Jun 7, 20221 min read

Call me Britney

The other day after I was transferred to county health, the physiatrist politely told me that she thought I may have bipolar disorder and wanted to start me on a low dose of lithium. I didn't want to be on any mood stabilizing drugs. I googled lithium when I got "home". Everything was about Britney......."Britney Spears told a court that she was forced to take the mood-stabilizing drug lithium while under a conservatorship. "

Lithium is commonly used as a mood-stabilizing drug for people with bipolar disorder. It's also used off-label for depression, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Potential side effects for taking lithium include dry mouth, nausea, rashes, drowsiness, and unsteadiness while walking. If a person takes lithium for long time periods, they could develop kidney or thyroid problems.

When Spears told her father about the side effects she experienced, he didn't seem concerned, she said. Instead, he told her she didn't pass a psychiatric exam and would soon be sent to a rehabilitation program, she told the court.

Free Britney!