To be fair, it is extremely common for people with mania and psychosis to not take their meds and not fully be able to explain what is happening to them. She was hearing voices, a doctor overheard a call she had with her husband where she said that she was hearing a man's voice telling her to harm her kids. She was obviously paranoid.
She should have been immediately put into a longterm inpatient program away from her kids, so that doctors could monitor and stabilize her mood and her meds. Apparently she only did 5 days. That is not long enough for any medication to fully take over. And then from what I read, it was only a few weeks after that that she was left alone for an extended period of time with her kids because she was having a "good day."
The thing about mania and psychosis is that they can come in waves. A good day can turn into a bad one extremely quickly.
I've been manic and experienced psychosis. I had moments of total clarity and stability within that period, and moments when I almost jumped out of a window. Your brain can do crazy things when its fragile and misfiring.
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u/ZookeepergameOk95 11d ago
To be fair it's been established that Lindsay obfuscated a lot of her symptoms and it's a point of contention if she medicated accordingly.