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Everyone is on Antidepressants Right Now. Is That OK?

Medication can be life-altering — for those who actually need it

Jennifer King Lindley
Elemental
Published in
11 min readJul 22, 2020

At first, Lisa, a writer in Minneapolis, experienced a “honeymoon period” of quarantine. “I was good at finding amusements like sketching, creating little things to look forward to like takeout from a favorite restaurant,” she says. But weeks in, “I hit a wall. My…

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Jennifer King Lindley
Elemental

writes about health and psychology for O, Real Simple, Health, Prevention, and many other outlets. South Bend, Indiana. jenniferkinglindley.com