Lindsay Clancy repeatedly asked to change medications, psychiatric nurse says | CNN

A psychiatric nurse practitioner who treated Lindsay Clancy in late 2022 testified Tuesday that the Massachusetts mother repeatedly asked to change her medications despite concerns about sticking to a treatment plan. Rebecca Jollotta, a psychiatric nurse practitioner with South Shore Hospital’s perinatal behavioral health program, created a plan to treat Clancy’s anxiety, depression and insomnia in late November into early December 2022. Nearly every day, Clancy sought changes to the plan, saying the drugs were causing intrusive thoughts, insomnia and numbness, Jollotta testified. Clancy also wrote that she was concerned about becoming dependent on benzodiazepines. “It’s just a very scary stressful time for me, and starting new meds with side effects is very scary to me,” Clancy wrote in one note. Jollotta responded that she understood her concerns but advised that the medication takes several weeks to be effective. She told Clancy she believed her problems were more likely postpartum depression, rather than side effects from the drugs. “All of this sounds like postpartum depression,” Jollotta wrote. Jollotta’s testimony comes three weeks into Clancy’s trial on th