Right now, I'm a very calm, nice person (for the most part). Prior to meds--starting at age 14--I was a violent, angry, and depressed teen. I would start fights, beat the s*** out of people, verbally abuse people, and threaten people. I was abusive like that all the way up through my Master's degree program in CS. I was losing my ability to function.

Now that I'm on meds, I'm actually back to my old self personality wise, prior to age 14. I was always a nice kid who was generous and selfless.

Of course, my ability to read and do good work has diminished since starting meds, but I wonder if that was coincidentally brought on by the repeated episodes rather than my meds themselves.