Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
What can taking meds for a mental illness do to a person without the illness?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
I don't believe we : Have studies regarding this except for those cases where the psychotropic agent is being used to treat a totally separate medical condition. In those cases the side effect profiles appear to be the same. I would expect the risks and dangers would be the same any person without psychiatric illness but the benefits would be lacking obviously. Interesting question. Best wishes.
Answered 12/10/2013
4.7k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
Is there a doctor who would analyze all the medications including mental illness meds?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
What's the biggest contributing factor mentally as an illness that often enables drug addiction?
15 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
A member asked:
Are drug-alcohol addictions a diagnosed mental illness? Is it a way of life that may involve disorders?
8 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
Used to feel heavy eyed and slept right away when hit the sack. Now off 7 psych meds for sleep and psych symptoms. But no mental illness. How to sleep?
9 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
A member asked:
Is it possible to commit an adult to rehab for mental illness & drug addiction when they wont?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
Is paranoid schizophrenia once dignosed a life long mental illness or can a person completey recover from where no meds r needed?
What could happen if my friend stops taking her drug perscriptions for her mental illness?
Which mental illnesses can occur after heavy drug abuse?
Will someone recover from mental illness caused by drug abuse?
Is drug addiction a mental illness or a personal choice?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
