The drugging of mothers: woman kills infant, allegedly taking psych meds for psychosis

Decapitated baby's mother had psychosis diagnosis: (AP article snippets below)

My thoughts

This is a sad and gruesome story, and one that adds fuel to the discussion that has 2 sides. I've witnessed violence and aggression in people loaded up on psychiatric medications and I've seen them become calm and non-aggressive off of medications. Over the last decade, it has been my experience, not because I wanted it---to observe several psych wards and hundreds of people with the dx of Schizophrenia and psychosis. I have no vested interest in a pharmaceutical company and I am not what some people think: a anti-med scientologist. I'm just a mom who witnessed more than the average person, actually more than admittedly by inpatient psychiatrists---most told me they had not been inside state institutions or clinics --just their immediate revolving door psych wards, where indeed the door revolves because these meds cause symptoms as much as they want to believe they don't, people must understand what I witnessed is withdrawal psychosis when people go off of antipsychotics.

I am extremely concerned over the possibility of women and children being medicated by reason of a blanket screening for depression which could end up in wrong diagnosis and medication treatment that can cause extreme situations. It's what happened to my daughter at age 11, and Zoloft sent her running down roads and attempting to jump from cars on the freeway. Psychiatrists confirmed and agreed it was the Zoloft (anti depressant)back in 2001 that caused her extreme agitation and suicidal thinking/and resulting risky behaviors.

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From the AP article:

"SAN ANTONIO — Relatives of the Texas mother of a 3 1/2-week-old boy found dismembered in his bedroom said she was diagnosed with schizophrenia and postpartum psychosis, and the father of the slain baby said he wants the woman executed."

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"Sanchez and Buchholtz lived together during the pregnancy and the first two weeks after their son was born, Buchholtz told the Express-News. The paper reported that an infection complicated Sanchez's recovery from giving birth, and she was required to use a catheter for about a week. That setback darkened her mood, and she was soon diagnosed with postpartum depression.

She moved out of the couple's shared home July 20. On Saturday, she showed up to see Buchholtz at his parents' house. She became agitated when he told her he needed a copy of the baby's birth certificate and Social Security card, Buchholtz told the paper.

Sanchez ran out of the home with her son in a car seat, threw the car seat into the front passenger seat of her car and sped away without buckling him in, the paper said. She left behind a diaper bag, her purse and her medication."

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What medication was she taking? antidepressants? antipsychotics? were her medications changed too quickly? increased? decreased? all of these are factors that cannot be ignored. Of course this article is hearsay, but gives food for thought until all facts come out.

AP article found via http://twitter.com/No2MothersAct/status/2893208039