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Brain plasticity is a very important topic. It is true and proven. The main way that the plasticity changes is in response to activities we do, and experiences we have. If you learn how to ride a bicycle, your brain changes. If you learn a new software program on the computer, your brain changes. If you live with safety and love for a good period of time, as you are doing with your boyfriend, your brain changes. If you develop a habit, whether it is smoking cigarettes or going for a jog every morning, your brain changes.
Anti-psychotic medication sometimes permanently alters the brain. This is usually not a good thing. One result can be tardive dyskinesia, which can mean irreversible loss of fine motor control and other things. The psych drugs that might be chosen for you to try probably would not directly help your brain to change in a better direction. BUT, and this is a big "but," they might make it easier for you to engage in therapy, or do other positive things/behaviors that would change your brain's pathways. So, if a psychiatrist advised you to take a medication, I don't think there would be any harm in doing that - as an experiment. They won't be ordering antipsychotic medication for you, I am inclined to think. Those are the most dangerous meds. The antidepressants are unlikely to do any permanent harm. They have some undesired side effects. Sometimes, they just don't do anything at all. I have taken lots of different types. They never made me "numb" or had me not feeling my emotions. People report that, but I never experienced that. If your therapist wants you to see a pdoc for med evaluation, I see no harm in that. I would see opportunity. And it gets you under the care of a pdoc, which might be an asset to you.
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