Holy crap! I've said for years that Doctors are 'guess work in a white coat' but holy shit this is wild. I didn't know her shrinks had her on over 30 psychiatric prescriptions! Doesn't excuse what she did at all, but the doctors need to be put in check. Possibly audited for collusion with Pharmaceutical Companies that sell these drugs.

Years ago, when my mother had her financial collapse and I moved her in with me for 10 years. I looked at her budget and finances after she moved in. She had been seeing a psychiatrist for several years. She had her on 6 psychiatric prescriptions.

She was spending over $650/month on these meds! I talked to a close friend who is a licensed pharmacist and she said 3 of the meds were considered "uppers" and 3 were "downers" in physchiatric meds. She said "It makes zero medical sense for her to be on that combination."

I convinced my mom to stop taking them and to not refill her scripts. She did and after a few months and the drugs residual had left, she felt...