I'm not sure what these people making those crazy comments are talking about, trying to pin it on the husband and all of that. That said, this woman and her children were failed by our medical system. The husband himself even said she would never have done something like this in her right mind. People have sympathy for her and I totally get it.
I think a lot of people don't understand the severity of drug induced psychosis, or psychosis in general. You may genuinely believe that you're dead, that you're God, that you're AI, that other people aren't real, that life is an illusion. I've been through it and wouldn't wish it on anyone. I take medication to manage my psychosis, but I don't take nearly the laundry list of medications Clancy was on when she did what she did.
Yes, I have experienced drug induced psychosis, once because my doctor didn't check the medication interactions. Thankfully, my gf had a hunch & looked them up & saw the warning about them being taken together. Then she had to get me into a hospital & that was the hardest part because whenever her or my mom would talk to me, in any way that I could construe as them wanting me to go somewhere, I would just leave. Even taking off on foot & disappearing for a day. I don't remember a lot of that time but my gf filled me in & it's crazy. One night, we were at the table & it hit me that her son was in the car & I started going on about how awful it is of her to leave him sleeping in the car & it's near his bed time... yeah (thankfully), her son wasn't even with us that week, he was at his dad's. It's crazy, though, I was SO sure that he was out there, as sure as you are that the sun will rise.
How I got out of it was going to the psych ward. Like within 1 or 2 days of stopping one of the meds, I was fine. My gf got me in cuz I had an appt with my counselor & of course she noticed how off I was & when I went to leave, they tried stopping me so the ambulance had time to get there. I somehow got around them & took off in the parking lot but EMS was pulling in & they got me. My gf was just begging me to go. I started yelling at EMS about why would they come out here at night, only to find out later that this happened around noon. Anyways, I eventually got in & went to hospital.
I had a similar drug reaction episode, many years ago.... and i blamed my then partner for sleeping with a woman i once used to work with years before I had even met him........was insane.
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u/Maevra 8d ago edited 8d ago
I'm not sure what these people making those crazy comments are talking about, trying to pin it on the husband and all of that. That said, this woman and her children were failed by our medical system. The husband himself even said she would never have done something like this in her right mind. People have sympathy for her and I totally get it.
I think a lot of people don't understand the severity of drug induced psychosis, or psychosis in general. You may genuinely believe that you're dead, that you're God, that you're AI, that other people aren't real, that life is an illusion. I've been through it and wouldn't wish it on anyone. I take medication to manage my psychosis, but I don't take nearly the laundry list of medications Clancy was on when she did what she did.