I've heard similar stories about drugs that are prescribed for Parkinsons, but more specifically, drugs that act to on the dopamine receptors, including one I take for depression, selegiline. While it's a possible side effect, these drugs don't turn you into another person. Just bad impulse cntl

Drugs-Induced Pathological Gambling: An Analysis of Italian Spontaneous Reporting System - Journal of Gambling Studies

Pathological gambling has been reported as a direct complication of Parkinson’s disease and its pharmacological treatment based on dopamine agonists. Moreover, further medications (not dopamine agonis...