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Could The Long Term Use Of Arapax Cause My Husband To Become A Narcissist?

Could long term use of arapax-15 years with no reviews- cause my husband to become a narcissist. He has had depression lately but behind the scenes he is a narcissist- no empathy, anger, unable to apologise etc and all the time has only concern for his outside image.
posted on Sun, 2 Mar 2014
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Antidepressants help to reduce depression and underline anxiety. It never effect on anyone's personality. If your husband has narcissistic trait, that is not due to drug. May be he has such trait since adolescent which suppressed due to depression and now again he has come to his baseline personality. Second possibility may be manic switch due to antidepressant. Consult a psychiatrist for proper evaluation.

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Could The Long Term Use Of Arapax Cause My Husband To Become A Narcissist?

Hi Thanks for using healthcare magic Antidepressants help to reduce depression and underline anxiety. It never effect on anyone s personality. If your husband has narcissistic trait, that is not due to drug. May be he has such trait since adolescent which suppressed due to depression and now again he has come to his baseline personality. Second possibility may be manic switch due to antidepressant. Consult a psychiatrist for proper evaluation. Thanks