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GenZ’ers who have spent half their lives on SSRIs are finally starting to question the risks — and find themselves agreeing with RFK Jr.

Gen Z is finally waking up and realizing that they were mass-prescribed antidepressants without much consideration for the long-term side effects.

Among them is Ella Emhoff, the 26-year-old stepdaughter of Kamala Harris, who recently took to TikTok to express concern that she’s having difficulty coming off of SSRIs herself.

“I’ve been on SSRIs for over a decade, almost 15 years probably, and [now researchers are] calling out the lack of research on long-term use of these things,” she said to her 60,000-plus followers.

That means Emhoff was around 11 years old when she started taking the drugs, which are prescribed to treat depression and anxiety.

A full 16.5% of Americans aged 18 to 24 — more than 5 million young people — are taking antidepressants, according to a 2025 survey published in the BMJ Mental Health journal.

Another study, from the American Academy of Pediatrics, found the rate of prescriptions dispensed for 12- to 25-year-olds surged by two-thirds from 2016 to 2022.

The fact that Emhoff, a far-left Mamdani supporter and pro-Palestine activist, is sounding a lot like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. when it comes to drug overprescription says a lot.

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