The Lindsay Clancy Lawsuit And The Dangers Of Psychiatric Polypharmacy | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz

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The Lindsay Clancy Lawsuit And The Dangers Of Psychiatric Polypharmacy | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
Aug 11, 2026 Season 3 Episode 130
Dr. Teralyn Sell & Therapist Jenn Schmitz

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A case like this doesn’t just raise questions about one family, it forces us to confront what happens when postpartum mental health care becomes a series of disconnected appointments and escalating prescriptions. We dig into the civil lawsuit tied to the Lindsay Clancy case and lay out the documented timeline: worsening insomnia, severe anxiety, dissociation, emotional numbing, intrusive thoughts, and ultimately command hallucinations, all while medications are started, stopped, increased, and switched across multiple classes.

We talk plainly about psychiatric polypharmacy, adverse drug reactions, and how quickly “side effects” can be reframed as a new diagnosis that drives even more medication. We also wrestle with the real-world courtroom problem of labels, including the pressure to anchor everything to a bipolar disorder narrative versus taking seriously the possibility of pharmacologically induced deterioration. Along the way, we highlight the repeated moments where Lindsay and her family reach out for help, only to face dismissal, short visits, siloed providers, and care that doesn’t fully integrate postpartum risk, sleep collapse, and women’s health realities.

We also critique gaps in the standard of care: limited coordination between inpatient and outpatient teams, the quality of suicide hotline triage, and the lack of curiosity about hormones, thyroid issues, and other postpartum biological factors that can amplify psychiatric symptoms. If you care about postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, patient safety, and medical negligence, this conversation is heavy but necessary. Subscribe, share the episode with someone who cares about maternal mental health, and leave a review so more people can find it.

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