The fact of the matter is that the survival instinct is the most powerful force in man’s arsenal. Psychiatrists and psychologists spend way too much time making up reasons why we CAN’T survive without them, (because THEY cannot survive without us.)
The fight or flight mechanism is on such a hair trigger for these guys and gals, that a period of readjustment is absolutely necessary. Treating them with psychotropes and other will suppressing drugs is dangerous to the nth degree.
As someone who was treated with these drugs for "depression" that was really Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I have some experience. I was able to tolerate and stay in a job that I hated - whereas if I had not been medicated, I probably would have quit sooner and moved on to happier circumstances. Relationships that were formed while on the drugs couldn't be tolerated AT ALL once off them. So it does change your personality, even though it did make life easier to just not be so worked up about stuff all the time. Problem is, you can't stay on them forever, no matter what they'd like you to believe, and once off them, you're back to square one.