If a person relies upon the drug for daily existence he becomes a slave to the drug. While this may be necessary in some cases, in most mental health cases it is deceitful. Psychotropic drugs do change the normal functioning of the brain. When the normal function of the brain is distorted, a person may become erratic in their thinking. Their behavior becomes largely unpredictable.
Some patients report wonderful effects.
Others report homicide and suicide. Similar differences of opinion are reported by users of illegal street drugs, such as Cocaine, Speed, LSD and Heroin. Most such drugs work on the same serotonin in the brain to produce their feel-good effects with common unwanted bad trips. Cocaine began to be used in this country primarily on the advice of medical doctors and psychiatrists like Dr. Freud. He used cocaine himself and recommended it highly to others including his patients.