Lindsay Clancy trial turns focus to medications prescribed before she killed her children

Clancy messaged one of her caregivers less than two months before she killed her three young children in 2023 to say she was having "intrusive thoughts I never had before," "feeling completely hopeless" and worried about becoming addicted to some medications.

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Lindsay Clancy's legal team does not deny that the Massachusetts mother killed her children, but is arguing she shouldn't be held criminally responsible because she was mentally ill — in the grip of bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors say she plotted to get her husband out of the house so she could c

Clancy also had expressed concerns about becoming dependent on medication

Lindsay Clancy messaged one of her caregivers less than two months before she killed her three young children in 2023 that she was having “intrusive thoughts I never had before,” “feeling completely hopeless” and worried about becoming addicted to some medications

At Lindsay Clancy trial, focus turns to medications prescribed before she killed her 3 children  AP News

A psychiatric nurse practitioner who treated Lindsay Clancy in late 2022 testified Tuesday that the Massachusetts mother repeatedly asked to change her medications despite concerns about sticking to a treatment plan.

Lindsay Clancy's murder trial in Massachusetts resumed Tuesday with testimony from a second psychiatric nurse practitioner who treated Clancy.

Lindsay Clancy repeatedly asked to change medications, psychiatric nurse says  CNN

The defense lawyer ripped the doctor for only having a month on the job before she started treating the troubled mom.

Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer questioned her psychiatrist’s expertise, prescribing decisions and overall treatment as the defence sought on Monday to suggest that the mental healthcare system overlooked and even accelerated the Massachusetts mother’s decline in the months before she killed her three young children. In questi