What medically happens when someone has sleeping/antidepressant meds with vodka?

Question

I want to know what happens to people's bodies, medically...what system is harmed, for how long, and what are the physical effects? BTW: This is just a question and I do NOT intend to do this...also I posted this on the medicine section but I dunno if I'll get any answers

Answer 1

I used this to try to commit suicide...

Answer 2

You have more luck getting an answer there than here.

Answer 3

Depending on how much of the drugs they took, and on how much alcohol they drank, anyone who does this may very well wind up in a coma and on life support, like Karen Quinnlan did in the '70's when I was growing up. Alcohol is a depressant- that means it depresses the central nervous system. Sleeping pills and anti depressants do much the same thing, but exactly how they work depends on which drugs are used and on how much the person takes at any given time. In general, respiration slows down, and it can stop if there is enough of the wrong combination of these drugs in a person's system. The person may get dizzy, and exhibit slurred speech. Balance problems, stumbling, and ataxia are not uncommon either. The person may be unresponsive to stimuli, such as loud noises or bright lights, and may also be drowsy or sleepy.

I hope this answers your question.  

Answer 4

It will make you sleepier even just a little may make you dizzy and it can cause respiratory arrest (u stop breathing).

Like any type of drug interaction there are unpredictable consequences like brain damage, kidney problems etc....