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Mom of preteen who fatally stabbed brother in ‘demonic’ rage says she was on ADHD meds
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1:00Now PlayingThe heartbroken mom of the Oklahoma girl who fatally stabbed her younger brother in a “demonic” rage said the child had recently become “angry for no reason” while taking ADHD medication — but by the time she pulled her daughter off it, it was too late and she experienced a “manic episode.”
April Lyda revealed during an interview on NewsNation on Thursday night what she believes led her daughter to attack her 9-year-old brother, Zander, in the chest on Jan. 5 at their home in Tulsa.
“From what we found it looks like it was a medication issue, not anything else. Like a manic episode of some kind,” a tearful Lyda told host Chris Cuomo.
She said her daughter became irritable when she was placed back on medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or ADHD.
Asked why she had been taken off the meds, Lyda explained that the girl had cut her arms “within a month of being back on it.”
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