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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2023/02/03/duxburys-lindsay-clancy-to-appear-via-video-in-plymouth-court-tuesday/69870830007/

According to her new lawyer, she was on a dozen medications at the time of the incident and the husband had told doctors she was “turning into a zombie.” You all still think he should have gone out?[/quote]

Post partum depression leading to psychotic symptoms and homicide/suicide is exceedingly rare. Nobody ever thinks in advance it will be them or their loved one. The Andrea Yates case was so extreme precisely because she had suffered from it previously, was hospitalized repeatedly and warned to never have another pregnancy. The red flags were abundant that she would kill her children and Rusty should really have been prosecuted and imprisoned for the child endangering he engaged in by leaving Andrea alone with their kids.[/quote]

But even if he didn't know she would kill them, he thought it was cool to leave them with a "zombie" (his words)? We are talking about a crawling baby and a 3 year old boy, in addition to the 5 year old daughter. Do you remember what its like to have a 3 year old?[/quote]

When psych patients talk about meds making them feel like a zombie it’s not typically about the inability to supervise a kid for 30 minutes. It’s a deadening of emotions and a mental fatigue that can arise with the wrong meds or meds combo. It in no way immediately triggers a parenting competency issue.

Plenty of DCUM moms are supervising their kids after a glass or two of wine or some other version of mommy’s little helper, by the way. Does that outrage you? [/quote]

I think it’s crappy parenting for sure, at those ages if they are the only parent home. And I bet plenty of accidents do happen under that lack of adequate supervision. [/quote]

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