vampireapologist:

badchristiannightcore:

whoweargoldintheirhair:

PSA: COUGH MEDICINE + SSRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS CAN KILL YOU.

I am apparently very very lucky that I had a low dose of both. Google tells me that what I had on Saturday was serotonin syndrome and it can apparently kill you.

The culprit is dextromethorphan, which is a cough suppressant and is probably in most cold medicines.

Feel free to reblog this because my psychiatrist didn’t warn me and the label on the cough medicine had nothing about this.

if you’re ever worried about possible drug interactions with otc medications/alcohol you can always use https://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.html this site if you cant get ahold of your doctor

BYYYYE with my asthma I practically live on cough medicines!!!! And I NEVER knew.

Commentary added for clarity: 

The risk of serotonin syndrome is very small. If you are on antidepressants, you should remain on antidepressants. This is not “YOUR MEDS WILL KILL YOU”, this is “be aware of drug interactions, even with seemingly harmless things like cough medicine, and maybe don’t take cough medicine while on antidepressants without asking your doctor”.