Rachel Elizabeth Jones is a reader, writer, and filmmaker who lives and works in Los Angeles. She recently graduated with a Masters degree in ethnographic film, and you can learn more about her work and projects at
www.rachelelizabethjones.com
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At fourteen, my pediatrician prescribed me Lexapro to help with unwanted anxieties and trouble focusing, which began when my father was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer that year. She told me that the meds wouldn't change my personality, and they didn't, at least not in any way I could identify then or now. My father died two years later, and I continued to take Lexapro. I saw a therapist briefly during my father's illness but…