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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 11:09 am
I agree with you Hermion, that woman needs to get some serious help. A friend of mine has a son with bipolar and let me tell you, when he is not on his meds, he is off the wall. He is 26 and smart as a whip, but has no people skills. I feel bad for him because he has no friends, he can not hold down a job, he did get an associates degree from college and now is working on his bachelors (which they said he would never be able to do)
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 11:19 am
I have Bipolar II and the right meds are crucial to functioning normally. If you have Bipolar I, the meds are even more important. The thing that makes me wonder is that she seems to be such a spree/binge person as I was/am, which can be characterestic of Bipolar Disorder. But who knows. Maybe she is just a screw up.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 11:39 am
Maybe she is screwed up, but they defintly need to run tests on her to find out. I completly understand she did not have a NORMAL childhood, but she should not have had children if she wanted to live her life
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 11:40 am
Does bipolar-ness suddenly appear? Because didn't she seem to be "normal" (more or less) until the past year or so? Personally, I think she's got an inflated sense of self. I think she needs more help than rehab can provide. (Anyone who walks in to a store and walks out without paying for anything, even a lighter, and then brags about being bad, just doesn't have a clue as to what is proper and what is not.) I hope the kids are OK. As for her? I think she needs to spend a year in isolation on a mountaintop somewhere, contemplating her naval, and figuring out what's really important in life. No paps allowed!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 11:43 am
She's probably had problems for a while now. I think she's been enabled by parents who depend on her for their livelihoods. She really needs to get help.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 11:43 am
It could well be post partum psychoses, or bipolar. The news reports said she had been awake for several days without eating, which certainly "sounds" like a manic episode. Also, it's not uncommon for people suffering from these illnesses to try to self medicate, so that could explain the overuse of drugs. Does she have some personal issues? Of course. But it does seem that she is suffering from some kind of illness that she has no control over as well.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 11:44 am
I just hope she gets the help she needs.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 11:45 am
Costa, most bipolar and schizophrenia arises in early adulthood - used to be the 20's, altho we see it earlier and earlier these days. And of course post partum illnesses worsen with each pregnancy, which would explain the arise of psychosis, if that's what it is.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 11:46 am
People Article Britney on 72-hour hold (can't seem to do a proper link because of all the commas in the addy and whenever I hit post I get the above mess. Try copying and pasting from the www part on. That poor baby. My guess is that he was taken to the hospital because he was hysterically crying out of fear and confusion. No matter what her issue is I think we all agree those boys need to be far away from her for the immediate future. <fixed link>
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 11:47 am
My friends son was diagnosed with bipolar when he was a freshman in high school. but i want to say he might have had it earlier and the said it was add and adhd.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 11:49 am
Hmmm, if it is a medical issue, then her (pregnant) sister should be checked, monitored also.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 11:51 am
It's all just speculation, naturally, but I do hope she gets professional help.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 12:05 pm
Thanks Kar. I can't and won't speculate on whatever mental illness she may or may not have, but there is something obviously quite wrong somewhere. To have a standoff with police for over 2 hours, when you know darned well you are supposed to turn over the kids, does seem to speak to issues of some sort. That, along with her attorneys dropping her like a hot potato, all I can say is, well, yeah, I hope she gets help. In whatever form it may be.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 12:16 pm
I hope they pass some laws against the paparazzi,,,it has really gone over the line. Celebs cant even look out their home window without seeing a flash. I feel sorry for Brit, I have a feeling the papari are partly responsible for this
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Holly
Member
06-19-2005
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 12:30 pm
Karuna's thoughts on post partum coupled with either bi-polar disorder or some other psychosis sounds right to me. Whatever is ailing her, I feel very sorry for her and hope she gets the proper help. I think it's just a very, very sad situation all around. I'm not a fan and never have been, but I hurt for that girl.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 12:42 pm
She needs to pull a Lohan and move away from Caliofrnia. She won't. That's her fault. She's got to know that she will lose her kids forever if she doesn't. She wants to be in the spotlight and we are feeding it because we keep checking it out. Paps are horrible...but Brit is to blame too. She needs to seriously get out of LA for a while...give K-Fed the kids for a while. Get herself better and then come back...you don't see Lohan in the press as much anymore because she got better...
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 1:13 pm
Whatever is going on with her, does not need to be inflicted on the kids. I'm not saying she should never be with her children. However, I do think she needs to get help. How can you raise well adjusted and happy children if your life is so screwed up?
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Crzndeb
Member
07-26-2004
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 1:18 pm
I've long thought she suffered from a mental illness, either bipolar or histrionic personality disorder. Here's a brief paragraph on HPD" Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness, usually beginning in early adulthood. The essential feature of the histrionic personality disorder is a pervasive and excessive pattern of emotionality and attention-seeking behavior. These individuals are lively, dramatic, enthusiastic, and flirtatious. They may be inappropriately sexually provocative, express strong emotions with an impressionistic style, and be easily influenced by others.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 1:49 pm
How in dahell did the court monitor get locked out of the house?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 1:53 pm
It could well be post partum, but she's been acting strangely for a few years.. remember her very brief marriage a few years back? And it is really unfortunate that she has befriended one of the paparazzi members, reportedly he's not such a good guy and is likely to be expoiting the situation with "inside scoops". And yet he has a point, she's pushed away/lost friends, employees (including attorneys), hangers-on and family and probably desperate to find someone she can trust.. but her judgement.. not so good. The latest I saw this morning on TV had her on a 72 hour hold and the attorneys for her and KFed met briefly. KFed reportedly asking that her visitation rights be terminated for now. It was the court appointed monitor who called LAPD when Brit locked herself in a room with one of the kids and refused to turn kids over to KFed bodyguards sent to pick them up after visitation.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 1:58 pm
Unfortunately Britney has given KFed and the courts every reason to take her visitation away from her. It's all very sad!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 2:13 pm
good lord!! Bobby Trendy is 'standing vigil outside the hospital' in one of the People mag pics!!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 2:19 pm
Sorry. Who is Bobby Trendy?
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 2:27 pm
Okay, now you're making me google him.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 2:28 pm
Oh good lord. He was Anna Nicole's decorator on that reality show she did.
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