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Health‐related conspiracy theories can undermine the trustworthiness of actors and institutions and may impact an individual’s intention to seek help. Across three experimental studies, we investigated the consequences of exposure to an antidepressant conspiracy theory on general intentions to seek medical and psychological help. Study 1 participants (N = 299) were randomly allocated to read one of three articles (pro‐conspiracy, anti‐conspiracy, control) after which they completed measures of conspiracy endorsement, trust, powerlessness, and health‐seeking intentions. Results suggested that exposure to antidepressant conspiracy theories significantly reduced individual’s intention to seek help indirectly through decreased trust in health authorities, but not health‐industry‐related powerlessness. In two additional pre‐registered studies, we found some support for these findings. While Study 2 (N = 244) found …