Can somebody tell me if you can still take supplements like whey, creatine, carnitine when you're taking an SSRI? I actually considered going to a psychiatrist because of my depression. I think that I might very well lack serotonine but what worries me are the sides of SSRI. I read a bit about SSRI and to me it looks like they are totally limiting. Somebody wrote you must not drink tonic water when you take SSRI or he also said that certain amino acids are converted into serotonine and this causes anxiety attacks when you're taking an SSRI. He wrote that he cannot eat turkey anymore because turkey is high in tryptophan. This sounds totally scary. I mean I cannot know the nutritional facts of every food which I eat and be aware of possible interactions with the SSRI. I'm afraid that taking an SSRI would worry me even more. And what also sucks is that it makes you fat and in this thread I even read that it may reduce the
testosterone levels!
This means that an SSRI would reduce my already low T levels even more.
I have no clue what to do now. On the one hand the thought of having more mental clarity is nice but when I think about all these side effects then I'm not keen on taking antidepressants anymore. I also don't want to put on fat. I am losing fat right now and I still have a lot of fat to lose and putting on fat again would make me totally depressive.