# Lindsay Clancy's Zoloft start

True crime · Heat 3.3 / 10 · 2 shows · 35m airtime

On September 17, 2022, Lindsay Clancy told her husband Patrick she might start Zoloft, two days after psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Tufts prescribed it; she scored 21 of 21 on the GAD-7. Reporting has since established she did not start the drug until mid-October, reported 48 hours without sleep after the dose was raised to 50 mg, and was then switched by Tufts to Ativan, hydroxyzine, and Buspar. Between September 15, 2022 and January 23, 2023 there were roughly 35 dosage changes involving 13 psychiatric medications. Julie Paul, who wanted Clancy on Prozac and started her on it November 22, 2022, is now a defendant in one civil suit. A toxic dose of Seroquel was later found in Clancy's system though…

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## Segments

- [Rotten Mango](https://boilpoints.com/u/rottenmango), 2026-09-18, 11:31 to 13:00: **Adds the 21 of 21 GAD-7 score**. Lays out the medication timeline: Clancy was prescribed Zoloft two days before telling Patrick at a wedding, and a provider later said she scored 21 of 21 on the GAD-7 screener. New angle: Clancy was prescribed Zoloft two days before telling Patrick, and scored 21 of 21 on the GAD-7.
- [Rotten Mango](https://boilpoints.com/u/rottenmango), 2026-09-18, 12:37 to 16:39: **Walks the pre-wedding prescription timeline**. Walks the pre-wedding timeline: Clancy found Dr. Tufts online on September 12, had her first telehealth appointment September 15, and was prescribed Zoloft that day - two days before telling Patrick. Adds that she delayed starting it until mid-October and that the 50 mg dose triggered 48 hours without sleep.
- [Rotten Mango](https://boilpoints.com/u/rottenmango), 2026-09-18, 16:39 to 25:09: **Moves to the reaction after the dose increase**. Moves past the prescription timeline to the reaction itself: after the dose went to 50 mg, Clancy reported 48 hours awake, Tufts stopped the Zoloft and raised underlying bipolar disorder, and the hosts read the FDA's screening instruction aloud. New angle: Clancy reported 48 hours without sleep after her Zoloft dose was raised to 50 mg, and Dr. Tufts then stopped the drug.
- [Rotten Mango](https://boilpoints.com/u/rottenmango), 2026-09-18, 27:40 to 39:01: **Reads the October 24 notes and changes**. Reads the October 24 iPhone notes and the post-Zoloft medication changes: Dr. Tufts stops the Zoloft and prescribes Ativan as a PRN plus hydroxyzine 25 mg, and Lindsay reports the Ativan eased anxiety but not sleep. New angle: After stopping Zoloft, Dr. Tufts prescribed Ativan as a PRN and hydroxyzine 25 mg; Ativan helped anxiety but not sleep.
- [Rotten Mango](https://boilpoints.com/u/rottenmango), 2026-09-18, 39:01 to 41:34: **Picks up the medication thread after Zoloft**. Picks up the medication thread after the Zoloft stop: Dr. Tufts adds Buspar 5 mg twice daily, and by November Clancy is discussing an Ativan taper. Adds a November 8 postpartum-forum post where she says Ativan made her feel like herself again. New angle: Dr. Tufts prescribed Buspar 5 mg twice daily, and on November 8, 2022 Clancy posted on a postpartum forum that Ativan made her feel like herself again.
- [Rotten Mango](https://boilpoints.com/u/rottenmango), 2026-09-20, 5:15 to 7:38: **Adds Julie Paul's new defendant status**. Introduces Julie Paul as director of South Shore's perinatal behavioral health program and notes she was not named in the Clancys' original suit but is now a defendant in one of the civil suits - a litigation status the medication timeline had not carried. New angle: Julie Paul was not named in the Clancys' original suit but is now a defendant in one civil suit.
- [Rotten Mango](https://boilpoints.com/u/rottenmango), 2026-09-20, 7:54 to 10:51: **Walks the November 2022 prescribing timeline**. Walks through Julie Paul's prescribing in late November 2022: Prozac started November 22, a Klonopin-for-Ativan switch, a Remeron dose trial, and a referral to therapist Letitia Dukes - the first provider to flag that outpatient care may not be enough. New angle: Lindsay Clancy started Prozac on November 22, 2022, and Julie Paul referred her to therapist Letitia Dukes.
- [Crime Stories with Nancy Grace](https://boilpoints.com/u/crimestorieswithnancygrace), 2026-10-27, 25:45 to 27:56: **Argues the medication timeline shows seeking**. Psychoanalyst Bethany Marshall walks through the medication sequence - Zoloft triggering a manic episode, then Lamictal and sleep aids - and argues Clancy kept seeking new drugs before any could work. Opinion and framing built on the medication timeline already on the record.