Massachusetts mom Lindsay Clancy was overmedicated on 12 prescription drugs that were “turning her into a zombie” — and causing her to experience homicidal thoughts that led to her allegedly strangling her three kids, according to her lawyer.
“One of the major issues here is the horrific overmedication of drugs that caused homicidal ideation, suicidal ideation,’’ attorney Kevin Reddington told the Boston Globe on Friday.
“No overdose [by Lindsay]. They [Lindsay and her husband, Patrick] went to doctors repeatedly saying, ‘Please help us.’ This was turning her into a zombie,” he said.
“The medications that were prescribed were over the top, absolutely over the top,” Reddington added.
He said that between last October and January, Lindsay was prescribed 12 medications.
Reddington identified nine as zolpidem (Ambien), clonazepam (Klonopin), diazepam (Valium), fluoxetine (Prozac), lamotrigine (Lamictil), lorazepam (Ativan), mirtazapine (Remeron), quetiapine fumarate (Seroquel) and trazodone, which is known by its generic name.
Several of the meds are prescribed for depression, panic attacks, anxiety and other mood disorders.
Clancy, 32, who was on leave as a labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, leaped out a window of her Duxbury home after allegedly attacking her children.
She is charged with murdering 5-year-old daughter Cora and 3-year-old son Dawson and trying to kill 8-month-old son Callan, who later died at a hospital.
Source: New York Post
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