Can I drink alcohol or use recreational drugs when I have depression?

You shouldn't. Alcohol is a depressant. A depressant mixed with more depression is a recipe for disaster. Recreational drugs may numb the pain for a bit, but they can also have adverse reactions and do more harm than good. It's never good to depend on a substance to feel better.

No. You should never drink it.Many people think that it helps but the truth is it doesn't. It has a adverse effect on your health. Whenever you are depressed just go for a walk morning or evening walk. You can talk to someone. Talking really helps.

The best way to deal with depression is to confront it directly. The depression will only be temporarily relieved through the use of alcohol or recreational drugs. The only way to stop the pain is to beat the pain. Guided meditation or consulting with a professional or someone you love will definitely help you fight your depression and win against all odds. You are stronger than your depression. Do not let it dictate your life cause you are an amazing person who can not be defeated that easily, no matter how hopeless things may seem.

It is recommended to AVOID alcohol and drugs when you are in any stage of depression. The logic is that alcohol and drugs will give you euphoria and can be relaxing for some time but that feeling is only temporary and does not actually deal with the main issue at hand, your depression. The best course of action would be to find healthy alternatives you might like such as a playing a sport, reading books, socializing with others whenever you feel like you want to use any harmful substances. It is important to get help with a certified mental health professional to get cognitive behavior therapy / psychotherapy and possibly medication. Therapy will be long, tedious, and emotionally painful but it is a much better approach than drinking and using drugs to cover up your depression.

You can drink alcohol however I would recommend cutting it out as it acts as a depressant and will make you feel worse in the long run. Recreational drugs are never a good idea, particularly for anyone with mental health conditions so I would say it is best to avoid these completely.

Well, yeah, of course you can. I wouldn't recommend alcohol - in my case it made me extremely violent combined with anti-depressants, and I wasn't violent to other people, but myself. Don't really want to advertise drugs, but what really helped me was acid. I know, weird right. It opened some kind of other world and the way of thinking changed to more positive.

Yes, you can, but remember it is only a temporary solution to a long-term problem. Therapy and medical drugs are the roads to recovery.

I would recommend staying far away from alcohol or recreational drug use while you're feeling depressed. These things may temporarily make you feel better, but they are not a solution and, in fact, they might make the original problem even worse!

I wouldn't advise it because alcohol is a depressant and will exasperate the situation you are in. Similarly drugs puts you in a false sense of happiness and so you dip when they wear off

Physically, you can, but it it`s not recommended. Alcohol is a depressant, and it`s easier to become addicted to it if you are feeling depressed, and it`s the same for drugs. There are many more healthier ways of coping with depression and getting support for yourself. Stay strong, keep fighting!

Of course you can. There is no one in the world that can stop you from doing what you want or feel you need to do, especially when it comes to depression. However, depression and drugs, whether it is alcohol or other substances, could end up making your life more difficult. Make sure any decision you make is informed. If you are taking medical or alternative treatments for depression, make sure you tell your doctor that you are using a drug - it could have bad side effects, even be fatal.

you could, but that never is an answer to anything. You might think that it is good, that it is helping you know, but on the long run it is just going to deprive you of all the joy life can offer.

Doing anything that would make you forget about your state might become an addiction during depression. So it's best to avoid those things. Because once it becomes an addiction, it will only lead to a vicious cycle and you would escape from the reality using that addiction. It can get very dangerous. You should use music instead of all those things. It might help you forget even if fir a little bit and it is perfectly healthy. It would also help you to keep your memory controlled as it is known to have some kind of a memory loss during depression. But doing anything that you liked during depression excessively might become an addiction. So as long as you successfully stay in the real world and don't forget your problems, it's fine if you're using some safe means to escape from the reality. Like watching movies, playing games, reading, music etc. Doing things that you like, which are not hazardous for you.

No, even though it seems to be the only way out to run away from every sad and bad things on life, it won't make things better.

I didnt used drugs, but i used alcohol. Alcohol can make you feel a little better for a while, if you use i socially. If you drink too much or alone, you posibly won't be in a better mood. And the side effects of alcohol... Are bad. I recommend to use it socially, and with moderation.

For alcohol It's strongly advised not to, as alcohol has hypotonic and sedative proprieties that will exacerbate the symptoms of your depression. For other drugs: Drugs can have a wide variety of effects on your body and mind. If you are being treated for your depression by pharmaceutical drugs, then anything recreational is a no-no since they may alter, negate and even reverse the effects of your treatment. See your doctor for more information about the interaction between your condition and recreational drugs.

No because that may make you tempted to do harm to yourself rather than good. It could lead to overdose or alcohol poisoning which both are very dangerous.

It is better not to drink alcohol or use recreational drugs, in some people's opinion as it can be harmful.

Alcohol is a depressant, so you may feel worse afterwards. And I cant say recreational drugs are the answer either. Someone once said to me "if you want to get rid of a problem, get yourself another one" Meaning that the depression may be masked by the addiction.

No, drinking and taking drugs are never the answer. Once you come off that high, your problems all still lay at hand. It may make you forget, but it's always there. Accept it and try to move forward.

No. Using drugs and/ or alcohol at the moment seems like a great idea but actually it´s not. The consecuences this might bring are scary.

It is highly not recommended to drink alcohol or take drugs. Alcohol is a natural depressent so it won't help anyone that is depressed. Drugs is not recommended at all. I've had depression before, and I just avoided alcohol completely until I got out of it.

I would strongly advice against. Alcohol is a depressant in itself so is only going to make things worse in the long run. Imagine being stuck in a ditch with a broken leg. If you didn't have a broken leg you would be able to climb out. The broken leg represents your depression, with time as it heals you will be able to get out or others can help you out. Drinking and taking drugs, will only be making that ditch much deeper, making it more difficult for you to get out and making it more difficult for others to help you out.

It's best you speak to a healthcare professional about whether you can use alcohol or recreational drugs when you have depression. From my own experience, using alcohol with depression made me feel a lot worse, so it was better for me to avoid it.

In general, drugs an alcohol worsen depression. Recreational drugs slow down the mind even more than it already is due to depression. Also, addiction could become an additional problem. Finding an activitiy that calms you and makes you feel good can have a similar effect and definitely is the better choice.

Turns out, that while drinking alcohol and using drugs does provide temporary escape from depression, when the effect wears out you end up feeling worse than before. Using them is discouraged.

Its not recommended! drugs and alcohol tend to be depressants, which lower your mood and you level of functioning. With pre-existing depression, these substances with cause moods to drop even lower.

Alcohol itself is a depressant, so it is not advised to use anything that can alter the mental state, which is what drugs do.

no, its only going to make you feel physically an mentally worse. even though it washes away feeling for a while and makes you feel numb, it does make you feel more depressed

You could drink alcohol but it won't solve any problems that you may have and I don't think drugs are a very good idea