Miscellaneous Notes...

[lookout]

 A " family " of 4 were found stabbed to death in Gibraltar. A British man,Spanish woman and 2 children,one of which was a 6 week old baby.

It wasn't until a member of staff at the rented property tried to get access by knocking,that when there was no reply,it was reported to the police. Because the place was " locked from the inside ",alarm bells rang and police broke in to find 2 adults and 2 children butchered to death.
Police had said that they weren't looking for anyone else as they concluded it was murder/suicide.

[lookout]

Another LOVING mother suffocated her son in the bathroom of a restaurant in Massachusets.Nobody can understand the mothers actions because she WAS such a loving mother ??

[lookout]

Another LOVING mother suffocated her son in the bathroom of a restaurant in Massachusets.Nobody can understand the mothers actions because she WAS such a loving mother ??

The mother blamed the " devil " for killing her child. She had locked herself and her child in the bathroom.
For whatever reason,the mother wasn't taking her medication,. She smoked marijuana and at times showed a violent streak. One of her children was removed from her at some time and a past incident where she'd stabbed a family member.
Latisha had lived with her boyfriend and their 20 month old son.

[lookout]

 Sadly,once again,in 2013,a young woman suffering anxiety was told by her GP that he couldn't help her any more, then she threw herself in front of an oncoming train with her baby son in her arms.

[lookout]

A " family " of 4 were found stabbed to death in Gibraltar. A British man,Spanish woman and 2 children,one of which was a 6 week old baby.

It wasn't until a member of staff at the rented property tried to get access by knocking,that when there was no reply,it was reported to the police. Because the place was " locked from the inside ",alarm bells rang and police broke in to find 2 adults and 2 children butchered to death.
Police had said that they weren't looking for anyone else as they concluded it was murder/suicide.

Police in Gibraltar confirmed that the mother took the lives of her husband/partner and two children,while suffering from post-natal depression.

[susan]

Hello lookout

It is so tragic to read stories of this nature and they seem to becoming more common and one wonders if it could have been avoided

[lookout]

Hello lookout

It is so tragic to read stories of this nature and they seem to becoming more common and one wonders if it could have been avoided

Hello Susan-----------yes,this sort of tragedy could possibly be avoided with the proper" surveillance" of patients by following their medical history,particularly women who've had previous pregnancies or have suffered some sort of depressive illness prior to pregnancy.
I think this family lived in Spain initially before they moved to Gibraltar,but what their reason for moving was I don't know.Nor would I know if medical notes,etc,were transferred ?? Very sad to reach such a pitch in life that can no longer be borne.

[lookout]

The inquiries are taking place of the young mother who threw herself and new baby off the bridge at Avon last December. The mother had been taking Risperidone,a powerful drug for schizophrenia. She was told to stop taking the drug altogether when the woman said that she wished to breast-feed her baby. The withdrawal symptoms of stopping these drugs have devastating effects which result in suicide. Sadly this happened and the inquest will take beyond summer to reach a conclusion.

[lookout]

Andrea Yates had been taken off her Haloperidol when she drowned her 5 children. She too was ridding them from evil,being another religious person,so thought by killing them that she'd free them of the evil that they " possessed ".
It's definitely the withdrawal/reduction of these powerful drugs which causes the patient to kill,as they become more and more agitated and their thoughts are skewed.
Any medication,whatever it is, once it's stopped, can cause symptoms of an illness to return with a vengeance,and for what little that was left in Sheila's system,would have caused her inner problems.

[Steve_uk]

There's another sad case today in your area lookout: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-32364609

[Caroline]

Andrea Yates had been taken off her Haloperidol when she drowned her 5 children. She too was ridding them from evil,being another religious person,so thought by killing them that she'd free them of the evil that they " possessed ".
It's definitely the withdrawal/reduction of these powerful drugs which causes the patient to kill,as they become more and more agitated and their thoughts are skewed.
Any medication,whatever it is, once it's stopped, can cause symptoms of an illness to return with a vengeance,and for what little that was left in Sheila's system,would have caused her inner problems.

Sheila wasn't taken off it, she had her dose reduced.

[Alias]

Sheila wasn't taken off it, she had her dose reduced.

Yes, she had it halved.
It is recommended that when your Haloperidol dose is reduced, it is reduced with 10 mg at a time - the reaction or lack of reaction should be monitored, and if the patient seems all right, another 10 mg can be cut off the dose.
It is further recommended that this takes place in a hospital setting.
There are many examples of patients who have had their dose reduced dramatically who act out violently and yes, kill other people or themselves.

[Caroline]

Yes, she had it halved. (1)
It is recommended that when your Haloperidol dose is reduced, it is reduced with 10 mg at a time - the reaction or lack of reaction should be monitored, and if the patient seems all right, another 10 mg can be cut off the dose.
It is further recommended that this takes place in a hospital setting.
There are many examples of patients who have had their dose reduced dramatically who act out violently and yes, kill other people or themselves.(2)

(1) I know.

(2) And many more examples of people who haven't.

[scipio_usmc]

Yes, she had it halved.
It is recommended that when your Haloperidol dose is reduced, it is reduced with 10 mg at a time - the reaction or lack of reaction should be monitored, and if the patient seems all right, another 10 mg can be cut off the dose.
It is further recommended that this takes place in a hospital setting.
There are many examples of patients who have had their dose reduced dramatically who act out violently and yes, kill other people or themselves.

The recommended cut is from a starting point of between 50 and 100MG  They don't prescribe over 200MG anymore because more than 100MG is neither considered safe nor is significantly more effective than 50-100MG.

She was being given way too much Haldol and she wasn't taking a countering agent which is why she was over tranquilized.

 

[lookout]

There's another sad case today in your area lookout: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-32364609

Yes,Steve,I read it in the Liverpool Echo. He's still on the run I think,but what's behind the murders we don't know as yet.
He could be found hanging from a tree somewhere,as is usual in these cases.