Lindsay Clancy was prescribed at least six different depression, anxiety and sleep meds, including several at the same time when she killed her three children — and told her husband she was on the antidepressant Zoloft four months before the murders, according to testimony on Monday.Patrick Clancy, Lindsay’s ex-husband who is standing by her during the trial, said that the root of her anxiety was the idea of returning to work and leaving her children after her 18 weeks of maternity leave expired.
Assistant Plymouth County District Attorney Jennifer Sprague entering a bag of prescription pills that were prescribed to Lindsay Clancy into evidence during the first day of her trial. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect
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She told her Patrick that she was on Zoloft, a common antidepressant medication, in September 2022.
According to her defense lawyers she had been prescribed at least six different medications by a handful of different doctors. They included:
Zoloft, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) usually prescribed for depression and anxiety
Ativan, a benzodiazepine usually given for anxiety and short-term anxiety relief
Lorazepam, a generic version of Ativan
Zolpidem, a sleeping medication also known as Ambien
Diazepam, a benzodiazepine also known as Valium, usually given for anxiety
Trazodone, a serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor (SARI), given for depression
Still, Clancy “kept getting worse and worse,” Patrick recalled about that time period — despite the family employing a nanny to help care for the children throughout the week.
The family had hired a nanny who worked about 12 hours a week and helped with childcare and household chores, he testified.
Clancy was prescribed at least six different types of medication from several different doctors for issues including depression and anxiety. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect
Patrick struggled to recall which drug was which when prosecutor Jennifer Sprague went through the list of meds his wife was prescribed at the time, and asked what he knew about her consumption of the medications.
“I wasn’t keeping track of the number of pills taken out of each bottle,” he said.
“There were a lot of pills prescribed, but not a lot of pills taken, correct?” Sprague said.
“It’s possible that not a lot were taken,” Patrick responded.
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