By RACHEL BOWMAN, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and RACHEL SHARP, CRIME CORRESPONDENT
A nurse who treated Lindsay Clancy testified that postpartum intrusive thoughts were 'common' despite the nurse mom's desperate pleas for help.
Nurse Rebecca Jollotta told the court that Clancy said she could no longer take the antidepressant Remeron because she was experiencing 'intrusive thoughts' in December 2022.
Jollotta replied that intrusive thoughts are common in postpartum depression and asked her if she had been taking Seroquel. She testified that she believed Clancy was experiencing depression and not side effects from the medication.
Clancy, 35, is on trial for killing her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan, at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023.
Around 24 hours after an appointment with psychiatrist Dr Jennifer Tufts, Clancy killed her three children by strangling them with exercise bands before attempting suicide.
Clancy's suicide attempt failed but left her paralyzed and in a wheelchair for life.
She has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, citing postpartum psychosis, and is also suing her former healthcare providers for medical malpractice and negligence.
Dr Tufts admitted that all 14 appointments she had with Clancy between September 2022 and January 2023 were telehealth – meaning they were over Zoom.
She had never seen Clancy face-to-face until she took the stand to testify.
‘Until you came in this courtroom Friday you never saw this woman did you?’ Reddington asked.
Patrick Clancy insisted Lindsay did not have bipolar disorder when nurse Rebecca Jollotta suggested it during a December 2022 appointment.
Jollotta testified that she told the couple Lindsay could have an underlying bipolar condition based on her reaction to Zoloft.
‘My wife is not bipolar,’ Patrick responded, according to Jollotta.
The nurse said that Clancy just looked at her but said nothing.