I am so saddened to hear this news. It was just a couple of weeks ago that a friend of mine who lives in Orange County said she was out to dinner and sat at a table where Amanda Bynes was having dinner with someone who gave off the “gay best friend” vibe. She said Amanda looked good and seemed to be doing a lot better. It seems that her conservatorship was ended a bit too soon though because apparently yesterday she was arrested for DUI after she stopped her vehicle in the middle of an intersection.
To me, I have a feeling that it was not the result of being on drugs as the officers suspect, but more likely being off her meds now that she is responsible for taking them on her own. I really wish the best for her and hope she can get the help that she needs. They set her bail at $15,000 and this will put her at risk for the previous charges that were dropped after she received mental health counseling on the condition that she not get into any more trouble. My heart goes out to her. 🙁
Damn it! I was so glad when I heard she was doing better.
She is gonna end up like Amy Winehouse. Amanda when they try to send you off to rehab, you should GO GO GO
You”re a fucking MORON REALHWONJ. She is ill. Fuck off.
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She needs MICA treatment. Which is rehab. Not a moron TT. Take a happy pill and chill
FUCK OFF. You are done here.
BUh Bye dickshit. You will no longet be posting here.
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Bipolar or manic depressed? Either way off Rx is not a good Dx.
Bipolar is the new term for manic depression. I’ve seen reports that say she is bipolar and schizophrenic. I read a lot of her writing from before and after this happened and she seem schizophrenic. She is out of touch with reality.
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It’s a good life, Tamara, I love and envy you, the way you wield your powers to wish people away to the cornfield, never to be seen or heard of again, for ever and ever and a day.
It’s one of the many perks of my life. 🙂
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Mental Illness is her issue. Not crack.
Her parents have stated they do not believe she is mentally ill, nor does she require a conservatorship. (As late as Monday) could her parents be a part of her Dx and not her on going treatment and/or therapy?
The initial plan of care was court ordered correct? Any case I wish her everything she needs.
Addiction and mental illness occur together ALL THE TIME. And both are diseases and shouldn’t be stigmatized so not sure why its so terrible to say she needs rehab.. She does.
This makes me really sad too.
I am really sad to hear this story. She was doing so much better since her parents were helping and standing by her. I will pray for her, she’s sick and by no means is she doing this for any other reason. I wish her all the BEST!!!
So sad. She could have killed someone. Don’t these rich people have enough money to call a cab or a limo.
I do feel bad for her because she has mental problems. I wish her well.
@ myinfo she was not drunk . She’s mentally ill and needs someone to be in charge of her so that she will take her meds and not self medicate with what her mind is telling her she needs . This is heart breaking . Brittney spears is still under conservatorship I wonder why Amanda’s was lifted after such a short period of time . Shes so talanted I use to watch her shows on nick. With my children .
She was not drunk?
No, a cop decided based on a conversation with her that she was on something. Because cops can diagnose mental health issues and drug use based on a five minute or less conversation. I’m hoping she gave a blood test. My guess is that the will not find anything.
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Nice save.
damn you all for beating me to the comments – that was for O.O.
How are you possibly blaming the cop? It’s 4 am. She’s acting crazy. She needs to be contained. Suspicion of DUI is probably the best thing he/she/cop had in his kit to deal with her. It’s WAY more dangerous for a cop to try to diagnose crazy. For the sake of her and others, she had to be dealt with. And since he or she certainly is not qualified to diagnose her psych problems, suspicion that she was under the influence of something (which is temporary ) gives her the benefit of the doubt. No everyone is well versed in the mental status of a faded Disney star.
I know TT, I too was upset when I heard this! I was so happy for Amanda when she was finally under the care & guidance she needed as well as the much needed meds they put her on.
I was very upset when her parents took her off her meds when she was still under their conservatorship. I KNEW that was the worst thing they could’ve done!!
Being in rehab, I’m sure they had to work with her to get her on the right meds & have the dosages adjusted, now this, saw it coming unfortunately (Have a daughter very much like her).
I believe she’s still on probation, so no telling what’s next. So sad she moved out of her parents as well as soon as she was a free bird again. Very sad!
They took her off the meds? Um… Seems they maybe need to leave it to the experts.
I’m sorry to hear this. I was afraid that she would stop taking her meds once she was back on her own. She had been going to design school and looked healthy in the pictures I saw online. This isn’t funny to me at all.
This is true. so Sad. Amen to that post. Not funny. Praying for her. We’ve all been there, one reason or another.
I feel badly for her as well because it isn’t one of the situations where she’s just a spoiled rich twat who’s going out partying and having a good time… She’s actually ill – and mental illness is so hard to combat. I was really pulling for her.
Amanda doesn’t need rehab, she needs a great therapist and she needs off prescription pills and on medical cannabis. The withdrawals from these drugs the Big Pharms push is worst than any panic attack you’ve ever experienced. Stop making mental patients criminals.
So you’d rather her smoke pot than take her bipolar meds?
I understand how horrid withdrawals – even under a doctor’s watchful eye – can be. Been there, done that. And when the current MEDS I’m on fail (as they’re bound to do – nature of the illness), I’ll be weaned off of them and titrated onto another one. The bottom line is I cannot live without them.
but it’s speculation, at best, to she’s stopped taking her meds.
grr. Must not type while sleeping. “to say she’s stopped taking her meds” is what I meant.
In the light of day, it’s obvious she’s off of her meds.
Cannabis really isn’t good for people with schizophrenia or a tendency to states of psychosis, as it can actually induce a psychotic state. Try watching David Suzuki’s documentary called “The Downside of High”.
Ummm… how about some REAL TIME BEHIND BARS. I have zero sympathy for this shallow hollywood twat!
Yes. Let’s crowd the jails with mentally ill people who need controlled environments because they cannot function in society without daily help.
This country’s mental health system sucks as it is. Do you really think she’d get better care in jail?!
@Donno, how is going to jail going to solve anything? She’s mentally ill for crying out loud! Jail is the last and worst place she could be. It’s ignorance like yours that continues to give mental illness the stigma it has.
I HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR YOU YOU GIANT CUNTSATCHEL. GET THE MOTHER FUCK OFF MY WEBSITE, DONO YOU LOUST PIECE OF SHIT.
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GODDAMN idiots piss me off. SHE WAS FINE ON THE MEDS. He conservatorship ended because she was doing so well. Then she went off her meds. It’s not rocket science. The cop “thinks maybe it was pot” Yes because potheads often are parking in the middle of an intersection and acting irrationally. She’s unmedicated.
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Preach TT! I am high giving you…. Ignorance kills me.
Sorry, as someone battling my own demons and having friend and family doing the same, I just will not tolerate anyone shit talking this girl.
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Brava, Tamara. The girl needs meds and counselling so she recognizes the meds are necessary. I look at it this way: Your brain is a big chemistry set and some of the test tubes may be a little short of one thing or another. The meds get those imbalances evened out. A balanced chemistry set levels the playing field for you — for me.
She’s had counseling and meds. The problem is when you get sane again, you don’t think you need the meds anymore. /sigh.
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Thank-you TT for being our voice! Nobody does it half as good as you. Big kisses!
I’m sorry you have those demons to battle TT. My sister has some demons, not the same as Amanda Byrnes, but she has had life long struggles and it’s horrible. And like you said, when you start feeling better off the meds, then stop taking them.. It turns into a cluster f*ck. it is a horrible cycle. I think she has a great family support system that hopefully can help her.
It could be that is the only way to have her arrested and taken into the custody of her parents. It’s not illegal to be off your meds so it could have been for her protection. I have a brother with a similar illness and it is extremely difficult to get help from law enforcement/the health care system.
@dono . Wow ! What a terrible thing to say . You really dono.
Tamara excuse me but this is something I’m passionate about. Dono, Amanda isn’t Lindsay or Paris, she has a disorder and you make a patient worst by locking them up with criminals. You’re a twat
I could’nt have said it BETTER. Some people don’t understand mental health issues……So Sad
I just feel sad for her. Last year when all that was playing out in the media I felt bad for her. I wished everyone would just back off her. She clearly has mental issues, that need to be properly taken care of. But our health care system sucks. It is very hard to enforce treatment on an adult. Jail is not what she needs, IMO.
As a mother with a twenty something with bi-polar disorder. I totally understand how they can be off medication. It truly breaks my heart to see her arrested, she was doing so well on meds. The biggest problem with bi-polars is they like the rush when they are manic and don’t want to take meds at that time. Then they fall down into the dark pit of depression and kick themselves harder than any of us could ever do to them. Then up to the manic side of feelings like they are living on the edge high…and round and round we go….
I hate the mania – the rush, the irritability, lack of sleep, racing thoughts, fast speech, etc. I’m bipolar II – depression driven. I know the signs of swinging into a depressive episode; however, I have no idea how to deal with mania.
And you’re dead on with the dark pit of depression. No matter what meds I take, it’s always going to be there. Some meds just work better than others.
Brava, Jacque! Beyond courageous, your transparence is edifying to posters who don’t understand bipolar affective disorder well enough to respond to individuals who must live with it in an appropriate manner.
From insight you shared, it appears that occasional relapses, in this case involving adherance to one’s medication milieu, is not uncommon in recovery from bipolar disorder as well as other health challenges. In fact, it might be argued that relapses may be considered a part of one’s recovery process. So, in Amanda’s case, her relapse is just part of her recovery process, and over time she will develop skills and gain enough knowledge to become master of what challenges her.
Her arrest saddens me!! But what’s worse is when street drugs are always the “Go To” reason that’s thrown out there….even though she has already been diagnosed with a mental illness. SMDH
My best friend growing up was a brilliant, outgoing girl. Funniest person you’d ever meet. She graduated high school at 15 and went off to college. In college, she began drinking heavily and doing drugs. It was bizarre to everyone when she stopped showing up to classes. She had such a promising future and was very artistic.
She eventually got into legal issues, due to theft. Her mother was/is a pretty influential person in our home town and convinced the judge to let her avoid jail if she went to rehab.
Long story short: We all thought the issues were rooted in addiction, then in therapy childhood molestation came out. She was eventually put on meds for being bipolar.
At this present time she is clean and VERY successful at what she does.
We’ve lost touch over the years, but I wonder a lot if she was always bipolar OR did alcohol just/drugs just enhanced it.
My heart bleeds for Amanda. I see a lot of the same traits. I believe her family is doing all they can
At some point, something will click with Amanda. Jail is not the answer though.
My son who has been diagnosed as bipolar would tell me when he would stop taking his medicine that he either felt almost manic and thought he could do it without them or he felt devoid of feelings and wanted to feel something, anything. It ‘s called medical practice for a reason. What the doctors had him on wasn’t doing the job for him. There’s a reason she stopped the meds if she did. They need to adjust meds for her and help her understand the need for them and that it’s an illness just like diabetes or high blood pressure. Good luck to Amanda to find the right person to help her.
Sad, sad story!!!! Hope she gets the help she needs! She was doing so well….smh
I was the one who saw her at the restaurant. She looked REALLY good, wasn’t drinking, and was smiling pleasantly at everyone around her. Hopefully this is a temporary setback. So sad!
Here is a timeline from The Daily Mail ( a UK tab)
Summer 2010
*Retires from acting, aged 24, saying ‘I don’t love acting anymore. She unretires a few weeks later.
April 2012
*Arrested after a minor fender bender involving a stopped police car in West Hollywood, California in the early hours of the morning. She reportedly refused a breathalyser or blood alcohol test.
*Just four days later, she crashes into another car on the Los Angeles freeway and reportedly flees the scene
June 2012
*Uses Twitter account in an attempt to persuade Barack Obama to intervene in her DUI case: ‘Hey @BarackObama… I don’t drink. Please fire the cop who arrested me. I also don’t hit and run. The end.’
August 2012
*Rear ends a female motorist on Ventura Boulevard
September 2012
*Is formally charged with two counts of hit-and-run from the June and August incidents and pleads not guilty.
*A day later, she is pulled out for driving with a suspended licence.
*Continuing to behave erratically, she is kicked out of a Los Angeles spin class. However, she tells People.com she is ‘doing amazing’ in the wake of the latest charges and claims to be moving to New York City where she plans to start a fashion line.
November 2012
*Threatens to sue a U.S. magazine for alleging she walked around a New York tanning salon naked save for a pair of goggles. ‘I’m not “troubled”, she declared. ‘I don’t get naked in public. I’m 26, a multimillionaire, retired. Please respect my privacy.’
March 2013
*Tweets that she wants R&B star Drake to ‘murder my vagina’
April 2013
*Insists that photographs showing her walking around New York City with cheek piercings and a pink wig are of someone pretending to be her. ‘My hair is blonde, I’ve never been a redhead!’ she tweets. ‘Somebody keeps posing as me! Check my photos on Twitter for up to date pictures!’
*Partially shaves her head
May 2013
*Tells InTouch magazine she has ‘no clue’ why people say she’s insane. ‘Every time I’ve heard it, it came from an ugly person’s mouth, so I don’t care,’ she says, adding she is ‘allergic to alcohol’ and ‘can’t wait to start working on an album.’
*Claims via Twitter she had a nose job a few years prior to ‘remove skin that was like a webbing in between my eyes.’
*In a seemingly unprovoked attack, she tweets Rihanna: ‘Chris Brown beat you because you’re not pretty enough. No one wants to be your lover so you call everyone and their mother that I almost named my new dog Rihanna.’ Rihanna fires back: ‘Ya see what happens when they cancel intervention?’
*Is sentenced to three years of summary probation after pleading no contest to driving with a suspended license.
*Arrested for allegedly throwing a glass bong out of her 36th floor apartment window in New York City. Is taken to hospital for psychiatric evaluation. Appears in court wearing a platinum wig and claims the bong was a vase.
July 2013
*Is placed on a 5150 involuntary psychiatric hold after reportedly starting a fire in a stranger’s driveway in Thousand Oaks, California.
August 2013
*A Los Angeles judge grants her parents temporary conservatorship over her affairs and the psychiatric hold is extended for 30 days.
September 2014
*Is released from her conservatorship and moves out of her parents’ home and into an apartment in Orange County.
October 2014
*Is pulled over in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood on Sunday at 4am and taken into custody. Cited for being under the influence of a controlled substance while driving her Mercedes-Benz.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2774422/Amanda-Bynes-parents-Lynn-Rick-stoic-faces-walk-day-troubled-starlet-s-arrest-DUI-charge.html#ixzz3ElSJO2Y8
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That head shaving thing… I’m telling you.
And I’m telling you TMZ’s “source” that she was high on pot is FUCKING BULLSHIT. She was off her meds,
When my 26 year old son was 17…he was out of control. Smoking pot…..and. Who knows what else! Things kept escalating until a week before he was 18 threatened to hurt himself with a knive, We called 911 and had him taken to a mental hospital. He was diagnosed with bi polar,,,,yearsof meds and theapy. He is now fine…..no meds…but still checks in with therapist. There is hope……but you can never stop worrying. I feel bad for Amanda and her parents…wishing the best for them
I know I’m in the minority in this discussion but I truelly believe in the healing properties of cannabis. I’m not talking recreational use, I’m referring to medicinal. Its natural and nonaddictive. I have empathy for anyone who struggles with this issue and if it works for some people,why deny them? My body, my choice. Healing Vibes, TT
Dear ZEN JEN, I know you think you are being helpful, but suggesting pot for mental illness is nor helping. I know pot heads think it is the cure for everything.. but it isn’t. It’s called checking out and not dealing with the issue.
You know I love you, but being a pothead doesn’t help a thing It just make you to fucked up to know you have a problem. I mean this with love.
xoxo tt
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Cannabis can have hugely negative impacts on undiagnosed schizaphrenics and those suffering other mental illnesses.
I know you love me Tamara, I love you and respect you as a woman. I just disagree.I believe therapy and under a Drs care, its a alternative. I’m not talking about potheads. I view it as holistic medicine. I do yoga n meditation to try to tame the “monkey mind”. Its not the solution for everyone but it shouldn’t be dismissed. Like comfrey creme is a natural plant that rejuvenates skin. Its took 5yrs of wrinkles away in a month! Mental illness gets a bad rap! And has a stigma attached to it.
As Micheal says, pot can have a negative effect on those with a mental illness. I actually think pot and mental illness are a recipe for disaster. I’ve seen firsthand people suffering with anxiety and depression freak out when they have smoked. It’s also a medical fact that a person with a predisposition to schizophrenia is more likely to have it surface if they smoke pot in their early teens. A lot of people (my own kids included) may disagree with me and I do agree with medicinal marijuana being beneficial for many illnesses just not mental ones.
Pot is not what someone with a mental illness needs. I understand it’s beneficial to those with certain illnesses but it is not helpful for someone like Amanda. Congrats to those who are able to help themselves with holistic treatments but there is no shame in needing prescribed medication that is monitored by a qualified physician.
Come on. ZenJen, you gotta know that pot affects everyone differently. Yeah, it can help people, but it also affects body chemistry, just like alcohol, caffeine, etc. Who knows if it would help Bynes. But it’s ignorant to proclaim that to be the solution, period, no question.
Pot actually makes schizophrenics worse…it has the opposite affect that ordinary pot smokers have while smoking it. Didn’t you think it was kind of odd the only drug they found in Amanda’s system when she was lighting fires in her neighbors driveway was pot?? I thought she was on crack..i mean honestly and then found out it was pot. Schizophrenics or person with any paranoid disorder cannot handle pot.
I hope her parents can step back in and help. It’s going well for Britney so hopefully Amanda can get back on track and deal with her demons and be safe and happy again. The stigma associated with mental illness needs to be addressed and people in situations like this need compassion and help not jail time and derision.
Mental illness is such a problem in our society and as we become more aware of it, we will never have the resources to deal with it in a
Ooops wasn’t done…
We just don’t have the resources to deal with it in a positive, effective way. And I think most here are expressing that they know the connection between mental illness and drug use, homelessness, etc. Maybe we could take like 3% of our military budget and devote it to mental illness… hell, help some veterans with PTSD! It frustrates me. Seems there will never be a solution.
*NOT diagnosing Bynes. Just the general subject.
In my area, the history is that back in the seventies, there were several confirmed stories of people being locked up in institutions who should have been released several years before. Instead of dealing with the situations individually, the State literally opened the doors, released all patients, and converted the institution to a prison which has since been closed. People with mental issues now make up one third of our homeless population.
Our community shelter board keeps relocating the homeless away from essential services every time a developer wants to renovate a building into expensive condos. They now are in high crime areas or on the very edge of the county with no bus transportation.
I don’t know much about bipolar, but the person I know with schizophrenia is college educated and has a genius IQ. He is tired of being robbed of his money and possessions at the beginning of each month. He would like an institutional setting where they would keep track of his medicine, he could be safe, and he could hold a job.
I applaud you Tamara and everyone else who is working on this through therapy. I’m just disgusted at our political leaders who bury their heads in the sand and treat every mental problem as if it’s caused by drugs and alcohol.
I too feel for Amanda. Bi polar is unfortunately being misdiagnosed, much like ADD in kids, and is becoming a catch all for mental illness. Amanda seems to truly have a bi polar disorder. My cousin had a bipolar disorder. And I say had because she is no longer with us. She passed just 2 months ago. SO I TAKE GREAT OFFENSE TO PEOPLE WITH NO EXPERIENCE WITH A BI POLAR DISORDER SAYING STUPID THINGS REGARDING AMANDA! For the idiots who think using cannabis instead for prescribed medication listen up —–Bi Polar is a very real DIsease caused by chemical imbalance in the the brain. It’s organic and can be controlled through drug therapy and psychiatric counseling. Unfortunately many people developed drug and alcohol issues prior to being diagnosed. It’s a form of self medication that they may or may not be aware of. Many bi polar go off their meds for reason like the stigma, they feel good so why do they need them, etc. MY COUSIN DID NOT LIKE TAKING HER MEDS BECAUSE SHE LIKED THE WAY POT, ALCOHOL, AND COCAINE MADE HER FEEL VERSES THE MEDS. Plus she thought she was smarter than everyone else. To shorten this story, she was found dead. She had been in fight days before with a alcohol-pot buddy and had been on a drunk, pot, and drug binge the day before she died. We are still awaiting final autopsy results. This is where Amanda could find herself one day!
Your cousin sounds stupid.
Not as much as you do with that comment! I know you hate everyone and therefore have no empathy. Blah blah blah. So what have you been diagnosed as a psychopath, sociopath, or narcissist? Do you need me to define these terms? OH let’s not forget to call me a cunt again! Blah, blah, blah.
Teecee666….I finally figured it out,you are that thing that walks to and fro in the earth seeking whom you may devour. Your attention seeking devices are running low on batteries. Stay with your program until you get a breakthrough.
Ugh. Seriously, did you even get through elementary school? It’s funny when dummies try to sound smart.
Only a true fucking idiot such as yourself would even deflect to “derka derka u is trying to sound smart” because you can’t comprehend the generational differences in prose from someone, say, named GRANDMALOU.
It’s been proven you can hardly string a sentence together beyond embarrassing yourself with elementary level curse words — not to mention so easily overwhelmed by anything more than two paragraphs.
Must I point out the differences between sentences and lists to you again?
I’m prone to deeply disabling depressions; just am climbing back out and thank God for my medication. I’m praying for this talented young lady to get the help she needs to get back on her medications.
Don’t give up on her Tamara. I agree, she had a slip and I’m sure her parents will intervene again. Most people stumble here and there. The side effects from the meds are sometimes the hardest part in taking them; however, when you’re able to find the right med, right dose, and maintain a balanced lifestyle you can do quite well. I think of Brittany Spears. She has been on medication for years (not confirmed) and is able to continue to perform and look after her children. Granted she doesn’t perform well and I think it is because the people in her camp keep pushing her for their own financial gain but that is my opinion. She isn’t out shaving her head anymore.
I also want to add that I LOVE your stance on posters that think that this is a criminal issue. We need more mental health institutions/centers instead of prisons. Many people with a mental illness self-medicate, develop an addiction and end up in trouble with the law. Proper intervention can help as opposed to housing them in a place that offers no rehabilitation or treatment. Very few people, if any, become addicted to anti-psychotics, or bi-polar meds, but pain meds, marijuana, and alcohol (self-medicating drugs) become huge issues.
I never said it was the solution for everyone. I speaking from my own experience with meds. I was worst and my DR suggested cannabis after trying dif combinations. No he’s not a quack.When taking meds for mental health, you’re not suppose to drive at all. And please never ever mix those meds with alcohol, which most people do. I have great compassion for Amanda and if pills help her, then of course i support her and everyone else who suffers.
Metal Illness is a bitch with a capital B. We lived with it for a year with my sister in law and her 4 suicide attempts, sadly her 5th was successful. The mental health options in this country are a joke. Each hospital stay was shorter and shorter. The doctors and nurses are overwhelmed, there is no funding for help and insurance does not always cover the recommended therapy. It is a devastating cycle of medicine makes me feel better, ill stop taking my medicine since I am better and bam all over again.
There is still a huge stigma attached to mental illness as evident by some of the posts. I said constantly my sister in law had the dumb luck of having mental illness, if it was any number of disease where they could stick you in a machine, see a spot and say there it is that is the problem, she would have been offered every medical option known to treat it. Would have kept her in the hospital for as long as needed. But with mental illness there are limited beds, doctors and resources. So they pick what they think will be the drugs that work best on you and send you home, keeping their fingers crossed that you take your meds, stay on your meds and do your follow up appointments.
Hopefully her parents will rally again and a judge will see that she needs to be under a conservator-ship for a longer period.
I wish there was more understanding about mental illness. It is a chemical imbalance, like diabetes is a chemical imbalence. Many undiagnosed people with bipolar disease use recreational drugs/alcohol to self medicate to try to feel better. It like being depressed and eating lots of carbs to increase your serotonin levels. I thank God daily for buprion.
As for the people who say put her in jail, mentally ill people die in jail. A young man died in solitary confinement of dehydration. He was in solitary becuse he was unevaluated, untreated, and acted out.
Do we judge diabetics and hypertension patients when they go off their meds cause they feel better? Amanda is very ill. Needs the psychiatric version of ICU.
THANK YOU @ FiveCats.
I’ve always likened my need to stay on my meds to that of an insulin-dependent diabetic.
And Wellbutrion really is a godsend. Curbs my appetite, my smoking, and my Seasonal Affective Disorder. Oh yeah, helps with my depression *and* my scattered thoughts.
I was sad to hear about Amanda. She is amazingly talented. I agree that she has mental issues and I believe that any substance problems are related to that. It’s not unusual to try and escape from mental pain by using substances. I heard that she was NOT drinking but that the substance might have been speed. I hope that her family gets involved again and that she gets immediate help. I would love to see her well again and happy. Did you know that this brilliant comedian was doing stand-up routines at comedy clubs when she was just a child and putting the adult comedians to shame with her talent? Whatever she decides to do I wish her the best.
She was doing that! Her early work on All That and The Amanda Show on Nickelodeon were hysterical. She is a true physical comedian. I used to watch her with my kids when they were little. Loved her shows. I hope she gets the help she deserves.
Last comment before TT puts me in time out (id be devastated). Nicotine and mental meds do not mix well at all and most patients smoke. The AMJ did a study on this, the withdrawals symptoms from tobbacco is worst than heroin their study showed. tobacco is a trigger. Today I quit cigarettes 5yrs ago!
Most mental health patients smoke? I don’t believe that. You also said that most mix their meds with alcohol. Again, bullshit. Its comments like these that make people ashamed to admit they are ill and less likely to seek treatment. And who told you that people taking medication for mental illness aren’t supposed to drive? Not all of the medications cause drowsiness. I shouldn’t be allowed to drive WITHOUT my meds because my thoughts would be everywhere but on the road! Yay to you for quitting cigarettes. I’m sure your lungs appreciate the marijuana fumes you inhale as opposed to tobacco.
It’s true. I don’t remember the statistics, but there is some kind of correlation between depression and smoking.
I use edibles. My oxygen level is very rich. Also, it says on the bottles not to take these meds and drive or operate machinary. My friend was arrested and found guilty for driving doing anxiety meds.
Anxiety meds aren’t the only meds prescribed to mental health patients. You said “mental health” meds and didn’t specify any specific ones. I hadn’t considered the fact you might have been prescribed edibles so I apologize for that remark. My best friend has MS and the edibles her doctor prescribed have helped her tremendously.
Oh my goodness ! Some of these comments are asinine . Weed for schizophrenia? Lumping being bipolar in as the sAme as schizophrenia ? Jail? Wow!!! I’m sorry I read all these comments . The ignorance makes me sad and angry all at the same time .
If you don’t know anything about a subject being that we no longer read books . Google is a friend .
I have comment that I really would like out of WP limbo – we people here with clip comments are really making me sick. We are talking live and death. She could easily end up killing herself or someone else unnecessarily!
Thanks Tamara! It finally posted!
I feel like I have to apologize to ZenJen, my comment was not to knock your personal choice in therapy. I have a chemical imbalance depression/anxiety disorder. Plus I have severe thyroid disease which does not help at all. I started having symptoms when I was in grade school, but my parents did not realize anything until I developed, in my freshman year of high school, severe head aches and insomnia that I could no longer hide. Since I was diagnosed so young, my psychiatrist also work with homeopathic treatments to keep my medication to the bare minimum. So I don’t question using non-traditional therapies under physician care. I now only take Zoloft, Buspirone, and Synthroid unless I have a panic attack. I am still raw from my cousins death so I get very emotional when I hear people spouting off about mental illnesses who have no first hand knowledge.
Just because someone is mentally ill, that doesn’t mean they are not a self absorbed little twatknuckle. I HATED her sane on Nic and I can still hate her. I HATE HER STUPID CRAZY GUTS AND YOU CAN BAN ME BUT YOU CAN NOT MAKE ME LIKE AMANDA BYNES.
TC – you are right you don’t have to like them. You can hate someone but still have empathy for them.
I don’t have to empathize with her either. I can not relate to her and I do not like her. If I either liked her or related to her, I would empathize. And don’t tell me what to do, cunt.
I don’t believe I told you to do anything! I believe I said “can” not “must”. In case you don’t understand the difference, can means “able to”, must means “obligated to”. And yes I know, you hate everyone, you are wittier than everyone, blah blah blah. Oh and cussing at me really doesn’t bother me but it does make you seem less intelligent than you obviously are. You may go ahead and respond now if you like ….blah blah blah.
Hate is such a strong word, especially when applied to someone you have never met…jmo
Oh boy. Word police. How original and relevant.
Not word police, I guess I worded it wrong…..hate is a strong EMOTION for someone you have never met.
Why did you hate her? Just curious.
A. I hate everyone. B. She’s a bratty little twat. Watch some video from that show she was on. Just completely annoying.
@TeeCee, Actually the reason I do like her is because I use to watch her show with my kids. She was just a kid herself when she did “All That”, and I thought she was really talented even if the show was a little corny. It sure made my kids laugh. In fact, to this day we go around saying “Ima gonna hit you in the head with a squirrel” (or whatever word we want to fill in) which was one of her skits she did on the show. I don’t know, I just liked her and have hated to hear her fall on bad times.
P.S. For someone who hates everyone you sure have a lot of people who like you on this site…me included.
Of course you can’t relate to her – at this point she’s pretty much a beloved national treasure – while you’re a frustrated troll goblin huddled over, hitting yourself in the forehead and muttering in a low breathe, completely overwhelmed by the decision to either type cunt in the beginning or end of your five word sentence.
It’s like comparing apples to hemorrhoids.
I could ban you, or I could point out this is not the appropriate forum for you idiocy.
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I feel so BAD for her…Thank God no one was hurt…
Why do you feel “so” bad for her?
Commenters, I want you to know I owe my life to Tamara. She recognized my mental health and kindly emailed me and suggested I seek help. I found a great therapist and though hard work on myself. I’m rerouting my brain patterns by painting, volunteering, ect. Right now I’m better than I ever have been both physically and mentally. I only want to help and I understand its controversial. Namaste
ZenJen I have a reply stuck in WP limbo. I was trying to let you know my comment was not directed to you! OXO
@ZenJen, Kudos to you! Sending nothing but good thoughts your way!
I’ve been following Amanda since she was on All That and then on her own Amanda Show when she was a kid, which I loved and so did my children. I love her and I’m so sad for her as I watch her struggle through. That said, I’m pulling for her. She’s a talented chick.
I wonder if Britney’s conservatorship had ended as quickly as Amanda’s if she would be as successful as she is now.
I feel for Amanda. She needs help and jail isn’t going to do her any good.
naïve parents + unmonitored kids + disney=Amanda Byes……she is obviously going through hell and I hope she has a positive breakthrough.
My heart breaks when Amanda says that she wants nothing to do with her parents. I saw on facebook where my daughter and her roommates were making fun of her recent engagement to the 19 year old. I was sick. My daughter is the person who listens to and is sensitive to everyone’s problems. Her explanation was that Amanda’s doing it for attention, and if by chance it was real, their actions don’t look so dumb in comparison. She’s now reading your blog for a different perspective. Thank you and the other commenters for being so open about your experience
This is not attention seeking. She’s very seriously mentally ill. This will not end well. She is completely out of touch with reality.
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 1:35 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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