I think the title is misleading because this woman Dimone Fleming according to psychiatrist Dr. Eric Goldsmith hired by the prosecution on the night of the gruesome killings, Fleming was “grossly psychotic and out of touch with reality,”.

He said she was hallucinating, convinced that the world was coming to an end and believed a spirit had invaded her body. 

Also both the defense and prosecutor’s experts agreed she was in psychosis. 

“Similarly, “Ms. Fleming believed [her actions were necessary to protect or ‘cleanse’ her children](https://nypost.com/2022/11/28/bronx-mom-dimone-fleming-charged-after-2-children-found-dead/),” according to a forensic psychiatrist report written by doctors hired by the defense. 

Before the killings, Fleming had been treated at a Queens hospital for two months, where she was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and prescribed psychotropic medication, the Times reported, citing court records.

But the mother of two did not take her medication as prescribed and instead used marijuana daily — which reportedly exacerbated her mental health symptoms.

Mental examinations ordered by both the prosecution and defense determined [Fleming was in a state of psychosis at the time of the bloody killings.”](https://nypost.com/2022/11/27/bronx-mom-may-have-killed-sons-because-she-thought-they-were-possessed/)

She was also smoking marijuana daily so is that really postpartum psychosis or could it be cannabis induced psychosis?

Judge finds NYC mom with postpartum psychosis not guilty of killing her 2 young kids in case with eerie similarities to Lindsay Clancy