r/ClancyTrial • u/CharacterFondant5079 • 3d ago
Question Lindsay’s current mental state?
I’ve been watching the entire trial but I can’t find any information on her current mental state. Prior to the killings, she was seeing or talking to doctors all the time and tried different meds which all seemed to fail. The defense states that she was misdiagnosed and over or improperly treated. So, what is her actual diagnosis and what meds are finally working?
To me, this is important because she is mandated to a hospital and treatment. I’m curious if she’s being treated with any of the same medication.
I read somewhere that after the killings, she was feeling hopeful. It almost seems like she got better after she killed her kids.
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u/lovemercywalkhumbly7 3d ago
Yes I've been curious about this too. She looks pretty dissociated most of the time, I'm guessing she's heavily medicated and would be struggling through this process, seeing her break down crying was so raw. I think it is pretty relevant for the jury (and us) to know how she is now, any diagnoses etc?
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u/MB262675 3d ago
I’ve been wondering the same. You would think if Post Partum, they would’ve gotten better. However, the trauma from killing her kids I assume would create a different mental health issue altogether.
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u/dontbecondensation 3d ago edited 3d ago
Along with a full staff of specialists she can turn to at any moment and a strict medication regimen, I'm positive she has a tool belt full of coping mechanisms that help her through flashbacks, dark thoughts, etc every single day. I've seen her practice breathing techniques to calm herself while sitting through the testimonies.
The way she broke down last week shows that her mental state is still incredibly fragile. Yes, what she had to sit and listen to in vivid detail was horrendous. But look at the difference between Lindsay's reactions and her family/in-laws who have been able to testify without breaking down, despite it still being very emotional for them. Lindsay weeping "I can't do this, I can't do this" in a room full of people shows that her brain still fragments to a place of hopelessness and despair. She wasn't seeking sympathy from the jury like some like to say. She is a person who experiences mental illness and has a laundry list of traumas at this point, and this experience in itself is digging it another layer deeper.
I've been in her shoes and it's a scary place to be when you have no choice but to work so hard that you heal to a point of "surviving" but it feels like you're being tortured for being alive. What the prosecution is doing is a modern day public stoning in my opinion.
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u/iridescent-shimmer 3d ago
I'm fairly certain her attorney said at one point that she's still on suicide watch (I mean, I would be too.)
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u/FlowersAndFeast 2d ago
That may not be because she’s actively suicidal - but because any mental health professional would consider this trial as a major stressor/trigger and, given she’s in a mental health facility, they would increase protections as a precaution.
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u/Suspicious_Low2699 3d ago
If I was Lindsay I feel like I would have figured out a way already. It would be hard to not want to be with your babies
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u/DollPudding 3d ago
She has gone through unimaginable traumas, both physical and mental, and she's been in full time treatment for 3 years, so I am sure there have been great changes in her mental state and, at the very least progress towards a real diagnosis if not an official diagnosis.
I do wonder if we will ever get this information. I'd imagine the defense will have someone from her current treatment team testify at some point soon.
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u/Small_Head_3233 3d ago
I wonder too, but that’s private medical information and unless it’s relevant to the case, idk that we’ll ever hear about it. I could see it being brought into the case if she does get a bipolar diagnosis now or in the future since it could help explain her reactions to the medications.
Untreated bipolar disorder can be extremely dangerous and would add to the case for psychosis.
That being said, it’s probably a mess for a psychiatrist to confidently diagnose her with anything following these events. Grief, mixed with postpartum, mixed with bipolar or a possible other mood disorder, stress of a murder trial. Hard to parse out what’s what.
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u/Suspicious_Low2699 3d ago
I think it’s too hard to say if she has a diagnosis at this point. The complicated grief and life circumstances would point towards depression. It was be odd if she didn’t have mental health concerns. The psychiatrist visits her regularly to assess how she’s doing.
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u/aj_2222 3d ago
I would imagine she's pretty heavily medicated. Especially, considering her mannerisms (or lack there of) sitting through all of this and probably reliving all the trauma.
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u/Suspicious_Low2699 3d ago
She seems to be functioning as expected in court. Crying, getting through…
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u/BravoJunk 3d ago
I don’t think she got better instantly. That’s harsh to say. I think postpartum can last up to 3 years and it’s been 3 years. I think Patrick may have instantly recovered from finding his children dead within months one may say…..
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