All Things Britney Spears Part 6

[Marthatex]

I am not a nurse nor a doctor but from my understanding my first cousin is a doctor out in SF,CA said that it normaly takes a good month or two for the medications to take full effect on a persone who has clincial depression and/or bipolar disorders. One can start feeling better within a month but as I posted the full effects of the medication can take up to two months and there can still be times that a person may need ajustments to the meds or a doctor may have to try a new medication on a person,because as we all know everyone's body chemistry is different, and what works for one may not work for another.

This is true, if they start at low doses and have to work up on them, and then make adjustments; a month would be a good bet.

She could start feeling alot better though in 2 weeks, depending on if she responds well to the drugs.

 

[CarpeDiem]

Check this out. No real leaks in two days, which has been wonderful FOR Britney, now Trope and Trope talks. That's not right. Frankly, I'd like the judge to remove Trope and Trope from Britney's life too, and GAG order them:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/03/dogfight-in-court-tomorrow-over-brit/

 

[deanws]

Check this out. No real leaks in two days, which has been wonderful FOR Britney, now Trope and Trope talks. That's not right. Frankly, I'd like the judge to remove Trope and Trope from Britney's life too:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/03/dogfight-in-court-tomorrow-over-brit/

I don't think her father should be it either. I think they need somebody totally independent of anyone with a vested interest in her wealth. Her mother's house is still being paid for by Brit. Her father has plenty issues of his own. I am sure they can find some other people who are a good fit for the job. I do hope they go over all the books and financial records to find out if her manager has been stealing from her. I really feel sorry for her. She has too many people around her with their hands out. I wonder if her boyfriend has really stolen from her. SO SAD! Funny how the law team was ready to pull out, but now they are staying on. I wonder if they are just staying now to bill her crazy amounts and suck her dry too during this whole process. They shouldn't even be talking about their game plans to the public. The poor girl has few people in her life she can trust.

 

[CarpeDiem]

I don't think her father should be it either. I think they need somebody totally independent of anyone with a vested interest in her wealth. Her mother's house is still being paid for by Brit. Her father has plenty issues of his own. I am sure they can find some other people who are a good fit for the job. I do hope they go over all the books and financial records to find out if her manager has been stealing from her. I really feel sorry for her. She has too many people around her with their hands out. I wonder if her boyfriend has really stolen from her. SO SAD! Funny how the law team was ready to pull out, but now they are staying on. I wonder if they are just staying now to bill her crazy amounts and suck her dry too during this whole process. They shouldn't even be talking about their game plans to the public.

I'm in Dad's corner right now but, yeah on your interest in the law team's motive(s) and let's be real - They've had zero victories for her in their time representing her and no hope of any in the foreseeable future. Trope is not a help to Britney.

 

[chiperoni]

I'm in Dad's corner right now but, yeah on your interest in the law team's motive(s) and let's be real - They've had zero victories for her in their time representing her and no hope of any in the foreseeable future. Trope is not a help to Britney.

Britney even has to pay KF's attorney's fees. Trope and Trope are probably worried about their fees being paid and checked. It was her parents who finally got Britney her conservatorship and they got Sam Lufti out of the picture. Hopefully Jaime will rise to the occasion.

 

[concernedperson]

Britney even has to pay KF's attorney's fees. Trope and Trope are probably worried about their fees being paid and checked. It was her parents who finally got Britney her conservatorship and they got Sam Lufti out of the picture. Hopefully Jaime will rise to the occasion.

I just like you. That is the only reason I am posting. You seem to be real enough that I know where your heart is and that is always in my mind.

 

[chiperoni]

I just like you. That is the only reason I am posting. You seem to be real enough that I know where your heart is and that is always in my mind.

tnx concerned person. I like you too. I always read your posts.

 

[deanws]

I'm in Dad's corner right now but, yeah on your interest in the law team's motive(s) and let's be real - They've had zero victories for her in their time representing her and no hope of any in the foreseeable future. Trope is not a help to Britney.

I am not on her Dad's side. I think it needs to be a group of totally independent people. I bet before it is all over...it will be. Either way..somebody needs to see if indeed that manager has been stealing money. I sure hope not, but if he has been, I hope they prosecute his butt!

 

[CarpeDiem]

I just like you. That is the only reason I am posting. You seem to be real enough that I know where your heart is and that is always in my mind.

I really like chiperoni too. Smart also. :blowkiss:

 

[concernedperson]

I really like chiperoni too. Smart also. :blowkiss:

Ain't that the truth.:blowkiss: :blowkiss:

 

[lymom3]

Dad doesn't have control by himself. Britney doesn't like anyone right now who doesn't tell her what she wants to hear or let her do what she wants to do. If she gets better then maybe she will see that no matter what her issues were with her father in the past that he was there for her when she needed him to be. She wasn't there for herself but he is doing the best he knows how to do. He has a boatload of issues of his own but in the end seems like a daddy trying to do the best that he can for his little girl.

Two weeks is nowhere near enough time to get her straightened out on her meds unless by some miracle the doctors hit on the right combination right off the bat. That doesn't happen a whole lot. When she leaves that hospital and goes back to her house and can exercise her own free will I'm afraid that things will go back to what we've seen the last several months. I haven't seen her yet buy into her own treatment. She has to have her own best interest at heart and be 100% dedicated to keeping herself well. If she isn't sold on being well, then it won't happen.

When you are manic it's easy to think you have the world by the tail. You have energy, you don't need sleep, everything seems like a great idea and you do what you want. Those are the times that you don't think you need your medication or don't want to take it. The lows are when you wish you HAD been taking it. She doesn't have any rules or structure in her life. She doesn't have to work if she doesn't want to. People will open stores in the middle of the night for her to shop. Other than losing her kids her quality of life is not effected the way our lives would be...the folks that need to work for a living etc.

She has to realize that she's lonely and by herself. She has to miss her kids enough to do what it takes for her to get better. I don't think 2 weeks is nearly enough and if she thinks her parents are the enemies who is there to support her and be there for her when she gets out? I truly hope that she gets better and gets her priorities in line but she is not used to having to be accountable for herself and her actions; I just don't see a good outcome yet. Maybe after a couple more trips to the hospital or some other event that makes her mature she will heal but I just don't see it happening yet.

I hope I'm wrong. I know how it feels to have the ups and the downs and I don't wish it on anyone. It took years to get my meds right. I knew I needed them to be right. I needed to support myself and parent my kids; I HAD to get myself together. I hope that she can remember what "normalcy" is or find a comfortable place for her to be surrounded by people that will work with her to keep her well. At least she has the means to get the best mental health care that she possibly can...that's so much more than a lot of people have.

Sorry for the long post...just a subject that I am kind of passionate about.

 

[chiperoni]

I really like chiperoni too. Smart also. :blowkiss:

Tnx CD you do great research and are smart too.:blowkiss:

 

[deanws]

Dad doesn't have control by himself. Britney doesn't like anyone right now who doesn't tell her what she wants to hear or let her do what she wants to do. If she gets better then maybe she will see that no matter what her issues were with her father in the past that he was there for her when she needed him to be. She wasn't there for herself but he is doing the best he knows how to do. He has a boatload of issues of his own but in the end seems like a daddy trying to do the best that he can for his little girl.

Two weeks is nowhere near enough time to get her straightened out on her meds unless by some miracle the doctors hit on the right combination right off the bat. That doesn't happen a whole lot. When she leaves that hospital and goes back to her house and can exercise her own free will I'm afraid that things will go back to what we've seen the last several months. I haven't seen her yet buy into her own treatment. She has to have her own best interest at heart and be 100% dedicated to keeping herself well. If she isn't sold on being well, then it won't happen.

When you are manic it's easy to think you have the world by the tail. You have energy, you don't need sleep, everything seems like a great idea and you do what you want. Those are the times that you don't think you need your medication or don't want to take it. The lows are when you wish you HAD been taking it. She doesn't have any rules or structure in her life. She doesn't have to work if she doesn't want to. People will open stores in the middle of the night for her to shop. Other than losing her kids her quality of life is not effected the way our lives would be...the folks that need to work for a living etc.

She has to realize that she's lonely and by herself. She has to miss her kids enough to do what it takes for her to get better. I don't think 2 weeks is nearly enough and if she thinks her parents are the enemies who is there to support her and be there for her when she gets out? I truly hope that she gets better and gets her priorities in line but she is not used to having to be accountable for herself and her actions; I just don't see a good outcome yet. Maybe after a couple more trips to the hospital or some other event that makes her mature she will heal but I just don't see it happening yet.

I hope I'm wrong. I know how it feels to have the ups and the downs and I don't wish it on anyone. It took years to get my meds right. I knew I needed them to be right. I needed to support myself and parent my kids; I HAD to get myself together. I hope that she can remember what "normalcy" is or find a comfortable place for her to be surrounded by people that will work with her to keep her well. At least she has the means to get the best mental health care that she possibly can...that's so much more than a lot of people have.

Sorry for the long post...just a subject that I am kind of passionate about.

So many here with that condition have said the same thing. I hope they get the meds balanced quick. I also hope she will continue taking them. I worry that she won't be here in a few years if they don't.

 

[chiperoni]

Hi Lymon3, I agree with you that two weeks is not long enough. I hope the conservatorship can be extended for britany's sake. I'm glad for you that you got your meds straight.

 

[OneLostGrl]

Dad doesn't have control by himself. Britney doesn't like anyone right now who doesn't tell her what she wants to hear or let her do what she wants to do. If she gets better then maybe she will see that no matter what her issues were with her father in the past that he was there for her when she needed him to be. She wasn't there for herself but he is doing the best he knows how to do. He has a boatload of issues of his own but in the end seems like a daddy trying to do the best that he can for his little girl.

Two weeks is nowhere near enough time to get her straightened out on her meds unless by some miracle the doctors hit on the right combination right off the bat. That doesn't happen a whole lot. When she leaves that hospital and goes back to her house and can exercise her own free will I'm afraid that things will go back to what we've seen the last several months. I haven't seen her yet buy into her own treatment. She has to have her own best interest at heart and be 100% dedicated to keeping herself well. If she isn't sold on being well, then it won't happen.

When you are manic it's easy to think you have the world by the tail. You have energy, you don't need sleep, everything seems like a great idea and you do what you want. Those are the times that you don't think you need your medication or don't want to take it. The lows are when you wish you HAD been taking it. She doesn't have any rules or structure in her life. She doesn't have to work if she doesn't want to. People will open stores in the middle of the night for her to shop. Other than losing her kids her quality of life is not effected the way our lives would be...the folks that need to work for a living etc.

She has to realize that she's lonely and by herself. She has to miss her kids enough to do what it takes for her to get better. I don't think 2 weeks is nearly enough and if she thinks her parents are the enemies who is there to support her and be there for her when she gets out? I truly hope that she gets better and gets her priorities in line but she is not used to having to be accountable for herself and her actions; I just don't see a good outcome yet. Maybe after a couple more trips to the hospital or some other event that makes her mature she will heal but I just don't see it happening yet.

I hope I'm wrong. I know how it feels to have the ups and the downs and I don't wish it on anyone. It took years to get my meds right. I knew I needed them to be right. I needed to support myself and parent my kids; I HAD to get myself together. I hope that she can remember what "normalcy" is or find a comfortable place for her to be surrounded by people that will work with her to keep her well. At least she has the means to get the best mental health care that she possibly can...that's so much more than a lot of people have.

Sorry for the long post...just a subject that I am kind of passionate about.

Excellent post!

I often compare recovery from Bipolar to recovery from addiction. We must hit "bottom" before we can get well. No matter who tries to help us, no matter how many times help is offered, until we really see we have a problem.. until we have lost all there is to loose, we won't get well.

Like you, I worry about when they release her because chances are this first round of meds won't be the right ones for her. The average time from diagnosis to "stability" is something like 22 months. Hopefully the hospital has gotten the manic phase to pass and she will go home with her parents when she gets out of the hospital.

I honestly wish her all the best! I watch what she has been going through lately and it brings back memories of mania so fresh in my mind that I can almost taste them, ya know?

 

[KatK]

The sad thing is though, I don't think Britney ever had normal. She might not know what it is, or that she needs it. All she knows is she wants "friendship" and "to be liked".

 

[Mygirlsadie]

I hope these people (her parents included) know exactly what they are doing.. I have a feeling when she gets out of the hospital she is going to be making heads spin! She don't have or really seem to even want a relationship with her parents so by them being in charge of her life I think is just going to throw her deeper into the funk she is in already. I hope she don't do anything desperate because she is probably going to feel that she is being pushed into a corner here... Britney don't like to be told what to do & esp. not by people who she can't stand to begin with. I wish her all the best but I really think in about 2 weeks if and when she gets out we will see exactly how Britney feels about all this.

 

[OneLostGrl]

The sad thing is though, I don't think Britney ever had normal. She might not know what it is, or that she needs it. All she knows is she wants "friendship" and "to be liked".

Most people with Bipolar have never had normal... that's one of the reasons we tend to go off of our meds once they begin working. We don't know who we are once were medicated and it can be kind of scarey.

Though because Brit is a celeb I'm sure there is an entire other level of "not normal" for her to deal with on top of it.

 

[CarpeDiem]

Hi Lymon3, I agree with you that two weeks is not long enough. I hope the conservatorship can be extended for britany's sake.

I agree, two weeks not long enough. Frankly, they need to observe her throughout a month and when she approaches her menstrual cycle. A lot of women have some emotional changes at that time, I can't imagine a hormone flush would be real good for her, on top of the other three weeks of the month.

 

[KatK]

Most people with Bipolar have never had normal... that's one of the reasons we tend to go off of our meds once they begin working. We don't know who we are once were medicated and it can be kind of scarey.

Though because Brit is a celeb I'm sure there is an entire other level of "not normal" for her to deal with on top of it.

Not what I meant. I mean normal, as in a normal life, knowing how to clean a house, how to do a budget etc. A home life without parents fighting, without all your family drinking/abusing drugs. That kind of normal. She's addicted to drama, she grew up with it, it is all she knows. She won't know how to be normal, or that this is what she needs. There are childhood stars, whose parents actually taught their kids how to be "normal" too, taught them how to do chores, taught them how to interact with their peers, and taught them how to do finances. Other parents, ride the wave of their kids' stardom, and don't think about the fact they will be grown one day and may need those kind of skills too. "Someone else takes care of it" for the kid. It's very sad.