If You're Thinking About Taking Antidepressants Right Now, You're Not Alone Women who’ve never considered antidepressants are now seeking them in the wake of the pandemic. Amy Keller Laird FELIPE POSADA @THE_INVISIBLE_REALM. “I have two kids at home, a new job, my husband is about to throw himself out a window, and you want me to pick up shells on the beach? All I did was brush my teeth today.” This is what ran through Julia’s* head when a friend suggested they go sea kayaking last spring, just as COVID-19 had begun raging in and around her northeastern suburb and she, like so many office workers, was working from home.