What The Post Partum Hormone Cocktail Taught Me About Anxiety

Scarlett Jess Perrodin
10 min readSep 30, 2020

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The first time I googled “post partum anxiety,” the results condescendingly corrected me, “Oh you meant post partum depression!” No, Google, but thanks for implying I imagined a rare condition. Years later more resources have surfaced, but that chapter wasn’t ready when I first needed to read it.

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Scarlett Jess Perrodin

Mental health advocate, abuse escape artist, maternal aura, and comic. Personal stories. Some hints of humor. A diamond in the rough is still a diamond.