Thanks for the link to my blog. I've not sure why Pitchfork is called Pitchfork, but perhaps it's a reference to American Gothic?

" So was she depressed or manic when she agreed to marry K-Fed?"

She was manic when she got married for 54 hours. That would explain it.

In other comments I have said that Britney has drug-induced and/or drug-exacerbated mania and I still stand by that (especially if she was going in and out of withdrawal by throwing up the meds from time to time), but I would also like to go on record as saying that bulimia -- and purging, in particular -- can also make you manic and depressed without any meds thrown in. I still dispute that labelling her "bipolar" really achieves anything in the context of all her behavioral and substance abuse issues. That's what needs the work, not her "bipolar brain". Also sorry to see a friend of yours starting down the slippery slope of stimulant use that leads to depression and a whole host of other ills that leads to more drug use etc. etc. So he's got a "different brain" -- he should read Bob King's comment to your post on February 2 about Seroquel is Everywhere; NAMI on its knees. I kid you not -- stimulants are not the answer although he may be enjoying the focus they're giving him right now. Yeah, they're "steroids for the brain" and really work, but just like those other steroids they're not good for you.

1. SO glad that B found new housing, that's awesome.

2. Here's a tip: "I'm Tony Montana! You *@uck wit me, you *@*kin' wit da best!"

3. Britney was most likely having an undiagnosed bipolar mixed episode; she is young and blonde.That's why she got married (twice). I can say that w/out it being a diss, cause minus the shaved head, I was un-dx'd and blonde too. Hope she figures it all out before she's 47.

4.This post will no doubt influence my music listening today. You could take it up a notch re: history of drug songs; and list best songs to do drugs by---would that apply to off-label use of prescription drugs?

It is disgraceful that Ms. Spears obviously private treatment records are being leaked. The kid's a mess, she's trying to get help, and has absolutely no guarantee of confidentiality at her most vulnerable time?
The girl has been raised by wolves, for all intents and purposes. She's young, and her mother basically pimped her out. She was given no oppertunity to make most of the mistakes many of us make without them being magnified and distorted.
Let her get her act together in peace.
No, I'm not a fan, but I think she has been left to twist in the breeze by her parents and i basically feel sorry for her.

And while I disagree with the diagnosis and treatment of Rebecca, blaming pharma takes a lot of heat off of her wretched parents.

Re: Britney in the public eye; life as a celebrity has it's own territory. Her parents, did not force her into a life as a pop-princess. Britney chose the spotlight, and when things go bad, that light doesn't go out. Blaming parents can only go so far.

Re: Rebecca; I also feel that Rebecca's parents fell victim to Big Pharma and the reckless prescribing of medications to a 4 year old by a licensed doctor. Aren't we all, parents or not, "trained" to "trust" doctors? I did, and it got me into a world of shit with my own daughter.

I imagine everyone is looking for someone to blame for all of this anguish.

I say, just learn from it. That's what I've had to do. Living with guilt or blame isn't gonna give you power to change things.

Rebecca is dead. That fact will never change. But how we medicate children in the United States can change as a result of her tragic loss of life.

Yay! Thanks for letting us know about B.

.."Useless trivia contest: The reader of this blog who can tell me from whence Pitchfork gets its name.."

Just so people don't wonder why I posted #2 in my post above: that is a character and quote from the movie "Scarface" of which I believe Pitchfork was named, for a tatoo or something.

If Britney Spears becomes the poster child for Bipolar Disorder I might become violently ill in a non-bipolar puking kind of way.

I can see it now: **The More You Know**

Rebecca's parents went looking for big pharma. This is child # 3 of theirs diagnosed w/a serious mental health disorder, and for the first 2 they recieved SSI payments. Rebecca's diagnosis was what they hoped would lead to a bigger paycheck. They were moe than happy to take whatever big pharma would dish out.
I agree, no one should have made it so easy for them, but they are disgraceful parents. This child suffered in the worst ways possible in her last days of life, and her parents ignored it.

I am curious at how Rebecca's psychiatrist is not being bashed and held accountable.

SSI (Supplemental income paid by Social Security) is HARD to get. My 19 year old daughter had a hard time getting approved for it, and it is constantly reviewed.(it took 9 months to get approval, and once it was approved, it came up for renewal again.)It also is not enough for her or any one else to pay rent with, purchase food, clothing,meds or psych appts. Once she is able to work in a job; she will lose SSI, and rightly so. I sat in adult psych wards and listened to many patients in their 40's complain they were denied SSI and had no way to support themselves; for the mental illness keeping them from holding a job.

The psychiatrist is the one who wrote the prescriptions for Rebecca.

That psychiatrist, also could have refused to treat Rebecca, and reported her family to Child Protective Services if he saw something questionable going on.

Parents don't approve SSI, and parents don't write rx for psych meds.

Maybe one should question the government's Social Security; and the pscyhiatrist involved.