LINDSAY Clancy turns 36 on Tuesday as her murder trial continues in a Massachusetts court after she strangled her three children.

Lindsay’s then-husband Patrick Clancy found their children, five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson and eight-month-old Callan with exercise bands around their neck in the basement of their Duxbury home in 2023.

Lindsay Clancy (pictured on Monday) has been accused of strangling her three children on January 24, 2023

Lindsay’s then-husband Patrick Clancy found their children (left to right) Callan, Dawson and Cora in the basement of their home in Massachusetts

Shortly after strangling the three children on January 24, 2023, Lindsay crushed up pills, cut her wrists and neck with a kitchen knife and jumped from her second-story bedroom window.

Lindsay has admitted to killing her three children, but her lawyer is arguing that she is not criminally responsible for murder because she was suffering from undiagnosed postpartum psychosis.

Lindsay was struggling with her mental health in the months before her children’s deaths, seeking out help from a psychiatrist, two nurse practitioners and a therapist.

She was prescribed 13 medications in the span of four months, had been hospitalized and in inpatient care.

Since her trial began, the 18 jurors have heard testimony from Patrick, first responders who responded to the Clancy home on the night of January 24, 2023, medical professionals who treated Lindsay and her children afterwards and friends and family members.

On Friday and Monday, jurors heard testimony from medical providers that treated Lindsay for her mental health struggles.

Julie Paul, a psychiatric nurse practitioner who briefly treated Lindsay, took the stand on Monday and shared some insight into Lindsay’s sleep struggles.

Paul began treating Clancy for just over a week in late November 2022 after Lindsay’s mother-in-law suggested she reach out.to her

Paul recalled speaking with Lindsay on the phone on November 20, 2022, where Lindsay said she was feeling overwhelmed and had racing thoughts about returning to work and leaving her baby, which Paul said are common symptoms for new moms.

Lindsay told Paul that she had been to the emergency room a few days prior where she was prescribed a new medication to help with her sleep troubles, adding that her goal was not to have to rely on medications to sleep.

Paul performed tests that screen for generalized anxiety and postpartum depression on Lindsay, and she scored high, indicating she was suffering from “extreme anxiety,” Paul said in her testimony.

Julie Paul, a psychiatric nurse practitioner who briefly treated Lindsay took the stand on Monday

Lindsay reported having trouble sleeping to Paul

Paul prescribed multiple medications to Lindsay, including Klonopin and Prozac, and set her up to come in and speak with a trained clinician for talk therapy.

Before Paul transferred Lindsay’s care to another provider on November 30 because she was moving out of the state, the two exchanged messages over MyChart, a platform where patients can directly message their providers.

Lindsay said she started the Prozac Paul prescribed on November 22, and three days later they had conversations about stopping it because “she was having a hard time sleeping,” Paul testified.

“So, I gave her a one-time dose of Ambien. And then I also prescribed mirtazapine, which is another antidepressant but it works really good for sedation and anxiety.”

Lindsay told Paul that she felt disconnected when taking Prozac.

“I was working with Lindsay to try and find a medication that would make her feel more comfortable,” Paul explained.

“She was feeling very uncomfortable, very anxious, and the Prozac, she just wasn’t tolerating the activation from the Prozac.”

On the night of November 26, 2022, Lindsay told Paul over MyChart messaging that she slept “better” the night before, and “slept fairly well on and off until 3:45.”

The Clancy family pictured in the weeks before the children’s deaths

Medication bottles prescribed to Lindsay seen in the cabinet of their home

The prosecution read another message from Lindsay to the court, where she asked, “Do you think increasing the mirtazapine will help me stay asleep longer? I can survive like this, but would be helpful to get to sleep until at least 5:00.”

Paul increased Lindsay’s mirtazapine dosage, which she said it’s common for her to adjust dosages for patients.

On November 27, Lindsay said she slept well, but felt “disconnected with myself,” the prosecution said, citing medical records.

Lindsay wanted to stop taking Klonopin because she “was really anxious about being dependent on benzodiazepine,” Paul said.

Lindsay’s attorney Kevin Reddington showed prescription bottles of Lindsay’s during his cross examination of her ex-husband Patrick Clancy

A page from Lindsay’s notebook where she detailed when she took her medications and how she was feeling

Lindsay ultimately decided she was not ready to return to work as a nurse, so she opted to take personal leave as she no longer qualified for short-term disability.

On November 28, 2022, Lindsay told Paul that she had a panic attack earlier in the day, so she recommended Lindsay take a one-time dose of lorazepam, a benzodiazepine, and go for a run to “get rid of some of the adrenaline from the anxiety.”

“I also recommended that she considered doing the partial hospitalization program at Women and Infants,” Paul testified, adding Lindsay felt it wasn’t going to work “logistically” for her or her family at that time.

As the trial continues, Lindsay’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington will continue to argue that she was overmedicated and suffered from undiagnosed postpartum psychosis at the time of her kids’ deaths.

The prosecution has argued that Lindsay “coldly and efficiently executed” her children, and that she “was not a woman in the throes of psychosis.”

If convicted, Lindsay faces life in prison without parole.

If she is found not guilty due to a lack of criminal responsibility, Lindsay would be committed to a mental health facility in Massachusetts.

Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/16824464/lindsay-clancy-birthday-trial-medications-nurse-testifies/