Samantha Geldenhuis
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One argument, two and a half months later, got so heated, she flipped over the coffee table.
Lee woke up the next morning, and Harris was gone.
Harris Todd, who consistently has said he never asked Lee to get an abortion, says he left because he couldn't take her anger anymore, that he even feared for his safety.
He repeatedly asked Lee to move out of his house, but she refused.
I thought if I left his house, I would never, ever come back.
She did everything within her power to get Harris out.
Lee's mother suggested a psychiatrist named Dr. Oliver Bjorksten.
Lee says what happened in those appointments would change her life.
Instead, she walked out with a diagnosis on the bipolar spectrum.
Dr. Bjorksten said Lee had something called hyperthymic temperament, a condition characterized by dwelling, blaming, and temper outbursts, a condition he wanted to treat with medication.
Did you ever have any history of mental illness?
She was alone, having a difficult pregnancy, and just had a scare that her baby might have Down syndrome.