Comments: On Britney Spears And My Friend
For some reason, unkown to me, I have felt great compassion for Britney and her over-exposure, (even as she sometimes seemed to call it upon herself), for a long time. She just makes me want to cry. Maybe it was because I was an out of control young 20 something yr old too. And I "partied" a lot too...always in such great pain.
I'm so sorry about your friend Philip. I lost a freind that way too.
Posted by Gianna at February 26, 2007 04:26 AM
Your piece on Britney is very good, and very sad about your friend.
Though I never experienced any postpartum event; aka OB/GYN's call it the "baby blues" for any length of time; I did experience non-stop crying for a few weeks, that would hit out of no where.
I can relate with Britney as well. Though I am not a celebrity, and in a much different situation. I am a bipolar mother raising a child with mental illness, and want to share here for the sake of others possibly out there reading, that they are not alone.
I also am in the process of getting a divorce. The stress of managing care for my daughter without support over many years caused me to say "get out".
What happened next is what shocked me. The man went to the PCP and announced he is taking Effexor. My first reaction, was that this is going to get nasty.
It has. The description you give of a "an abusive drunk", hits home. The verbal barrage towards me has become unbearable.
Yet, I have to remain calm, non-reactive, and still care for my child.
After a very long weekend, that started with a verbal assault on me that including pointing fingers and waving arms in the air---left me speechless, tired, and sad.
Also concerned, because I feel it is the Effexor taking hold, and it can get worse.Last night, I held a bottle of Seroquel in my hand and I wanted to down the entire thing, wanting to wipe away my life, and give up.
I thought of my child, and didn't go there. If it were not for the thought of my child not having a rock solid parent for support,(me) I might have gone there.
I am sorry to hear about your friend, or Britney, and I am just glad the children in any situation have a decent parent or caregiver to keep them safe.
Posted by anon at February 26, 2007 09:03 AM
Philip, I really think you should try being a pateint in a psych unit to see what it is like.
Posted by Gwen at February 26, 2007 10:42 AM
to Gwen
RE:Philip in a psych unit.
For you, I or anyone to be admited to a psych unit, they have to be out of control. I just learnt this recently. In the past , when I was borderline" crazy" and in the E.R. for a 24 hour evaluation, I would be overcome by my fear of the psych unit (I had experianced before). This fear and worry would snowball into a incident, then that outburst proved I needed to be in the psych unit. The magic of psychiatry at work.
Anyways if you, I or anyone is rational and speaks rationaly to the psych Dr. , the Dr. really can't commit you to the unit.
I wouldn't wish the psych unit on anyone
Posted by Mark at February 26, 2007 11:57 AM
Phil: a shame your friend became unhinged due to postpartum psychosis.
Mark: Google "Kenneth Eng" and his anti-black tirade. Also look for his experiences with an art school and the police regarding a white guy who popped him a couple times with his fists. Ken was not admitted even when the cops begged the nurses TWICE. The second time, the nurses were annoyed. This is because Ken is highly functional for an Asian racist.
lady with the Effexor'd ex and who is self-admittedly a Seroquel junkie:
It's not the meds; it's the fact that anyone on anti-depressants or anti-psychotics can get "high" on them IF you take enough. At low doses, Effexor is a sedative; at high doses, it's an expensive form of meth. There is no IV form of it, cos a high dose could kill you.
As for Seroquel, 25 mg is a sleeping aid. 225 mg is for bipolar; and 375, schizophrenic psychosis.
At high doses seroquel can cause you to sleep so much you get fat and become diabetic. It also affects appetite. A perfect diet aid for an anorexic like me.
Anyway Phil: please try to check into a psych ward. Just flip out and pretend your old crazy friend is stalking you. Or, you could do the observe of her strange men peformance:
"Strange women hate me and want to mob me for making all women look fucking nuts!"
Posted by Stephen at March 5, 2007 06:54 AM
self-admitted seroquel junkie? piss off.
Posted by anon at March 5, 2007 09:17 PM
@ Stephen I don't understand your story. but someone hit someone? That sounds like a criminal offense like battery, so jail then.
Posted by Mark at March 7, 2007 03:25 PM