When Mothers Kill, Postpartum Depression, Andrea Yates

[StephieF44]

She got away with muder bc she is a free women already....

[LALABAI1]

There is more than drugs to the story as well. Rusty the NASA engineer had them all living in a bus as well as getting her involved with this psycho religious nut and isolating her before he finally decided they might need to live in an actual house. I understand he was also controlling with money. "We decided..." NOT. HE decided what was to be for everyone.

[lovsdd]

Andrea didn't "just" have post partum depression. She had post partum depression WITH psychosis! She was put on these medicines because she was catonic - not simply "depleted". I am all for "sacred space" and male support but there comes a time when medicines are needed and helpful. One of the biggest faults lies in Andrea's lack of mental health "care". She was in and out of psych wards, different doctors, with incomplete info to provide proper care. Doctors should take park of the blame.

[JacobsJaffa]

I really like your thought processes and the way you talk. So many Psychology PHD people just sound pompous and preachy like they know best and they use labels to stereotype and judge. Your intelligent thoughtful analysis is so refreshing.

[cockadoodlecrackers]

HOLY MINDF***, that is a lot of powerful mind altering meds. I think he is right about the cause of the killings.

[mars8044]

Your argument is very true in terms of nurtering, nutrition and pregnancy.Where I find an idealic conservative view of your part is with male and female role. We don't live anymore in a society of hunters/gathers. Man and women have the same social roles. If the cure forn p p depression is as simple as you argue and since a great majority of women are single mothers maybe is time to creat a solution that emcompasses all.

[steviewonder417]

@mars8044 the majority of mothers are not without their male counterparts sorry

[jmt12231]

I think that Andrea Yates needed to receive more psychiatric care before she was allowed to go back to her children. Some of the drugs like Haldol have side affects that could eventually make you see or hear things that are not there. God bless those children. The doctors should have made Andrea undergo more treatment before she was to go back to care for her children.

[BOBBIKENDALL]

Educate yourselves.CCHR.ORG. He is talking about nutritional depeletion. It is a real issue that can be measured by a blood test. There is no test for mental illness only checklists made up by the drug industry and psyciatrist to get as many people addicted to drugs as possible. After we have babies our bodies are depleted and stressed. We need good nutrition not psycotropic drugs.

[frenchis19]

I LOVE THIS MANS WAYS

[MrRedFredSaid]

Like most people, I feel I must weigh in and say: bullshit.

This video is bullshit. The nutcase talking on it is full of bullshit.\

Mental health issues require qualified medical care.

[vannia3000]

I had postpartum depression, I was scared all the time,I was scared of the street,the ppl, the phone calls... I was overweight for 18ks ...I was crying the whole nights..for months... but I always Always loved my baby... she was my light in all that darkness ...I was 18.

I took medicines and I get better...It was very sad...but you should be able to ask for help... when you have kids...you HAVE to ask for help...you have a responsibility beyond your own life...

[oleHABSole]

postpartum depression and all that other bullshit my ass!! they are sociopaths/psychopaths and eventually give in to their urges. Wake the fuck up people.

[Jennyfer728]

@oleHABSole You are a very sad and ignorant person

[oleHABSole]

@Jennyfer728 stfu you stupid closed minded sheep! you think a mother killes her baby!!!!! because of depression?????????? I'm in the biggest depression you can think of mother fucker!!!! you'd commit suicide if you were in my shoes.........!!!!! so fuck you and die in your sleep, today!!!!!!!!!

[Jennyfer728]

@oleHABSole I believe it is an act of deep depression for a mother to kill her children.I'd hope that as a person suffering w depression yourself,u'd have more understanding&sympathy towards people in similar situation.Postpartum depression&psychosis are very severe conditiotions that should b taken seriously and people should be educated more about them.My concern is that due to videos like this(or your comments)it might b even harder for women to seek help.I wish u all the best&speedy recovery

[matt27leo]

Dont waste your time viewing this video. I don't even believe the guy is a REAL psychologist. Over 1/2 of what he said was WRONG and MISINFORMATION. He did not even get the facts of the case correct for Christ's sake. This guy is so full of BS.

[jezza10181]

I love the way this bloke contradicts himself. He disputes the validity of postpartum depression to begin with, and then later uses the concept himself. He also does the same thing when he talks about the woman being 'depleted' - assumedly he means by neurochemicals, but yet in other videos he disputes the whole bio-chemical model of mental illness.

[ameisingset]

Why is there so much hate on Youtube? Mothers should stick together and help each other out, not bring each other down!

About PPD/PPA/PPP, sometimes you just can't make it without meds, it's just how it is. You get horribly ill, and support at that time just isn't enough. Whatever you feel you have to do, is o.k. I'd never imagined getting as ill as I got, and I'll never judge anyone for doing anything again! We do the best we can, that being said, doctors need more insight into this.

[squirttilithurts]

I felt like killing people when I was on Effexor. That is why I stopped taking Effexor. That stuff is good for a little while, but then it just made me want to knife people. Results may vary ;)

[Nickie19681]

I hate hearing peole talk about things they don't know!!! Especially that... if a new mother is going through that and hears somebody like you, she might feel bad about getting help... because when you are in that state, you feel guilty about everything and she might feel guilty about taking medication...

[Nickie19681]

When it happens, when you are in it, you have no strenght at all to fight this. You can not be rational, you do not live in reality anymore. Everything is soooo overwhelming... I had the thoughts of sufffocating my daughter after she was born. Luckyly I cried for help before I did anything and was hospitalized. I started medication which allowed me to get out of the fog. My daughter is 12 today and I have an 8 year old son...

[Nickie19681]

The "expert" in the video obviously never gave birth and never went through that. When you have the "blues", having a great surrounding, help and love might be sufficient, but for something more severe, I couldn't care less about that... you don't get anything.

[chrispollock]

fuck psychiatrists. fuck wards. fuck em all. should be abolished

[MsDezzyzRayz]

Dr. John...I do like your presentations and you have good advice to a certain level and you do attempt to explain it well. I just don't agree that nobody is mentally ill. I no for a fact that some people are mentally ill and it would be a travesty to not treat them medically as we do for the rest of the body. I do however agree that there is a major Over Use of SSRI's as I posted already.

[MsDezzyzRayz]

It is very hard on men today. Women that are not strong enough to get pregnant without their husbands waiting on them hand & foot is rediculous Thats another subject though.As for this mother She Was Insane.If killing all of your kids is because your husband did not hug you enough we are in a sad state of affairs.There is a small percent that do have a Huge drop in hormone levels and they do need something to take temporarly I heard she was not given any med's btw I'm against SSRI's

[MsDezzyzRayz]

I am sorry that you are obviously not a very strong woman. I was a military wife so I raised my children on my own and never wanted to kill them because of my husband not being there to hug me. Excuses! Grow Up prior to giving birth.Nothing that I said warented your nonsensical comment. She had a drop in hormones so bad that it only effects 1% of women.What your are saying is that YOU could kill your child if your husband does not help you. That is what my post referenced.

[MsDezzyzRayz]

@KelzLindz Postpartum psychosis is a rare, serious mental illness that affects one in 500 to 1,000 new mothers. The onset is usually within the first six weeks after delivery and may cause the mother to completely lose touch with reality. Again, if you stay on topic it is about women that kill their children The expert in the video said she did not kill all of her kids due to postpartum depression. I don't agree. It is rare that she had psychosis.Your A Fruit Cake. Glad your hubby is PW'd

[MsDezzyzRayz]

@MsDezzyzRayz Actually I think that you are mentally ill if you don't believe that she was mentally ill and it had nothing to do with the fact that her husband did not hug her. YES , you do or can have Psychosis which causes you to do this. She would have had this with or without a husband. By the way I don't like her husband but that is NO EXUSE for the medical community not treating her properly.

[MsDezzyzRayz]

@KelzLindz GROW UP !

[MsDezzyzRayz]

@KelzLindz Dear, I was in the military and pregnant. I supported him. Then he joined the army because we had a baby and NO way to support him. Yes, it is very hard on men today. They are slaves to wimpy, whiny wives that want to have their every whim filled. Message, Doctors appts., Getting up with the baby. Very Sad. My husband being in the military means your husband wants to be with you. Geez Your Grasping. Military wives are strong. You would NEVER Make It ! Now your downing soldiers

[MsDezzyzRayz]

@KelzLindz Quote " LOL " do you find something funny about all of these dead children? Your very immature. You need to understand that your job as a mother will be a job and you have no guarantee that your husband will be there to help you. WoW, Men are becoming wimps and women are controlling them causing men to become lady like. Women , like yourself are becoming like men. You need to be pampered to have a baby. Read the history books on how your ancestors survived against all obstacles.

[MsDezzyzRayz]

@KelzLindz You said that your husband had to take the same responsibility as you. YOU SAD THAT ! If you listen to the video agian you will see that he blaims the entire problem on a hug. Exuse me but if you need your husband that bad then do put a dress and apron on him too so that he looks the part. Weirdo....I feel sorry for your husband.

[MsDezzyzRayz]

@KelzLindz My kids are college educated and fully grown. You have just begun and your are not sophisticated your spoiled.

[MsDezzyzRayz]

@KilLing You make so many subjective comments that I wonder if you are not in psychosis already. Go and mow the grass or something. If one shoe fits all then you need to wear yours too.

[aquia80]

The problem was that her husband forced her to stop taking her medication. She had bi-polar disorder, which when combined with postpartum depression, can led to psychosis. Andrea had a history of mental problems and was medicated for it. Sadly, some medications are not safe to have while pregnant or breastfeeding. Even a lot of the meds that are deemed safe can cause harm to an infant. Starting and stopping usage can throw your body off balance. 

[jmkr1979]

Postpartum depression it was not. She was most likely schizophrenic and misdiagnosed. She was ill long before all those meds got into her system. Her husband had no idea how ill his wife really was.

[karen9119]

im sorry but its them pills if u look at most cases in america and its always the most horiffic cases example colmbine shootin,alyssa bustamante and the list goes on the suspects are on antideprssants,use cant just treat it wit a pill get to the cause of the problem

[stevan5000]

as if dealing with your PMSs and PERIODS wasn't enough for us..... THANKS WOMAN! for making our lives SOOOO easy!!!!! THANKS!! GAWD DAMMIT!!

[sacredvessel27]

Right on Doc!!!!! Pharmies are not the answer! We need to love and support eachother, not give drugs that are going to throw us out of wack more~ Being a mom, it is tough bouncing back from the hormonal swings surrounding birth and caring for a newborn.....creating a sacred space is of the upmost importance!

[johnsondkf]

Before all the drugs she tried a few times to kill her own self, thats why she was put on the meds.

[Rev1vedR0manEmp1re]

they make too much money to pull these drugs. also, many drug peddling doctors are CIA and imported from other countries. Drugs pay for it all. British MI6 Dope Incorporated Watch these Indians all undercover spies. spying on what? nothing! bunch of dope peddlers haven't changed the program in years and years Tavistock is a total failure Money is what they are after they have no morals HAVE FUN IN HELL

[misteeq64]

I could feel something starting going wrong during the second pregnancy . After the 3 child i went and have my tubes tied because i knew thier would be catastrophy if i had another child .

[natalie1605]

She is to blame for the murder of her children. Even if she did have postpartum depression and/or psychosis, it is still no excuse for what she did. Somewhere in our brains, even when we have depression, we always know our actions, so she cannot be excused in any way at all. I'm not saying she was depressed, or anything, maybe she was on drugs... idk.

[NIXTER71]

I think Dr. John Breeding is absolutely right. I cannot agree more. Good reason Dr. Breeding!

[whitebullterror]

this dude smokes killer bud

[MrCathouse]

To englishtea29: You say your mentally ill?? Good now go and get yourself a stray jacket because the last thing we need is LOONS like you running around society. You seem like you are not fit to be in society and judging by your comments, dont have kids. Kids are innocent and didnt asked to be born, and the lastthing we need is to see kids in the hands of sick monsters like you. Andrea Yates was not innocent by any means and had no love for those kids. She is EVIL and she will rott in hell

[spitzbully]

To Enlishteapot29: You sound like a typical PSYCHO BITCH and i recomend someone like you go see a mental insitutution and whatever you do, dont have kids.

We dont wannna see a nother child be slaughtered in the hands of sick monsters like you and thats what Andrea Yates was. She was a sick monster and a MURDERER should have been taken out back and shot. Thats why we have capital punishment in this country is to execute murderers who take the lives of innocent children.

[spitzbully]

To enlishteapot29:  Yeah uhh hahh, sure you had mental illness like most psychos who wanna pretend to have a none-existing sickness. Go see a phyciatrist and stop spewing your bag of past to everyone on this vide. Andrea yates was a murderer who should have been executed by the system the sameway she killed those children.

[spitzbully]

Codexxgirl. Your comments are ignorant and you are talking like the true Liberal feminist who wants to blame the husbund for being a man rather than blame the women for commiting these crimes. Andrea Yates was EVIL and a murderer who should have beenn fryed to a crisp by the system. She was not mentally ill, thats just her claim to use as her defence of not being punished for her crimes.

[PQsGal123]

Post partum psychosis is completely different in context than PP-depression. Andrea was extremely sick-mentally, both on and off medication, she was mentally unstable. Her husband should have helped more with the kids, and should have refused having another child! The innocent children paid with their lives at the hands of a mentally disturbed Andrea. Her husband is as guilty as she is for ignoring the warnings and obvious signs of psychosis.

[Renrat1982]

i am so sorry to hear your story. do you think about the baby you would have had. i am not lecturing you i just read your post and my heart goes out to you

[paintmehappy]

Awesome. I enjoyed this video.

[thisisrumorcontrol]

The irony that such a beautiful moment in your life becomes the reason you turn into a murderer and kill your kid or kids.

[masana2007]

Please.... Watch 60 Minutes where Ed Bradley interviews Mr. Yates. Russell convinced Andrea that she was capable of handling more children, so they went to her psychiatrist asking to stop the medication, regardless the doctor's warnings and suggestion not to have more kids, because that would lead to more depression, the couple quit medication and had the baby girl. Thus, it wasn't the medication that led her to do that.

[MyValeria23]

there's a different between postpartum depresion and phychisi i have 5 childrens myself and last year i went trhu a horrible case of postpartum phychosis i have horrible though toward my childrens and my kids were removed from my home for almost 3 full months, all the medications work well and i have lot of support!!! but yeah postpartum phychosis can give u horrible thoughs but i never act on them so i will assume that her case was worst than mine, and i was advice not to have anymore childrens

[ChihuahuaBrave]

I had psychosis in 1984 after my baby was born. The anti-depressant I was given made me psychotic. I did not kill my baby. I RAN AWAY from my husband and baby. I never went back. The psych drugs CAUSE violence.

[Renrat1982]

thanks for posting this video. i was diagnosed with post partum depression. because of the media every time i share my story with people they look at me like as if i drowned my baby. i hate the stigma that goes along with ppd. i love my baby and would throw myself under a bus before i do anything to him. i am taking an antidepressant along with a mild tranquilizer when i have my panic attacks. but i use the mild tranqs few and far between. so people use your brain and dont stigmatize

[kaneakeluh]

Have fun trying to get off of the drugs your on.If you trully want to know what andrea yates felt like.

[Renrat1982]

i hate them and the next time i go to the doctor's i am telling them to take me off. i am taking 10mg of celexa which makes me walk around like a zombie. true it am relaxed but totally unaware of my surroundings.

[annaefox]

andrea yates knew what she was doing. she called them in 1 by 1 and drowned them in the bathtub. she should get the death penalty.

[annaefox]

i have 2 children, before i become a mother i was a heroin addict, but have been clean since i had my 1st son. doctors tried to tell me i was depressed after my mothers death, and i didnt feel depressed. and i am not. the feeling of sadness, mourning, fear are all feelings we need to deal with in life with out the help of medication unless u are completely clinically insane.

[bauman11]

Agreed, and good for your for getting yourself free of drugs :)

[torturedbyshrinks]

I am convinced mind altering drugs of all sorts can cause vioence and murder, whether it is meth or haldol. I think the Columbine murders were caused by those kids drug withdrawal from psyche drugs, I saw how angry they were and that kind of anger comes from a reaction from drugs. Experimenting with psyche drugs is like playing russian roulette with your brain.

[toppinzr]

My mother, so far as I know, started to strangle me when I was two years old. Then she stopped. She was not on any antipsychotic drugs, hadnt been labelled crazy.

She didn't want to be married to my father, but she didn't get out of the marriage until I was 18 or so. To her, I was the seal on the trap.

It's a huge assumption that Andrea Yates was sick because of psych. drugs. But it sounds like she didn't want to be a mom and like my mother, wasn't able to get out gracefully.

[ishjosh]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOPPP

[animalliberation0961]

I feel so sorry for her.

[tortilla1soup]

Hell with depression, she should of taken birth control and not had so many kids she couldn't handle taking care of.  He husband probaly didn't help her like get up at night with the baby. They were both idiots! He remarried and gonna have a more babies!

[kaneakeluh]

Aftre a 4-1/2 month taper off of 1 of these mind altering drugs,5 weeks later I thought I was losing my mind.Instantly,in a split second.That's how fast it can hit.

[kaneakeluh]

This is called akathesia.Anything evil my mind could create,it did.I became susicidal and homicidal....instantly.

[kaneakeluh]

Thats funny,i keep trying to tell my story about these horrible drugs and it wont let me post. Is the goverment on youtube aswell?

[bipolarorwakingup]

Hey Mike! I was just doing some online research into Andrea Yates and, of course, you beat me to it! Thanks for this.

[lovellyjuliechavez]

I was always worried about having this kind of thing happend to me, this is the reason that I've put it off for a while of having a baby. I had depression&anxiety. I got put on ZOLOFT and then found myslef sleepwalking in the kitchen. I immediatly took my self off all medication!! Now its scary to even get pregnant, b/c its more likly for me to get post-partum dep. as what I have heard. Any advice would help! I really do wanna be healthy and have a baby soon.

[graciedector]

Soy psicologa Clinica y siempre he pensado que Andrea Yates estaba muy enferma mentalmente pero queda una duda, porque no paro al ver que sus hijos sufrian?, porque no se suicido ella?

suponiendo que ella tomo medicamentos, porque no se mato ella?, pienso que son muy malas las pastillas ( drugs) pero no es esto un padecimiento antisocial, la rabia psicopatica, someone speaks spanish to explain me about this video a little bit, thanks

[khachank]

I find it terribly vexing how a woman can murder her five children and then bull shit her way through it will the PPD defense , thats FUCKED!!!!

In closing if that was a dad who only murdered one of his kids for any reason , he would be strung up by his balls by society on a whole , not to mention what would happen to him in jail !!!!

Fuck that murdering bitch ...

Merry Christmas

[IronWolfsShelly]

Bullshit. if this had been a father that killed his five children that man would have the death penalty by now but because its a woman, its automatically okay to let her use the PPD excuse. and Yep I'm a woman with children. four to be exact. three of them were in diapers and two of them were taking a bottle. Husband on the road. I was told I had PPD and ya know what My kids are still alive. Thie nation is to willing to give women an excuse.

[bunnyswann77]

did the husband push her to be on medication? maybe the "help" she needed was from her husband. did he take the easy way out and say "you need help youre crazy"? of course she was crazy look at all those kids she had she needed support from her husband. maybe he needed help in learning how to care for a woman that he impregnated 5 times

[colossusrising]

Right on that's what many ignorant people dont understand, postpartum depression is a form of psychosis..makes people make irrational choices and this disease its not imagined look up the researcher Cheryl Tatano Beck who's done almost 20 yrs of research on this.

[tmarie423]

Andrea is to blame, NO ONE else. She is a murderer. Nothing more. I wish her severe pain and suffering for life.

[painintheneck100]

@bunnyswann77

Yes its all the husbands fault....your obviously a man hater. Its the drugs, in time we will all understand this. But not before hundreds more people are murdered or commit suicide because of this crap.

[094644621]

@bunnyswann77 of course he did it seems everything was her job, and he was their to enforce the bible which i think was 1000 years outdated but he had his personal slave, and he is 40% guilty as far as I'm concerned, sadly he was to clouded with the bible and being superior to her. That he didn't even notice it until it was far to late.

[ANGELCRUSHerxx]

great video.

[cne08]

Mothers who kill their kids are just as guilty as dads who do the same thing.

[brentpieczynski]

Those Psychiatrist which become depleted, do need stimulate-type medication. They need a toxicity in their body, then their working harder can lead to a nervous-breakdown. Is their news of a famous psychiatrist, subjected to Electro-Convulsive-Therapy, by their fellows which claim to care?

[fannyaliff101]

you are a God send. Everything you speak is truth. Thank you so much.

[alliepopsthecorn]

Some people like to be labelled as 'sick' (dumpsterdude27). I have to agree with this dude who never really introduces himself so I dont know what to call him; knowledgable professional who doesn't prescribe to the normal school of thought. I like this guy a lot. AH! he has a name: Dr. John Breeding You Rock!

[MrRangerTom]

I think Psychtruth is correct when he said Andrea needed love from her husband. Had he loved her he would have never endangered his family by forcing her to meet his expectations for having 6 kids like his bizarre preacher had. According to Andrea's medical records as pointed out by Dr. Dietz, Rusty and Andrea were warned that she could harm her children if she became pregnant again. Andrea reminded Rusty of that warning, but he only nullified her concern with manipulative religious rhetoric.

[MrRangerTom]

Andrea had postpartum depression and psychosis. She was taken off Haldol, an antipsychotic, two weeks prior to the drownings. It takes about 2 wks for Haldol to lose its effect. Her delusions required that she kill her children and be executed to prevent her kids from going to hell. The anti-depressants were quit cold turkey AFTER the killings. These medications are known to have serious adverse effects when not tapered off properly. Consequently, her delusions were even more pronounced in jail.

[2yerMom2]

This is what I have read as well. It was being off the Haldol that led her (mental illness) to killing her children. There seems to be a piece attributable to medical mishandling.

For other comments:

Her husband is just a guy. A father. Not a psychiatrist. How is Joe Average to know something that even her doctors didn't know? He may have been a twit, but neither he nor she is responsible 100% for the deaths of their children. There is plenty of responsibility to be spread around.

[MrRangerTom]

After several warnings to RY from 2 psychs--1)more pregnancies will guarantee psychotic depression; 2) if she gets pregnant she will likely harm herself and her children and 3) Keep Andrea supervised 24/7 because she has a history of suicide, there is no way Rusty can't be at the forefront of blame for why her illness was allowed to return and why she had the opportunity to be alone A.M.A. He's not just a guy--he was warned. There would be no Saeed had RY loved his wife enough to stop at 5 kids.

[2yerMom2]

Have you read "Are You Alone There?" It gives more details, such as her being let out of the hospital when she was "the most mentally ill person I have ever seen", according to one nurse in the book. Her insurance ran out. So out she went.

Rusty was trying to get Dr. Saede to put her back on the Haldol but he wouldn't. Rusty just said recently on...20/20 he knew the Haldol worked the best for her.

PPP is treatable. But someone has to be treating it, adequately.

[MrRangerTom]

I have the book. You don't seem to understand that RY had an agenda for 6 kids, and that he was using the promise of Haldol as a hedge to fulfill that agenda. Injectable Haldol is a dangerous LAST RESORT medication (which is mentioned in O'Malley's book.) RY's expectation of using it several times as a crutch until he had all 6 kids is irresponsible. RY was told what the risks were. He is the one who took the risk, both in having another child and leaving her alone against Saeed's instructions.

[MrRangerTom]

When I mentioned "Haldol is a dangerous drug of last resort" being mentioned in O'Malley's book, I was mistaken. It is mentioned in Suzy Spencer's book about Yates, Breaking Point, p. 187:

"Like Zyprexa, Haldol was a drug of last resort. It had too many potential side effects."

My apologies for the mis-reference.

[ShawnD1]

Thanks for looking a this case and giving some time lines and lists of drugs she was on. It's one side of the story I don't remember hearing about, even though it's fairly significant.

[dwizkerz]

I think you hit the nail on the head doc. The end of this illness is found in it's origins ie; the breakdown of the bonds that secure a safe environment for childrearing. This is not unique to humans but is necessary for animals as well. Doc, do you have a suggestion for women who have such an extensive family history of unsafe environment that they can't accept a safe environment for what it is even if they have it?

[amyphilo]

John - how ironic that on the day you taped this, we had another shooting! NIU! I was sitting with my husband and little boys at the pizza parlor when the news came on. I hope everyone understands the seriousness of this. Also, if anyone can help me - please this is totally urgent - I need help with stopping a bill that will screen all mothers in the country and try to get them on drugs. See uniteforlife dot org

[2soldout]

Wow a professional.Doesn't want to mask the problem with drugs

[roman432]

I like this guy

[jules10272]

Interesting viewpoint. I agree that psychiatric drugs have unreliable results! It sounded like a case of the most severe form of "postpartum depression" - psychosis. That does often include hallucinations, delusions, and tragedies like children/mothers killed.

Why didn't Andrea Yates get checked back into the hospital instead of being sent home again? Her Dr. let her go home?!

[VioletLeaves]

Even if they did over medicate you cannot blame it all on the medication.

She was fucked up to begin with.

[alansmith717]

Lack of responsibility, people no longer wish to believe they have control... Take drugs, they cure everything... The Doctor says to take the pills, he must be right! While other doctors cry NoNoNo! Just because he's/she's a doctor doesn't mean he's/she's right! But then who do believe?!? It's your life, so be careful, do research, ask for more than one opinion! Be Careful who you take it from!!!!!

[rforbes1]

Andrea Yates is a classic bipolar that was mal treated. She may have had Pitocin to induce labor which can further suppress the posterior pituitary gland and exacerbate her manic depression.

[emilyrl]

"You dont kill your children because of Postpartum Depression."

Thank you! That claim is just so absurd!!! I would think that Postpartum Depression would cause a mother to neglect the children not to murder them!

Also, she had several kids, so how long was the supposed depression allowed to go on without anyone noticing any warning signs???

[Alprazolam]

once again breeding speaks the truth... truth through breeding

[Truthiness231]

Depression is one of the most damaging disease/disorders (which one it is is still debatable) that afflicts humankind. Having been through the horrors myself, twice with myself and a multitude of times by family members (it is transfered both genetically and environmentally), I'd say it is one of the most important things we can cure. Best wishes to everyone who goes through depression for whatever reason; my heart goes out to you.

[acerb45666555]

Interesting info.

[parallelpinkparakeet]

Great points! I couldn't agree more. I knew someone who was on antidepressants and antipsychotics, and he'd have hallucinations. He had to ween himself off of these drugs, because the symptoms were getting worse. It's sad that too many psychiatrists put bandaids on gaping wounds. It's not about medicating (a quick fix). It's about getting to the root of the problem and fixing that. Bandaids only stay on for so long. They should teach that more in medical schools.

[dsmoya31410]

I have (OCD) obsessive-compulsive disorder, and although I sometimes have very disturbing thoughts (one of the symptoms of the disease), I don't act on these impulsive thoughts. That would be wrong. As soon as I heard about that horrible incident in Houston, I wondered if Andrea Yates was suffering from OCD. Of course, your explanation seems much more plausible.

I take responsibility for my actions, and I find it insulting that someone would blame post-pardom depression on her actions.

[c16467]

Behind all contra survival conditions found anywhere today will be found the influence of the globalist, the eugenicist, the psychiatrist and other such antisocial personalities. Murdering, torturing and lying in the name of "help". The closest battle line is TV and radio commercials offering "solutions" which do nothing but line the pockets of Lily, Squib and Pfizer. Their ken have brought us Ethnic Cleansing, terrorism, war as diplomacy, taxation, inflation and degradation of public education

[newgtguy]

You are correct on all counts. The sad thing is, everyone in this country is brainwashed into thinking you are a "Conspiracy Theorist."

From what I know, there is no theory about it. It is a fact - there is a global conspiracy happening!

[Wisdombychoice]

At the root of every horrific story where the media flocks to get the "goods", there are psychiatric drugs involved...wouldn't ANYONE see the connection? I guess we can't focus on the root of the problem...wouldn't be news, then eh?

[bubber25]

the drug co's are completely run by psychopathic eugenecists. watch "end game" on google video to see the full scope of it

[alanna4858]

Great video Dr Breeding. I agree with you completely. In this society we are so quick to attribute these things to so calleds. The Andrea Yates case was truely horrific. It raises a lot of questions about how the media handle these cases.

[Tessietots]

Effexor, is one the worst antidepressants around. I was using effexor for three years and it made me feel worse. It took me 5 months to withdraw and only with the help of a doctor, using other medication to eleviate symptoms. I suffered brain zaps, brian shivers, vertigo to the point of falling over, vomiting etc just to name a few. To this day, I have memory loss, that I'll never retrieve.

[Tessietots]

When I say I felt worse on them, than off them, its no exaggeration. Today I suffer from depression, but refuse any medication. Im more able to manage my moods, without antidepressants. At least I don't have self destructive thoughts. I truely believe these meds cause more harm than good. Thanks for this video.

[alanna4858]

I completely agree with you. After the birth of my second child I fell into a deep depression. My doctor gave me Fluoxetine. Id had slight problems before with self harm when i was a bit younger but this made it 100 times worse. It made me really deranged almost. The withdrawal is terrible. Im off it now and i agree you can control moods better. I improved my diet and left my partner. Much better.

[newgtguy]

Yup. I spent 3 years on Paxil and Lexapro. All they did was turn me into a zombie who didn't care about anything in life.

Withdrawal was total hell. It took about 6 months to stop during which I experienced the same symptoms stated in the post above (brain zaps where REALLY bad).

Well, now I'm SSRI free for 2 years and feel great. No more prescription meds for me. I eat right and exercise 6 days a week.

Good luck!

[jgelhaar]

It makes me angry when you see the effect of drug treatment and how it can manifest itself in the real world.  And the drug reps get off scott free... no mention of all the free stuff given to physicians that allow the drug reps to "force-feed" info right into the docs brain so they'll prescribe this stuff... Half the time people's mental illness can be fixed with effective exercise and eating correctly, hence better nutrition. The cause of our problems usually starts with our mouths

[tweety488]

this is extreely informative. The media "forgot" to mention the drugs i bet... but its incredibly sad how that never got out, even I was mislead to believe it was a disease that led her to do that.

TV lies, internet knows all~

[parallelpinkparakeet]

And what's so sad about that is it's damaging to society as a whole. It makes people ignorant of the problems that are actually causing these kinds of things to happen. It's scary.

[Tiikuri]

Do you know what usually causes postpartum depression? The brain is somewhere around 60 percent fat and that fat needs to come from omega3 fatty acids. From fish. Omega3:s from vegetable sources aren't effective because the human body can't effeciantly make use of it.

If the mother's diet doesn't have enough of this essential fatty acid it's going to be taken straight from the mother's brain and used in building the cilds brain. That is what causes depression for the mother.

[alanna4858]

I think there could be a grain of that. A pregnant mothers brain DOES shrink a little in pregnancy.

[jgelhaar]

Great video! Very good info...

[reganatf]

Wow, I didn't know she was already in treatment.

[c16467]

Join the club with the rest of us. The "Drive By" (thank you Rush Lembaugh) media always seem to look the other way when it comes to actual causes. In every case of serial killings, assassinations and mass murders in my lifetime are all traceable to Psychiatric influence, "Treatment" and "Help".

DJP