beer and wine, but I got hangovers easily from a small amount. I found it hard to go out socially and refuse to have at least one drink, though. Now I have a good excuse -- BC. I probably will avoid all liquor from now on. I use Lexapro and at night I take .25 mg Xanax to help me sleep. It occurs to me .25 Xanax is like taking a glass of wine, but without the hangover I get from one glass. If I didn't have poor tolerance for booze, I would probably drink a glass of wine at night before bedtime and skip the xanax. As for Lexapro, I have lived my life with underlying stress and the Lexapro has eased it. I took the smallest dose - 10 mg. and found myself with extreme sugar cravings. After a distressing day of eating ice cream, cookies, chocolate and avoiding real food, I decided to cut back to .5 mg. I have diabetes 1 and 2 in my family, and am concerned about sugar cravings. But I don't want to give up the relief Lexapro gives me.