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.
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…