Seven months ago, I had my first child with my husband. My sister-in-law, a physician, offered postpartum care and immediately prescribed Zoloft.
I picked up the prescription but hesitated to take it. Three weeks later, I started the medication without telling my husband, who is away for work most of the time.
At a follow-up visit, I told my sister-in-law I felt emotionally numb, and she increased the dosage. Weeks later, after an argument with my mother-in-law, my sister-in-law informed my husband about my medication without my consent.
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