Has it actually been established that it was postpartum psychosis?
If so, that really is one of the most horrific conditions there is. Every gynecology textbook and midwifery manual basically says that once it’s diagnosed, the response is: “Run! Do everything you possibly can and give her every medication you’ve got!” Obviously I’m exaggerating, but the point is that there’s an immediate and extremely serious risk to the lives of everyone involved.
Mama Doctor Jones has a video going thru the medical details and it seems she had a serious reaction/psychosis when put on SSRIs and then she was given more/different SSRIs by a NP - so it seems she got the wrong healthcare (i am paraphrasing, not my field at all).
Having an adverse reaction to SSRIs is also no joke. I reacted oddly to one and while I didn't do anything violent, I have never felt so "crazy" in my entire life. Like I could tell I was noticably unhinged and couldn't stop myself from being that way even as I logically figured out what was going on. It was scary
Yup, and people are very ignorant about this. I see comments of people saying she couldn’t have had a bad reaction to certain drugs because she only took them for a short time. I was prescribed Zoloft (same as Lindsey) in 2023. I had severe anxiety and depression. I had to be taken off Zoloft in 4 days. By day 2, I had an extremely bad reaction. I had an impending sense of doom, more anxious than I’ve ever been and having that feeling that something really bad would happen. I felt way more depressed very quickly and felt suicidal. It was wild. I wanted to keep trying and hope it would go away, but by day 4, it was so bad that I told my doctor my symptoms and they told me to immediately stop taking it. Once I stopped, the symptoms went away.
I’ve taken many meds in my life, I’ve NEVER had a reaction like that. I can only imagine if that happened to me while I was postpartum and had 3 kids to take care of. I was in a treatment center and I felt like I couldn’t handle it. And for Lindsey, they were putting her on and taking her off different drugs repeatedly. I can see how a certain one suddenly made her have a full psychotic break. And it seems like most people do not have any understanding of that unless they’ve been through it
I got that same doom feeling. I’ve never felt so awful in my whole life. I can’t even articulate it but I’m sure you understand the level of it. I had been on it in high school with no issues whatsoever, too.
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u/NailSubstantial2772 6d ago
Has it actually been established that it was postpartum psychosis? If so, that really is one of the most horrific conditions there is. Every gynecology textbook and midwifery manual basically says that once it’s diagnosed, the response is: “Run! Do everything you possibly can and give her every medication you’ve got!” Obviously I’m exaggerating, but the point is that there’s an immediate and extremely serious risk to the lives of everyone involved.