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	(Not sure how to word this) Can Anti-Depressants affect your conscience? Can they affect your moral outlook? e.g. You have no problem telling small lies now, since taking the Anti-Depressants, but before you wouldn't lie at all. By Max Power Asked Feb 5 2008 5:16PM	11 Pts Rate Question

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by Victoria on Feb 5, 2008 at 5:18 pm Permalink

Iv been on a.depresss for 3 yrs so i dont remember bk then.. i think i have the same outlook as before

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by jennybabes44 on Jul 8, 2009 at 12:26 pm Permalink

I dont think theres much of a problem telling small white lies. I think anti-depressants help you stop worrying about things that arent so important. If the lies are major and bad then maybe re-think taking anti-depressants. Although you are fully aware that you are lying so you know even though you are taking the anti-depressants that you can stop lying? Hmmm.

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by gamergirl on Apr 8, 2008 at 6:50 pm Permalink

I have been bipolar for over 10 years. I have experienced almost every feeling under the sun, from almost all anti depressant drugs on the market. I have felt things that i have never felt before, like some times i have felt suicidal, and have this rage that i would have never felt before, and i told myself "NO thats not true!!! i dont believe that" and i have dealt with problems like that for a LONG time. So yes in my experience in the last 10 years with medication, and natural supplements you can experience changes in your mind that you yourself know you would never do, and you wont do them (at least i hope you won't) the trick is to keep telling yourself what you feel in your heart. Medications can alter your mind no matter what they are for. Like i said at one point i was suicidal, but i never was before then, nor am i now. It was just a side effect of the drug.

If you are feeling something you know in your heart isnt true about yourself, or you are doing things that you havent done before taking a medication. PLEASE go to your doctor tell them immediately... I have almost died because of a medication before...I am not saying you are going to commit suicide, i do not know how deeply troublesome your problem is, but this is one thing i know alot about.

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by Elijul on Mar 16, 2008 at 5:08 pm Permalink

If you have any Psychotic urges at all anti depressant can enhance them and yes any mind altering drug can have strange effects on how a person acts. It could make you not care if you lie any more, the negative feedback from your conscious would not depress you into not doing it...

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by Midgardsormr on Feb 5, 2008 at 5:53 pm Permalink

There have been some indications that antidepressants can cause unexpected changes in personality or behaviour. Here's an article:

http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/5e02e.htm

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Taciturnu Feb, 05 2008 at 05:58 PM

Because they work on your brain chemistry, there is a chance that you would experience an ADR, and you may experience a change in personality, but antidepressants can NOT change your morals.

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by loveschimps on Feb 5, 2008 at 5:19 pm Permalink

I am not a doctor so I really cant say. But my guess is I doubt if a drug could affect a person that way.

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by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi COAT on Feb 5, 2008 at 5:48 pm Permalink

No. I don't think that Anti_depressnts can "cause or allow" anyone to be able to lie.

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by Taciturnu on Feb 5, 2008 at 5:45 pm Permalink

In a word? No.

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