Most people I've met who solved their problem in this way seemed, as a side-effect, to have distorted their personalities in noticeable ways. (I am not claiming

Most people I've met who solved their problem in this way seemed, as a side-effect, to have distorted their personalities in noticeable ways. (I am not claiming that this tradeoff is never worth it, but something rarely considered, and usually not noticed by the person taking the medication.) To be more specific in the kind of distortion I noticed: lack of empathy, shorter attention span, lowered curiosity.