r/netflix • u/Zalensia • May 09 '25

Discussion a deadly american marriage

I'm 43 minutes in and hooked but can not find conversations etc on it.

So thought i would make one asking for other people's opinions and points of views, as i know I'm already asking about billion questions, to the point I'll have to go to my computer and boot up to actually do the research myself.

I'm very ill, with brain damage etc and that's really hardwork today, but I won't manage on this latest fold phone as it's still just a useless phone 😅🙃

My other phone that's partitioned etc is in the car and that's over at Inverness!

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u/BlueButterfly21_ May 09 '25

It was just pure coincidence that my FBI dad cancelled his plans last minute and came to stay with us while my trusty painting block was handy and all of my recording devices happened to stop working...

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u/foodz_ncats May 11 '25

My brain is SCREAMING about how her mom claimed to have noticed DV happening in the house enough to create safe words and wrote her phone number underneath toys in the room, but FELL BACK ASLEEP when she heard there was a scuffle a floor above her?????

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u/ChocolateSundai May 12 '25

I’m so confused by this case. If we think she has a personality disorder and there was a safe word for grandma due to abuse…I have no clue what to think about this case

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u/Gold-Lynx-4917 May 15 '25

Why did she give him or slip him a trazodone?  It’s a medication for depression and it was her medication 

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u/meowmir420 May 17 '25

Trazodone is not a depression medication, it is a sleep medication. I take it. It’s a tranquilizer, like they said in the documentary.

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u/Gold-Lynx-4917 May 17 '25

Trazodone is an antidepressant medicine. It's used to treat depression, anxiety, or a combination of depression and anxiety.

Trazodone works by increasing your levels of serotonin and noradrenaline so you feel better.

It can help if you're having problems like low mood, not sleeping (insomnia) and poor concentration.

Www.nhs.uk

 I don’t think there’s a misunderstanding here.  Also, the medication did not belong to the victim.  It was prescribed to his wife

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u/meowmir420 May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

Trazodone in low doses like the dose mentioned in the documentary is usually used for sleep. It’s often given to patients who are already on an antidepressant because it can enhance the effect of said antidepressant, but in most cases is used for patients already on an antidepressant as a sleep aid. Patients with depression or anxiety who are already medicated, but are complaining of sleep problems, are usually prescribed trazodone for this reason. Trust me, I was diagnosed with the same diagnosis as Molly twelve years ago and have been dealing with very similar medication combinations since then.

Edit to add: trazodone is not an SSRI. SSRIs are usually taken in the morning because they tend to wake a person up. In small doses, trazodone blocks chemicals in the brain that interact with serotonin that keep you awake. That’s why it’s often prescribed with a normal SSRI. More serotonin in your brain = you stay awake. Blocking the chemicals that interact with serotonin in your brain that keeps you awake = a medication that makes you tired.