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I may be the only Reformed psychiatrist on the planet <smile>.
I'm basically in agreement with Joshua. The most insidious side effect of any of the psychotropic meds is the dulling of the senses (as mentioned above) or more specifically the dulling of the emotions. This needs to be monitored carefully, preferably with the help of someone close to whomever is on the medications. (We of all folk should know the possibility that we may be ourselves wrong about how we are "really doing"!)
On the other hand, let's not give too much credit to such medicines neither. It's a pretty high bar to ascribe to a medicine a complete personality change or absolution of responsibility. It can happen of course but it should be rare.
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