Do antidepressants change personality?

Harding writes that the notion that antidepressant drugs (and SSRIs in particular) can cause personality changes is not new. But many researchers have attributed these changes to a patient’s improved mood, and have been skeptical that SSRIs had independent effects on personality. read more

Fear: Antidepressants change your personality or turn you into a zombie. Fact: When taken correctly, antidepressants will not change your personality. They will help you feel like yourself again and return to your previous level of functioning. read more

Apparently antidepressants do change one’s personality, according to research that is not widely discussed. I don’t know if it reverts when the drugs are discontinued, though. The research was published in 2009. read more