Posted by bleauberry on October 3, 2015, at 6:13:58
In reply to Anti-depressants and divorce, posted by threeBmom on October 2, 2015, at 21:34:24
Antidepressants can change personality by way of emotional numbing, or sometimes, the opposite, an emotional awakening which is actually a false awakening seen through colored glasses. In other words, thinking processes can change.
For example, a lifelong musician who starts an antidepressant may soon discover that their desire to play the instrument disappeared or is no longer rewarding.
Antidepressants commonly cause an emotional numbing. The result is that while the lows are dampened or gone, the highs also are dampened or gone. I think they are wrongly named antidepressants. They are actually emotional anesthetizers.
Antidepressants can also make people irritated, nervous, rageful, emotionally uncomfortable in some way.
So yes, if the marriage has changed on psychiatric drugs, I can understand why.
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