Britney Spears is reportedly on medication for bipolar disorder. She has seen several psychiatrists and has one that visits her regularly. Friends claim Britney does well on the medication, but when she feels normal she quits taking it causing her to go batshit. However, one professional tells TMZ the medication is just flat-out not working:
That same professional tells TMZ, “She’s really trying. Whether it works — we’ll have to see.” That person also says it’s extremely frustrating when the media shows video of Britney out on the town acting crazy, adding, “She has a disease. Sometimes when you see her she’s in the middle of an episode. It’s like mocking someone with Down syndrome.”
Wow. Did that person just say Britney Spears has Down syndrome? That’s a bit harsh. To people with Down syndrome that is. They try their best and are surprisingly great with kids. Britney on the other hand; well, she’s great with, uh, I dunno, socks?
AJLAJ | January 30, 2008 at 2:42 pm
and fat you forgot fat
Jeezy | January 30, 2008 at 2:44 pm
That is not at all like mocking somebody with down syndrome. Sure, bi-polar disorder is a real disease, but it can often be controlled with the use of therapy and/or medication. If someone isn’t diligent about taking their prescribed medication and they go batshit crazy every few weeks, that’s their own fault.
Chuckles the ball buster | January 30, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Yeah! She has turrets too—Its Britney Bitch! I’d like a taco “Bitch”! Please “BITCH” pass the greasy spoon!
Lauren | January 30, 2008 at 2:45 pm
HAHA, I doubt she wears socks. You know those boot stink up the whole room when she takes them off. The girl never even wears underwear, why would she bother with socks! :)
fixed | January 30, 2008 at 2:45 pm
“It’s mocking someone with Down syndrome.”
oscar | January 30, 2008 at 2:45 pm
the difference is i look away when i see a person with downs syndrome wearing cthru tops and flashing her cootchie.
hi, i'm meth | January 30, 2008 at 2:46 pm
It aint bipolar or the meds for it that cause blown-out pupils, bad skin, and scabs from obsessive picking.
RENEE... | January 30, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Oh come on, she’s the one who calls all the pap schmears ahead of time to let them know where she’ll be at all times, so they can constantly take her picture. The only thing thats going to get Brit to straighten the fuck out is if she finally realizes that she really won’t be able to see her kids unless she gets help. She has to realize that she really, actually won’t get her way for once, like she’s used to. The other thing that would help would be if everyone just stopped paying attention to her, stopped treating her like she’s so important and the world revolves around her. Then she might actually have to stop and really take a look at herself and what she’s done to her life, her kids, herself. I have a feeling that would be a pretty scary moment. The nasty cooch shots alone would be enough to make a sane woman want to jump off a bridge.
Binky | January 30, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Doesn’t bi-polar have something to do with magnets ?
(Ok I’m not really a doctor)
lipper | January 30, 2008 at 2:48 pm
The problem like they say lies in the fact that once they “feel” better they think they don’t have to be on it. So, until she understands this, which seems easy enuogh to figure out between all the photographs and videos of her bahavior, that she would SEE she needs to be on them. Heavily. Or they are simply NOT working. I say the latter.
Girls gotta WANT the help for real, not just to shut up her family to get off her back.
But DAMN! Does being Bi-polar mean you can’t dress yourself or pick out a decent shade of lipstick? I mean a hooker has better taste.
The Office Whore | January 30, 2008 at 2:50 pm
so THAT’S why she’s always bouncing around like a beach ball at a nickleback concert..
Auntie Kryst | January 30, 2008 at 2:53 pm
“She has seen several psychiatrists”
Starbucks Baristas are not the same as psychiatrists.
lipper | January 30, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Binky- you are thinking of marbles.. loose marbles floating around in her head. *nods oh so wisely*
Mgall | January 30, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Explains all those trips to RiteAid
ha8ter | January 30, 2008 at 2:56 pm
It’s always something or somebody else that is responsible for Britney’s incessant bullshit, isn’t it? I think I’ll try that excuse next time I run over someone or hold my kid hostage in the bathroom for 3 hours or steal a lighter from a gas station.
lipper | January 30, 2008 at 2:58 pm
.. and seriously that smile is freaking my ass out!
But she looks pretty skinny in that pic, give the ole girl that.
BaldAsBritney | January 30, 2008 at 2:58 pm
How about sleeping instead of htting up the drug store at 5 am every other day? Would that help her mental state?
And if every time you see someone they are having an “episode” then it’s not an episode anymore, it’s who they are.
Dr. Phil | January 30, 2008 at 2:59 pm
If I were treating her, I’d put her in a deep hypnotic trance (shouldn’t take much effort), then watch a video from Britney in her prime and jerk off onto her face. I think that’s all that can be salvaged now.
FCS | January 30, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Every time I see that creepy smile I smell bunnies boiling.
Juno | January 30, 2008 at 3:03 pm
I think Heath Ledger was bipolar, too. Or was it bisexual? I know he died preparing to have a masseuse stick a pole up his ass, so maybe that’s what I’m thinking of. Anyway, right now, it’s better to be his daughter than Britney’s kids.
Tapeworm | January 30, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Someone should smash those damn huge glasses into her huge sow face.
hand puppet | January 30, 2008 at 3:04 pm
sorry but a “professional” wouldn’t go blabbing about their client to the media. didn’t dr. phil get his ass roasted for that? this girl may as well kill herself like her grandmother did. there is absolutely no way for her to get privacy or find a single person to trust.
someone else | January 30, 2008 at 3:08 pm
The check out guy behind her is “checking out” her skanky ass.
Cynthia | January 30, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Poor Britney. I hope she gets the help she needs, although it does look good with people constantly revealing her private personal information, and harassing her with cameras every second of the day. Anybody would have a breakdown under those conditions. I pray that she gets true help, and recovers to express both her phenomenal talent and her boundless love as a mother.
AJLAJ | January 30, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Oh silly Fish, just because Brit has replaced her children with sock puppets that she takes out around town, feeds lattes and sings to (footage not found) does not mean she is good with socks. She still shoves them in the washing machine (wondering how they got covered in coffee stains) with a bar of soap and some packets of ketchup (she thinks that’s how you do laundry) and Newsflash that’s exactly what she did to her “old” kids when they got dirty, so really nothing ever changes with Britney except the rotation of her victims and mouchers.
The Office Whore | January 30, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Way to go doc. Now she thinks she’s a sexually experimental bear.
Doomhammer | January 30, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Oh what, so now its “uncool” to mock down syndrome patients or something? This country sucks. I cant have no fun no more!! Next thing you know they’ll be telling me I cant heckle and boo at the special olympics. Fucking communists !!
lipper | January 30, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Thing is, everytime she has these “episodes” it does damage to the brain. That explains a lot and she may never totally get her old self back.
So, will the real Britney stand up? Doubtful.
AJLAJ | January 30, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Back when Brit had her kids you could always recognize them (LOL not because they were with their Mommy) but, because they were always covered in coffee coloured ring shaped stains… apparantly babies make very good coasters.
Vas Deferens | January 30, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Britney has enormous ass cheeks.
Dick Richards | January 30, 2008 at 3:26 pm
The medication Britney’s on inhibits the users appetite to the point of being nearly nonexistent. Hence Britney’s lack of continuity.
She simply can’t go for more than thirty minutes at a time without having a Portobello-mushroom-six-dollar-burger from Carl’s Jr. Ugh..
Binge eating has become so much a part of Britney’s life that she would rather suffer hallucinations than not be able to eat tremendous meals seven times a day.
She also likes the way the Potorbello-mushroom-burgers make her farts smell.
PunkA | January 30, 2008 at 3:28 pm
There is a monumental difference between people born with chemical disorders, and those who “learn” mental disorders through their own self absorbed, narcissistic and selfish approach to life. They become deranged and delusional ala Norma Desmond(Sunset Boulevard). I think Brit fits into the Norma Desmond category. So screw her. She did it to herself.
Halley | January 30, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Why doesn’t the world admit she’s grown up to be a vulgar, selfish, destructive sexaholic slob that no pill can cure and be done with it?
p0nk | January 30, 2008 at 3:32 pm
there still isn’t a pill that will fix stupid, so i’m not expecting any behaviour changes.
I know stuff | January 30, 2008 at 3:33 pm
She makes me feel normal, said Corky.
sla | January 30, 2008 at 3:34 pm
#17 — How about sleeping instead of hitting up the drug store at 5 am every other day? Would that help her mental state?
Of course sleep would help, but one symptom of bipolar is you often don’t (or can’t or won’t) sleep.
So saying this is kind of like saying “If you would just knock off all the crazy behavior, you could stop all the crazy behavior.”
One thing about treating mental illness is that the side effects of the illness (like lack of sleep in a manic state, or no physical activity in a depressed state) can make the illness worse and put one in a downward spiral.
That’s one reason meds can be so helpful. They can help a person get back on track and get the extraneous destructive behaviors under control, and stop the spiral.
One problem of meds, however, is they don’t make you feel better, or high, they just make you feel normal. So it’s easy to forget to take them when they are working.
As someone who’s been there, the downward spiral totally sucks ass. Big time.
I need to go take my meds now.
23apples | January 30, 2008 at 3:35 pm
That doctor sucks. I agree that someone with bipolar disorder shouldn’t be made fun of, but it is certainly not equivalent to down syndrome.. it’s a whole other category of illness.
And, if the public isn’t made known of the fact that someone has a disorder, which isn’t really any of our business in the first place, then what do people expect?? Abnormal behavior gets made fun of…. because it’s ABNORMAL. This guy shouldn’t be reprimanding the fact that people are making fun of Britney’s behavior when there has only been speculations about her and not any kind of offical statement of a disorder (at least I hadn’t heard of one until today). Bleh.
BLEEP! | January 30, 2008 at 3:35 pm
bah! #7. britney totally has “meth face.” she don’t need no proactive. she needs about a year in lock up!
Jimbo | January 30, 2008 at 3:37 pm
So are they saying it is wrong to make fun of kids with Down Syndrome? Cuz, I make fun of Britney all the time. .
D. Richards (Nihilist.) | January 30, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Yeah, #37. Down Syndromed people don’t realize they’re funny looking. And it’s okay to talk down to them because they are less-than human.
I believe they’re factually akin to dogshit.
I read on Downsyndrome.com that Suri Cruise is DSed.
D. Richards (Scientist.) | January 30, 2008 at 3:45 pm
On closer analysis, I’ve come to the conclusion that Britney is suffering from Tritchotillomania (hair pulling disorder).
I base my conclusion on the fact that Britney’s hair is ratty and appears to be very, very thin. Also, Tritchotillomania would further explain why Britney shaved her head. Yes? Yes!
TYtotheLOR | January 30, 2008 at 3:49 pm
dissing someone with Bipolar dissorder is in no way the same as making fun of a mentally handicapped person.
britney is the american version of Amy winehouse(sp?), except whatever brits smoking is making her fat, not skinny.
and did her grandmother really kill herself?
because maybe whatever was wrong with her grandmother, is wrong with all of the spears women. and eventaully those pore little boys.
all britney and her family is, is whitetrash and it’s pretty shitty she take sos much pride in that.
and in all honesty, i really don’t think she’s bipolar.
this is all drugs.
RichPort | January 30, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Excellent… she’ll forget she invited me into the room and begin weeping when I draw the shades saying “This will be veeeeeery painful at first…”
sid | January 30, 2008 at 4:05 pm
“There is a monumental difference between people born with chemical disorders, and those who “learn” mental disorders”
Dude you’re really attached to that one, huh? Twice now.
There’s no distinction. There aren’t two such separate entities, for that matter. Nobody “learns” a mental disorder unless they have a preexisting predisposition toward it, and so experiences that others shrug off have a big impact on some. And there are no disorders shown to be caused by genetic or congenital neurochemical abnormalities. In fact, there aren’t known causes for the major psychiatric disorders, just working theories. For that reason, causes aren’t specified when giving a psychiatric diagnosis, at least when you’re doing it according to the generally accepted diagnostic systems. Yes, some drugs make psychiatric patients a lot better. Aspirin makes some peoples’ headaches go away completely. We still don’t know what caused either condition in the first place.
Conscience Found | January 30, 2008 at 4:10 pm
If i were Britney I would come out of the house and take a dump in my hat.
maybe chant and walk in circles.
as a bipolar I can assure her life goes on. Just dont try to get life ins.
Em | January 30, 2008 at 4:12 pm
It is *like* making fun of someone with Down’s Syndrome.
I have Bipolar Disorder and thankfully I am doing very well on medication. It takes the average person 9 years to be given the correct diagnosis and it can take years to find the right med balance. My Bipolar is not severe, but it took me four years of hard work to become stable. It is very difficult, very painful even for people who are for the most part recluses– I can’t imagine having to do it all in the public eye.
Bipolar is a serious neurological condition, not actually a “disorder”– it has an order all its own. Medication can not cure it, only mask the symptoms. Compliance is difficult because unless you are completely dedicated to achieving stability, it is very easy to take the times when you feel okay as a “cure”and stop your medications. The medications are for life. I line up the pills in the morning and then again at night. I have to carry them in my bag and go through airport security with them and explain what they are for.
Manic-depression is not a laughing matter. The suicide rate among diagnosed patients in 15-20%, as opposed to 1-2% for the non-Bipolar population. They are thought to make up 50% of all suicides, an estimate 5000 deaths a year according to one recent study.
Manic-depression cannot be brought under control just by taking a pill/ or taking pills for a couple of weeks. As I said, it can take several years to find stability.
Perez, you have the ability to educate so many with your website. Please help the public understand that Bipolar is not something to make jokes about.
boney | January 30, 2008 at 4:13 pm
with her love of paps, I’d say she has “Going Down” syndrome.
sla | January 30, 2008 at 4:15 pm
#42 — and in all honesty, i really don’t think she’s bipolar. this is all drugs.
Ever heard of self-medication? A lot of drug use is just that — people find a substance that helps them deal with a mental condition that they don’t realize they have, and go with it.
Alcohol and marijuana tend to be drugs of choice for bipolar.
It’s sort of a “which came first” problem that also deals with the spiral I mentioned earlier. Self-medication works on some level but eventually ends up not working and contributing to the problem.
One problem with drug/alcohol abuse is that it is seen as the problem and then attempts are made to solve the problem. Often the abuse is a solution to a problem (not necessarily a good solution, though…) That’s why relapse is common — you get off the drugs but don’t deal with the underlying condition.
Many people find that with the right pharmaceutical therapy (along with perhaps talk therapy, group support, etc.) the secondary problems — sleeplessness, drug use, depression, lack of motivation, head shaving, window bashing, fedora wearing, goodies flashing — end up taking care of themselves.
woodhorse | January 30, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Meds? I want them to take the leash off and see what she’s really capable of.
FRIST! I forgot what a preposition is. Did I end my sentence with a preposition?
sla | January 30, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Don’t know if this is true, but supposedly Britney’s brother is changing his last name to avoid association with his disfunctional family.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/496817/
britney_spears_brother_to_change_name.html