Ok…as a Mental Health Therapist, Out patient counselor, Behavioral Specialist and Social worker…as well as a mother of two and a sufferer from Bipolar (rapid cycling) I would just like to say that Brittany is not just acting out for attention or is being unruly just for something to do or gain attention…she doesn’t have a personality disorder for multiple reasons..read the DSM-IV …symptoms known do not really meet the criteria…not Schizophrenic…doesn’t meet criteria either….what I can say I believe she has is Bipolar (most likely Rapid or NOS) and probably Post Partum…and if mixed with alcohol and/or drugs it is a complete mess…can be a deadly one…each day is different for a person suffering from Bipolar…hence Brittany…awakening and never knowing how you are going to feel…calm and can manage your day in a positive and appropriate manner (normal) …or irritable and excitable…moody and fiery/explosive or manic/euphoric/dangerous and have poor judgement and decision making…no one knows what it is like to have Bipolar…doctors can try to tell you and counselors try to help…but the best ones to help you are those whom have it under control themselves of course with help of medications/therapy but with your own input and implemetation ofeffective techniques and interventions…BiPolar sucks! It is mainly hereditary and stressors bring it out big time as well as having children…changes in hormones and other chemicals…it takes years for someone to be diagnosed with it…symptoms ca nbegin to appear as early as the age of 3 yrs….over the years people show some Bipolar signs here and there until it gets so bad that the symptoms occur all the time and impede one’s daily functioning…it becomes noticeable to all at this time…they basically hit rock bottom or are very close…No one asks for it and it is the hardest disorder to understand and explain…basically your chemicals in your brain have a mind of their own and you have at times little control over it and at times are not even conscious of some things…it takes over your cognitive portion of thinking and judgement and replaces with more of emotional reactions/responses to everything in life with no consequential thinking (if i do this this will happen…it is just..I’m gonna do this and whatever whatever!)…when escalated it can take the smallest thing to set someone off with Bipolar such as a stain on your new jeans or bounced check or anything…it can make you eratic and even punch walls, hurt yourself,be aggessive, destructive, anything goes…no control, and if more stressors are added on it gets bad…for some people esp. with rapid cycling Bipolar…on the other hand some Bipolar sufferers also have a very deprressive stage where they can’t and don’t want to socialize or face the world or even deal with any problems big or small and will ignore them and have no empathy or conscious feelings of feeling bad they are not taking care of things they need to be, paying bills, or attending work (or Child Custody hearings) and so forth…you depend on coffee/caffiene/energy drinks/ anything to make you feel normal and motivated and in turn it actually messess up ur moods even more…the Mood swings are not fun and either is coming down from a manic state where your mind is racing a hundred miles an hour and u are on top of the world and nothing matters but fun and feeling good/gaining that Euphoric feeling at any cost (lying, stealing,shopping…blowing all ur rent money …whatever…) ….there is so much more to explain about Bipolar…it causes inattentiveness(symptoms similar to ADHD), makes people appear as if they have multiple personalities, or are crazy (Schizo)and other various disorders/behavioral and emotional disturbances…Bipolar is the most underdiagnosed and most misunderstood…it is one of the hardest to control and get your life back on track and have people trust you and look at you like you are normal…I never asked for this and at times cry saying I don’t want this anymore…I get tire of looking like an idiot but honestly it takes over and you lose your true self…but having BiPolar and going through therapy and medication management and researching the disorder on my own has enabled me to get an inside look and feelings on the disorder to help others…there is no doubt that medication is the way to go…especially at first to get things under control and make appropriate positive changes in your life and hopefully if can be…get off meds…but some people have BiPolar so severe they will need to be on meds for the rest of their life…it all depends on each and every person and depends on numerous factors…We do not know Brittey’s heredity…if other mental illnesses are in the family (Bipolar? Depression? Any mental health or emotional disturbances not diagnosed? etc…)…I wish I could help her but unfortunately some smuck who is only book smart about the DSM-IV disorders will probably try to treat her and release her way to early and not look at the things that really help people…especially women and esp. superstars recover…all i can hope for is that she gets a good Mental Health team and other professionals to help her and I hope she accepts the help and does what she has to…there is hope for her and her children…she does care..Brittany cares…but Bipolar has taken over her and it is not “Brittany” anymore…its the so-called “monster or devil” inside …it is so many things that are out of her control and/or have gotten out of control due to moods swings and lack of normal cognitive functioning/decision-making…ok I’m gonna stop here…writing a book..I hope you all see that it is not Brittany acting out and doing bad things on purpose…I’m sure if she had normal cognitive thinking/functioning she would not wnat her kids to go through this, her family, herself, and so on…come on who would…it is the Bipolar disease……I hope that help gets to her in time…I feel for she and her kids!

yo britney spears is fucked and she just wants attention…she won’t have a comeback..she blew it for herself so let her do her thing…she sucks

Just wanted to jump in here on the bipolar issue. As a sufferer of severe depression with panic and anxiety disorders and having been treated for several years, I think it is safe to say, medicine does help. It would help Britney.

Regarding the bipolar issue. Not all of us are bipolar. However, according to my shrink there are two types of bipolar that go along with depression. I believe they are catorgarized at bipolar 1 an II. II being the worst type. She has mood swings and acts irrational, then all of a sudden she appears normal again. She has extreme highs and lows, ie; shaving her head and attacking the photographers. Of course all of this could be post parteum depression but unless she gets help fast, she is going to continue to spiral downward. It is so sad, she is very sick.

If she’s not bipolar type 1, she’s schizophrenic (google both of these terms) Or she’s on a constant diet of psychedelic drugs.

I’d take those odds standing on my head, half asleep with a bloodstream full of psychedelics myself. lol

Regardless, she’s tacky anyway. I knew that since the day she appeared. GO AWAY BRITNEY. Those of us with taste have been waiting to get rid of you for seven years now. Please. Just go away.

I worked as a professional in the mental health field some years ago, and those of you who think you “know” she isn’t bi-polar have nothing to base your opinions on. None of us has ever met the woman. Leave those decisions to her doctor. My guess is that she does have a mood disorder, and any substance abuse that is going on is secondary to the mood disorder and an attempt to self-medicate. For example, she reportedly chain smoked and drank excessive amounts of Red Bull on the set of her new video before breaking down and crying. She’s not able to concentrate, so she stimulates with nicotine and Red Bull. She’s in some sort of depressive state, with agitation and anxiety mixed in, paranoia, rage, impulsive behavior. It looks like a mixed state to me, and is probably on the bi-polar spectrum. Being ill is not a crime, though, people, and being ill does not mean she does not love her children or deserves to have them taken from her. She needs help. I pray that she gets it and can be re-united with her boys when she gets well.

I wonder if she is suffering from postpartum depression. Has anyone even looked into that? It is a disorder that affects as many as 10 to 15% of women after they have had a child, and is much worse than the “baby blues”. It doesn’t usually go away on its own and a women with the illness needs meds, therapy and a lot of reassurance and support. She has had 2 babies very close to each other, a marriage gone bad and a very public life. It must be very stressful for her. She may not even know she is depressed. I hope for her sake someone who knows and loves her will look into this.

I know what it’s like to suffer from depression. I have borderline personality disorder and major depressive disorder. When you are on a low it is very difficult to think about others, that doesn’t mean you don’t love them, you sometimes think they would be better off without you, so you push everybody aside purposely doing things so that they don’t want to be around you. You think that if they are mad at you or don’t want to be around you it is easier to commit suicide without upsetting the people you love. That’s probably what is happening with Britney, she’s shoving people out of her life so that if she decides to end it, it will be easier. She needs to be put in a mental health hospital where she can get the help she needs. Don’t judge what you don’t understand, I have been battling the war in my head for forty years and sometimes you just get really tired of fighting so you act out and you don’t care about what happens to you.

Britney Spears is not crazy or seeking a rubber room for herself, but she does need some help with her problems of late… I know that people like to jump all over and give there two cents but we are getting third hand news, filtered to suit the media, and we are not her medical Dr’s? She should only realize that know one is attacking her unjustly or unfairly, and we only want what’s best for her and her children… Let her live and be treated with respect and if she is diagnosed with bi-polor or other mental disorder then let it go before a judge and show proof… Untill then all of us need to stop being judgemental and give her the benifit of becoming a recovering addict that can get her priorities in order.. I hope that she will not turn up as just another statistic and act out becuse it only draws more negative publicity and that’s not in her best interest.. Britt come back to REALITY!!!

I’ve thought she was bipolar a long time ago. She needs a psychologist, not more rehab. She also may be suffering from a long post-partum depression. That has made women do things much worse than Britney. She needs to get help before her lifestyle and behavior ruins those poor little boys.

Britney loves being in the spotlight. Her actions speak louder than words. She welcomes the media as long she can use them. Unfortunately for her she can’t control the pictures they print and the stories that show her in a bad light. Her fault people, no one forces her to act the way she does. If the media stopped following her around she would go looking for them. She created the monster that she has become and she is the only one that can fix it. For her children’s sake I hope someone, anyone, will stand up and remove them from her. She has no excuse for not being a better mother. She is not poor, and she has a family that could and would help her if she would stop acting like unruly child.