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[QUOTE="dmorris68, post: 1565961, member: 40397"]
Medications like this are designed to smooth out the peaks and valleys in your emotions, to basically keep you on even keel and cutoff the manic or depressive swings in mood.

I suppose that this "softening" of the emotions could have both positive and negative side-effects on your game.  It may help for those who let fear and anxiety override their ability to make sound poker decisions.  However sometimes you need a certain amount of emotion to keep you in check and wary of certain opponents or plays, for example -- you never want to be so emotionally numb as to just "not care" or not be fully aware of what's happening.   I can only guess that maybe your being a bit more mellow has let you also become a bit too relaxed at the poker table.

I would encourage you to work through it though -- if you need the meds to function in everyday life, and it sounds like you do, then whatever you do, don't let poker interfere with that.  Perhaps you should just drop down a level, or take a break while you adjust to the meds.  Play like you're learning all over again, and maybe you can make the adjustments necessary to play through the new feelings.

Good luck with that.  Having some immediately family members who have been helped tremendously by anti-depressants makes me respect them greatly.  When used properly, they can greatly improve the patient's quality of life.
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