Do Antidepressants Change Your Personality?

The answer is more nuanced than you might think.

By Naomi Weinshenker
Dec 20, 2021 8:00 PMDec 21, 2021 11:30 PM
Antidepressants and personality
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Whenever I recommend an antidepressant to a patient, I gird myself for the typical protests:

“Will it change my personality?”

“Will I lose the ability to feel joy?”

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