[bckr]

Let's imagine that for any desired outcome you can empirically derive a function of the form:

success ~= ability * effort * environment

Let's take your effective intelligence as your measure of success.

Then your ability is your innate capacity for intellectual activity, your effort is how you apply yourself in situations that require intellect, and your environment is everything else about your life, including your capacity for motivating yourself.

Taking properly prescribed psychiatric medicine will dramatically change the environment in which you are applying your intelligence.

If your environment is otherwise driving your effective intelligence down to zero, is there really a risk?