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Originally Posted by GoldDust77
^^I thought of that immediately too, as i'm also familiar (not thru personal use) with the side effects of Lithium. I've noticed Britney's been steadily gaining weight ever since her father took control & got her on mood-stabilizing drugs. (-Which apparently have helped her greatly. Afterall, ANYTHING is better than being SO CRAZY that she held her kids hostage, got into a confrontation with police, was hauled off literally strapped down to a gurney in the back of an ambulance & then held in the Mental Ward against her will!! -Not to even get into: LOSING CUSTODY OF HER KIDS & the completely CRAZY, OUT-OF-CONTROL, BONKERS, SUBSTANCE-ABUSING, OUT-OF-TOUCH-WITH-REALITY way she was living her life just before that final horrible episode!!) I personally think the Lithium weight-gain is a relatively small trade-off for gaining some sanity in her life. But back to what i started off saying, which is:
Whatever helps though.--I'm of the opinion that there's little else in life as painful, as severe mental illness.
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Agreed - it seems to be helping her. I don't know if she's been on mood stabilisers before (i doubt it however, because she was on Ritalin i believe, and that isn't given to bipolar patients), but usually doctors (in the UK, depending upon the county anyway) use Lithium as a last resort, because it is so risky and has the potential to be incredibly dangerous. It can be very effective, but the side effects can still be very nasty.
That said, her behaviour was EXTREMELY erratic, so it seems to have been in her best interests.