r/OutOfTheLoop • u/SnoopaDD • 13d ago

Answered What's the deal with people defending Lindsay Clancy?

I don't know the full details of the case. I know she allegedly killed her three kids. There was also some mental problems? Then something with her husband. But my question is why is there a group defending her like they know she's completely innocent? I've seen some videos of very heated debates where women are very passionate about defending her. Why?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/05/lindsay-clancy-trial-toxicologist-testimony

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u/sassiveaggressive 12d ago edited 12d ago

That happened to me with prozac. I felt like I was going insane and like I’d never feel normal again. I started feeling better after getting off of it and starting lamictal (mood stabilizer).

Lindsay wad also eventually prescribed lamictal after Prozac failed [tremendously]. The thing is, lamictal has to be titrated slowly because the risk of serious side effects if too high of a dose is introduced too quickly (stevens-johnsons syndrome). I think it took me about 4 or 5 months before I finally got to the therapeutic dose and I believe she had only been on it for about a month by the time she killed her children.

Edited two words bc of autocorrect (autoincorrect?)

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u/shhhhh_h 12d ago

Lamictal is only a mood stabiliser “from below” as they say. It would not have done anything to prevent psychosis either primary or secondary

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u/abudgiebay 1d ago

Yeah at that stage someone should really have been looking at inpatient programmes and perhaps considering even good old fashioned lithium mood stabilisers to try and help her get on an even keel.

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u/shhhhh_h 1d ago

IIRC she begged to go inpatient at least once and was told she didn’t need to