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I have heard it before and I am curious about this ❓ and your thoughts about it, i looked up online about I looked up about alcohol and soda pop and ingredients that go with them, food and such etc, I gave up my drinking of alcohol that I did since say 17 years old and gave up doing it in 2021 dec, and replaced it with drinking other fluids and Pop, I eat candy recently and looked that up and has dopamine in it, they say it is about moderation and if you do it space it out and don't do it… read more

December 8, 2024 (edited)
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I can’t have alcohol with My one Medication Xcopri

December 8, 2024
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Phenobarbital is one of the AEDs to help people withdraw from alcohol. I drink small amounts about 3-4 times yearly. I try to save those times for special occasions like weddings and such.

December 12, 2024
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@jake994 oh right, seizure prevention. Good to know. Thanks Jak994.

December 10, 2024
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member It depends on what you take though. Some Aed meds are also used by people who are trying give up drinking while addicted. The meds basically make your body reject alcohol. This was the main issue I had I would get sick a lot and I was only having 1-2 drinks.

December 10, 2024
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I drank alcohol little bit when I turned 18 until I turned 21 but since then I haven't had any.

December 10, 2024

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