What to avoid when starting antidepressants?

Before starting antidepressants, tell your doctor or pharmacist about any medications you're taking, including over-the-counter medications, vitamins, and supplements. Some anticoagulants and pain medications like Advil® and Tylenol® may increase your risk of bleeding. Stith also recommends avoiding alcohol.



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Interactions with food and drink The SSRI, fluvoxamine, is also known to enhance the effects of caffeine, so people who drink large amounts of caffeine may experience unpleasant symptoms such as heart palpitations, feeling sick, restlessness and insomnia.

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Those foods include processed carbohydrates (think chips, white bread, store-bought confections), fried foods, soda and red meat, says the Harvard Medical School. If you're taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), there are some specific concerns, too.

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