happyday
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I’d like to think that lithium isn’t prescribed willy nilly, but my sister was prescribed lithium about 10 years ago and was on it for a few years with terrible side effects. She had a big meltdown & the usual antidepressants etc weren’t working, so she was diagnosed with bipolar 1. Then another doctor years later took her off and and said she is not bipolar. She’s been on no drugs for years now and is doing very well. She has sometimes debilitating anxiety and probably had some postpartum depression at the time of meltdown. Also my high school boyfriend was caught smoking weed and listening to the Beatles & his very religious parents thought they were satanic so they had him committed to a hospital where he was put on lithium and told he was manic depressive! He is not bipolar and is not medicated 30 + years later. It does happen.I feel badly for her, but doctors don't prescribe Lithium to patients without having a good reason. It's a serious drug used to treat serious mental illness like bipolar disorder with manic episodes and schizophrenia.
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She obviously has issues with serious, chronic mental illness. That means she needs regular treatment. She's incapable of caring for her own children. It's not her fault, of course. It can't be helped. But like anyone else with similar mental illness, she needs help to make sure she eats right, gets rest, avoids drugs and alcohol, etc. We've all seen what happens to mentally ill people who don't have that kind of supportive network of assistance.
JMO, if the conservatorship were to end, she would be in serious trouble fairly quickly. With no one to make sure she's taking medication, getting regular health care and eating and sleeping properly, she will spin out of control again. JMO, she would lose her mental health and her money before long.
Perhaps there's some middle ground where she is spending less of her fortune on lawyers and overseers. Perhaps the judge can consult with some doctors for a second opinion on whether she can live on her own safely.
Do people really believe she's ok and completely capable of living her life on her own? Looking at her history, the medications she takes and watching her sad videos, I don't think so.
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Also some of Britney’s friends are saying that she seemed to have postpartum depression at the time of her epic meltdown and was not treated. She was nursing and going through a divorce very publicly. I think people tend to dismiss how serious postpartum depression & psychosis can be. She definitely had a meltdown, and she may very well be bipolar or schizophrenic, who knows. But that shouldn’t cause her to lose all rights as a human adult. Should every mentally ill adult who is bad at taking meds be controlled legally by their dad when they do not wish that? That’s not typical so I just don’t understand how this conservatorship continues. It’s all about her money. IMO if they were that worried about her well being they would keep her away from performing not make her do it.