New to forum, slightly off topic question.

[Vincent]

Hello, I had been drinking moderately (5/day) since about 1998. Then upped it to about 10-14 day by 2001. At which point I quit and sought professional help. I've been diagnosted with Major Depression and Social anxiety.

I also believe I abused alcohol to get to sleep (even though I was aware that it would cause a wake up 4 hours later). I've always had problems getting to sleep.

I am currently prescribed Ambien by my Phyciatrist. I have been taking 10 mg for about 20 months. I noticed a decline in it's "punch" after about 6 months.

The other day I was a bit congested and feeling kind of sick so I took 1oz of Nyquil and 10mg of Ambien. WOW! That really zonked me out good, and it seemed like I slept better than ever and awoke with good energy.

Normally getting out of bed for me is incredibly difficult, no energy, depressed.

Is this going to be a bad habit of getting into? Mixing Nyquil with Ambien?

On another note. I hadn't drank since May, 2003. But few months ago I binged a few times (10-12 in a few hours). Not sure why, I think it was because I was elated and just felt like topping it off.

Now for the scary part. Last night I had 10 drinks, then took 1oz of Nyquil and 10 mg of Ambien. The next day I felt a bit hungover, but the strangest thing happened that I've never experienced before. Double Vision. It was as if my eyes were stuck at an angle to look at something about 2 feet away. So If I looked at my hand it was fine, but objects further in the distance would be double. It went away about 3 hours after I got up, about 12 hours after finishing drinking and taking the Nyquil and Ambien. I've been drunker than drunk before and never experienced double vision.

Comments?

[MarkSichelCSW]

You're being very dangerous to yourself, your new cocktail and binge drinking is really scary and potentially lethal. Please get real time help ASAP. You need to go to AA and you need to go back to your psychiatrist and tell him or her what's going on. You're out of control and you're an addict who really can't drink or play around with drugs as you keep upping the stakes to a very dangerous level.