Do I think psych meds cause long term effects to the way a brain functions ? Absolutely.

There have been MRI studies done on people with Bipolar off meds and on them. Short periods of time and for years worth.

I have been off my psych meds about 5 months now and once I got past the half life and then my brain returning to function sans meds, I feel I’m doing well, well besides the ptsd bit of course. But I do feel dumbed down mentally if I compare how I function now vs even 10 years ago.

I have worked in medical all my life , I feel every single medication psych or physical has an effect on our brains many of us have ridden the Med Merry Go Round more times than we even want to think about.

There’s some studies than show taking an AP has actually shown shrinkage of the size of our brain overall.

Bipolar is just so complex