What's up with Britney Spears's belly?

[Corsair]

Originally Posted by Niki

She's probably pregnant with Mel Gibson's baby

oh ick!

[waikiki]

I guess she's eating like a pig.

[Melyanna]

Originally Posted by Niki

She's probably pregnant with Mel Gibson's baby

Now that would be funny!

[GoldDust77]

Originally Posted by Charlotte

It really is Lithium. It's salt, so it makes patients swell up like a balloon especially in the stomach area. They can look heavily pregnant.

^^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: Yes, like you said Charlotte, Lithium DOES indeed make you gain weight in the fashion that Britney has. It's an unfortunate but VERY common side-effect. Of course, the weight gain COULD BE due to pregnancy (God, i hope not!), but, the first thing that came to my mind upon seeing "Chunky Britney" was, "Oh Britney is experiencing what pretty much almost all patients on Lithium or Depakote (another common Bipolar Disorder med) go through: significant weight gain." I HOPE that's the reason!!

Originally Posted by Charlotte

It's been known to stack 200 pounds on a person in a very short period of time.

^^Yes i've known of people putting on 200 pounds (and even more!) quite quickly, due to their Bipolar Disorder meds like Lithium. I remember one client (i work in a law firm) who ballooned from a 170-pound high-school track star, to weighing 350 pounds, in an astonishingly-fast time period after being put on Lithium. THAT level of weight gain is very unfortunate. Whatever helps though.--I'm of the opinion that there's little else in life as painful, as severe mental illness.

[CherryDarling]

I hope for the love of all that is holy that she is not preggers again.

[MsChiff]

Originally Posted by Honey

I so want to know if she is the subject of that HIV blind item....he said he will reveal soon-ish

As for being preggers...I think she can't bear her sister getting more attention than her? So maybe she ate a ton of Oreos( Like I just did and stuck it out and grabbed it...voila)

I'm curious.. which blind item? I scanned them and couldn't find it so if you remember off the top of your nog.. I'd appreciate it ) thnks!

[january]

Maybe someone else can find the link for you...basically it was a singer who had an abortion, and when she did she had to disclose that she was HIV positive. She didn't know who the father of the baby was, either.

[Charlotte]

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.

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.

[TheONe]

Looks prego...glad to see that she is still sucking down the CANCER sticks...I'm sure the baby appreciates that.

[mrs.v]

[bychance]

Originally Posted by Sleuth

that does look like a pretty convincing pregnant belly... what i wanna know is how high did the paps have to climb to get those photos... looks like roof tiles in the foreground of some of those shots

Somehow, I can envision in the foreseeable future a paparazzo suing if he gets into some kind of injury/accident whilst trying to snap some pictures. Why, because they're morons like that.

[mistify]

her dad is a chef.. nuff said. antidepressants. lots of good food, she is just putting on weight. for fucks sake.

[AliceInWonderland]

misty, u always try to see the bright side of things

[SnuffMaker]

I think she's just pudgy or full, if she's walking somewhere knowing papps are clicking.........like any chick, she's gonna suck in the gut. I say give the loony biatch a break.