Krysta noticed that she felt better very quickly.
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I think probably really quickly, I noticed a small improvement. Like I was still depressed but like, just didn’t feel like the world was going to end. It was just kind of like ‘I’m depressed and things are ok, in some sort of sense’. And then probably after about six weeks, I really felt back to – maybe not 100 percent myself, but like, just much better. Significantly better in about six weeks or so, after taking medication.
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