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www.insider.com Antidepressants can put you at risk of potentially deadly heat stroke. Here's how to stay safe while taking them this summer.

Different types of antidepressants have different effects on your body's thermoregulation, so people taking them have to be careful in the heat.

Antidepressants can put you at risk of potentially deadly heat stroke. Here's how to stay safe while taking them this summer.

"Tricyclic antidepressants can cause you to sweat less," Wheate said, "because they act as anticholinergics, which means they basically stop your sweat glands from producing sweat. We sweat to cool down, so if you're not sweating then you can't regulate your body temperature properly and you're likely to overheat."

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, on the other hand, make you sweat more.

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He suggested having a fan blow over you if you're taking tricyclic antidepressants, so that even though you're sweating less, the sweat you are producing is more effective at wicking away heat from your body.

For those on SSRIs, Wheate said that drinking lots to replace lost fluids is the best thing you can do. But, he said, "you don't want to just drink water — you need to drink something salty or slightly sugary because when you sweat you don't just lose the water, you lose salts and sugars, and you need to replace those."

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