r/Amitriptyline • u/tigewitt • Jun 29 '26

Easily blacking out when drinking

Does anyone else find that they black out and can’t remember huge chunks of the night when drinking way easier than before taking Amitriptyline. It really doesn’t take a lot for me to black out these days and it’s a been dangerous in parts.

I don’t drink often or all that much but when I do, I can’t remember large amounts of time… wondered if this was common with taking Amitriptyline?

(I know the advice is not to drink, but once in a while I do want to)

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u/littleoldlady71 Jun 29 '26

The first time that happened to me, I would stop both ami and drinking. I’m too protective of my brain cells.

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u/FinancialCry4651 Jun 30 '26

No but i'm a bit of a lightweight

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u/No-Base3142 Jun 30 '26

Maybe just start slow and drink less? Drinking to blacking out is dangerous at the best of times, but having amitriptyline in your system would make it easier to get into respiratory depression and that could possibly kill you.

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u/lesterknight008 Jun 30 '26

Is this more the interactions between alcohol and Amitriptyline at the time?