She completely ignored the pills she had that were "normal".
Amoxicillin, which is an anti-biotic...why would she not take THAT?
There had to be a reason it was prescribed (infection, bronchial maybe. My son took that when young a lot for croupe and such).
EDIT- Or any type of infection really.
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#JulieSchenecker has Oxy, Lithium, Hydrocodon, Benzaprine (sp) doesn't seem like she was taking them according to directions
If I am reading the emails correctly (which is hard to do as they are out of date order and a lot of times repeated because of forwarding, it seems) she flat out refused to let her doctor(s) tell him anything.
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Which I can understand in a way, when you have mental health issues it's something you want to keep to yourself, I would think.
However, Hers were severe and she lived and was supposed to care for 2 teens. Not blaming her family (husband, parents, sibs) but I wish they would have stepped up and really been drastic about her situation. Commitment would have given them some leverage in making her get treatment and given them some power to gain information.
ETA- :seeya: G'Morn all
Many people do not take antibiotics as prescribed...especially stopping them before the course is finished. jmo
I don't agree about her being clearly out of her mind. Also, LE had to read her the miranda warning otherwise any statement will not be admitted. She freely made statements.She was clearly out of her mind at the time of her arrest, following a night of drinking and overdosing(?) -- and police were clearly out of line in reading her miranda rights at that time, when she was not fully able to comprehend what was going on, and questioning her in that state.
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Oh lookie, we have more pill bottles found #JulieSchenecker #TotalOf13Now
I WANT to see those pictures!!
I agree that the treatment of mental illness needs to be a collaborative effort -- however, since the marriage was rocky, she may have felt that her husband would use her mental illness against her in divorce court. And....it may have just been a matter that her doctor hadn't asked her for permission to discuss her case with her husband -- in the email communications, the doctor says he will ask at the next appointment. She knew she needed her husband's help (with the kids, and probably with herself) but for whatever reason, wasn't able to communicate that to him, or perhaps she did, and perhaps he realized her need, but felt he had to attend to his job.In the motion posted up above in the wrongful death suit, Julie claimed her husband did nothing to help her and left her alone, sick, and unable to parent her children.
By not allowing communication with her own husband, she made it impossible to adequately help her. By not allowing the doctors to communicate, she was able to compartmentalize her care.
Dealing with severe mental illness is a collaborative effort between the medical community, the family and the patient. Her family and her doctors all knew about her mental illness, so no stigma involved here. Not allowing this collaborative effort permits the severely mentally ill patient to say whatever he/she wants with no other POV.
If she really wanted to get better, she would have included all concerned about her treatment to help her.
She wanted all the control. She wanted all the attention. She seems narcissistic to the nth degree. It's all about her and her illness. Anyone who doesn't enable her (husband, children) are tossed out the door.
All MOO, IMHO, etc.