The importance of research
An earlier poster said that you shouldn't take antidepressants and alcohol as it will make you suicidal. Far be it from me to dismiss his experience, but I've never found antidepressants+alcohol to be a problem - if anything, the normality caused by taking the pills makes drinking a much nicer experience. Serving suggestion only, contents may differ from illustration on pack.

What I CAN tell you doesn't work is E and antidepressants. Having never tried E, I bought a quarter off my mindless drug hoover housemate to take at a party we were having (on the reasoning that, if anything untoward happened brain-wise, I'd be in a comparatively safe place). People warned me constantly "Don't drink on E", so I diligently prepared by NOT drinking (surrounded by free booze, this was quite difficult for me).

I took the first quarter at 9pm, assured that it would kick in fully in about an hour.

10pm. Nothing much, really.

11pm. Mindless drug hoover housemate is feeling a bit guilty (and puzzled - he'd taken some of the same batch himself and found them Eminently Suitable) and gives me another quarter.

12pm. "Fuck this! I'm drinking!" I loudly declare.

I then have a civilized and pleasant early morning, going to bed at 4am without any of the fuzzy effects of going without sleep. I later woke up feeling a bit dry mouthed, but basically sound as a pound.

It was only then of course that I did the research that I should have done two days ago, which was to find that SSRIs and MDMA are sufficiently similar to cancel each other out. When your teachers nagged you to do your homework, you shoulda listened.
(Emily Bruce-Dickinson http://jovialfellow.blogspot.com/, Mon 19 Dec 2005, 11:18, Reply)