Medications that change who we are
Definitely 100% true, first hand experience here.<p>I had mild medication prescribed for regulating blood pressure. Supposedly without psychological side effects.
I found out a year later that it dramatically affected my personality. More or less like in the article, but in the opposite way.<p>The frightening thing is, I didn&#x27;t know !!!<p>I found out a year later when temporarily stopping the medication,
my kids started to make remarks, alluding on my changed behaviour. Only that moment I started to realize what happened.<p>Also affected my profesional live: I heard years later that people &#x2F; collegues had noticed (but never mentioned it). I&#x27;m pretty sure it
impacted my career. All without me knowing. For medication without any known psychological effects.<p>I took this medication for a year without realizing anything was wrong, that will probably also be the case for other people,
and I&#x27;m pretty sure in many cases psychological side effects won&#x27;t show up in clinical trials.<p>I&#x27;m pretty sure if you take anything like anti anxiety &#x2F; depressants, psycho-pharmaceuticals, or just anything with known side effects, 
the impact must be dramatic.<p>When I found out, discussed it with (several) docters : one said &quot;impossible&quot;, another &quot;interesting, tell me more&quot;.
It assume most doctors are clueless here. When you break a leg, they can set it and it heals. When you have a headache,
they look in their book to see if there is a pill. But anything out of the ordinary, it may be hard to find good medical help.