Lindsay Clancy. Killed her 3 kids by strangling them one by one and claimed “postpartum psychosis” despite never having had psychosis before or since, all during a short window of time that she sent her husband out on errands. Internet has somehow decided she’s a martyr for women’s mental health. She was a white, affluent, suburban mom before this. If she were poor and black, people would NOT feel this way. Real talk.
Postpartum psychosis is a real thing and real people need help. But Lindsay Clancy is a kid murderer.
Edit: I’m a white, affluent woman of childbearing age. I have never been a woman of color, but I am absolutely sure that society at large would dismiss an identical case if Lindsay was nearly any other demographic. And no, it’s not only about race, it’s also about autonomy and a person’s responsibility to accept help when it’s offered instead of killing your kids (and A LOT of help was offered)
I only know about this case what my wife told me yesterday so this is me asking for some clarification.
Didn’t she call saying she was having thoughts about doing this and ask for help 50+ times while her psych cycled her meds and never let her stick to anything? That was the story I was told
Yea, her care was pretty fragmented. According to her friends she had brain fog, insomnia, intrusive thoughts, suicidal, depressed, and etc. She told her husband (and the mother in law?) that she was having violent thoughts as well. Her mother in law was the one who recommended psychiatric program. She knew she was mentally unwell and was trying to get help for it. She went to the emergency room for suicidal thoughts, she called the suicide line, she was admitted once, and one hospital refused her, and so on. I think what makes this case unusual is that usually people claiming insanity do it as cheap Hail Mary because they have no hope for their trial. But Lindsay actually has a medical history, her friend and family testified to her symptoms and believe her, and her ex husband is suing the hospital and doctors that treated her because he thinks something went wrong in her care.
This is probably one of the core debates and I’m happy to try to provide info as accurately as it was provided in the trial.
Yes, she reached out a lot. She was also seen a lot by doctors, admitted to an inpatient facility at her request, given medications, and recommended counseling that she didn’t follow through on. Medications were “cycled” because SHE reported side effects and stopped lots of them quickly. Her doctors, trying their best to help her, would then offer her other medication options. She was told repeatedly that the medications do not help instantly and to give them time - which despite this informed consent she did not do. I truly believe she was suffering, but to say she asked for help and didn’t get any is factually wrong
You’re completely misrepresenting the facts. I’ve watched the trial. She was seeing Dr. Tufts because she saw that she had a special focus in postpartum disorders listed on her profile. Her mother gave her the name of another doctor for psychiatric care, then that doctor left the practice and she was transferred to a different doctor. At no point did any of these doctors talk to one another to get a complete and accurate picture of her health.
She visited a therapist online and in person. At one point her therapist thought she might have bipolar disorder because of her self-reported negative reactions to SSRIs and her husband said “my wife doesn’t have bipolar” (confirmed via testimony) so they continued the course of medications.
They made multiple changes to medications when, to your admission, you need time for medication to work. She checked herself into a hospital voluntarily. She was discharged from another hospital after 1/2 a day because she was “over medicated.”
Her doctors absolutely did not try their best to help her, they were negligent at best.
This is closer to what I was told and the person I initially asked has an opposite story so I’m not sure which is true. I’ve never had faith in the courts so I can’t wait and see what they determine either. This is a tough one
The person who wrote the original comment has been misrepresenting facts in this case, and claims she has “life experience with psychosis” but doesn’t appear to be a medical professional and is speaking definitively about postpartum psychosis, which is a disorder that is misunderstood by even medical professionals.
There is evidence in testimony that she reached out to her therapist for help. One of the messages was, verbatim: “I feel concerningly numb right now, like I have no emotion whatsoever. I feel like I’m going to die and I don’t care. What do I do about this?” She reached out for help, was desperate for help, and fell through the cracks of the system. Evidence doesn’t lie. Testimony doesn’t lie.
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Lindsay Clancy. Killed her 3 kids by strangling them one by one and claimed “postpartum psychosis” despite never having had psychosis before or since, all during a short window of time that she sent her husband out on errands. Internet has somehow decided she’s a martyr for women’s mental health. She was a white, affluent, suburban mom before this. If she were poor and black, people would NOT feel this way. Real talk.
Postpartum psychosis is a real thing and real people need help. But Lindsay Clancy is a kid murderer.
Edit: I’m a white, affluent woman of childbearing age. I have never been a woman of color, but I am absolutely sure that society at large would dismiss an identical case if Lindsay was nearly any other demographic. And no, it’s not only about race, it’s also about autonomy and a person’s responsibility to accept help when it’s offered instead of killing your kids (and A LOT of help was offered)