This series of monoprints, titled Side Effects, was made during the first lockdown of 2020. I was in the process of switching from my second type of antidepressant to my third and for the first time since starting these kinds of medication I actually sat and read the the side effects part of the leaflet which comes in every box. It was a real eye opening moment for me, as it clicked that a lot of the supposedly unexplained symptoms I’d been having were actually side effects of my medication. Making these prints was very cathartic, and I decided to share them as we don’t talk enough about these often life saving medications and how they can affect our lives.
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