I was wondering when he was going to show up, he's always talking about her and the help she needs. Hopefully she will listen and take his advice and follow it, even if it means being committed to get well.

Her poor little boys, can they ever get over the life they have had in their short lives and I'm sorry but their dad is not much better, he just hasn't had a breakdown yet.

Hope someone is looking after her precious little Yorkie she hauls everywhere with her, Peta was trying to get it taken away from her, maybe they have it now. Hope so...

Linda~

To me, it's a future 'show' for Dr. Phil. Aren't sweeps in February?

Shirley

I don't think Dr. Phil has any intentions of 'treating' her himself. He doesn't treat any of those in need on his show. He sends them to treatment centers (fancy ones) where they're equipped to handle problems.
Leslie

I wish Britney would get some help. She's an embarrassment to our state. Her hometown and mansion she built for herself and her mom is not far from where I live. I know that some people who live in Kentwood where she is from were proud of her at first, but now are embarrassed of her recent antics. I really do hope she can straighten herself out.

I don't of the children's father doing anything so awful. He's trying to make a career doing the only thing he knows. I don't see the harm in that. Any alcohol or drugs is no worse than most people do. He's had the good sense to keep it out of the media and take care of his children.

Lindsey...according to several sources, Dr Phil spent less than a year seeing patients after he got his doctorate... A Texas board of examiners disciplinary action may be what put a damper on that career a few months later..

Just heard that Dr Phil has announced she will be on his show.

Two sick publicity hounds...they deserve each other.

He't thinking of his ratings......that's what I think. That and the fact that he thinks he can "cure" the world.
My friend's DD used to work for him....back when he was involved with the thingy with Oprah. The DD said he was a real jerk to work for so she quit.

Was Dr. Phil called in by Britney, or her family or did he just show up?

Who's next? Dr. Oz? Oprah?

Sue

Oh brother! So many stories...who knows what to believe. Some reports say she kicked him out.

This is from Fox News:

Troubled pop diva Britney Spears reportedly kicked television talk show host Dr. Phil out of her room at Cedars Sinai Hospital on Saturday before being released from the facility later in the day, sources have told FOXNews.com.

According to sources, Spears responded angrily when the talk show host entered the room and demanded he leave at once.

Here is a link that might be useful: Fox News

I can't help but feel sorry for her. She's an immature young woman who has been blinded by fame. I somehow think she's an example of "bad publicity is better than no publicity at all". She just cannot think for herself. Unfortunately she won't listen to anyone who gives her good advice. And of course her family is not what she needs for guidance and support.
I think she's a "little girl lost".

I'm surprised they let him in her room. What kind of security did they have? It seems to me Dr. Phil should have had permission to get that far.

I am so tired of hearing about her, but I wish she would realize she needs help and get the proper treatment.

My question is...how did FOX news get into the room?

". . . reportedly . . ."

"According to sources, . . ."

They paid someone, or they made it up.
Never said to have seen for themselves.

Don't get me started or you would be having to read paragraphs about my feelings on celebrities, their behavious and the media.

I like Dr Phil but sometimes he is just too much, I hate it when he gets on his high horse and some of his topics lately are BLAH!

But, maybe he can help the poor girl he is around stardom and knows what folks have to put up with, so maybe he can lead her in the right direction.

Biting tongue.................vowing (again) not to click on this thread again.................biting tongue......................tongue bleeding................retrieving duct tape...............applying tape to mouth...............murmer murmer murmer...............

Go ahead OKwriter.....Let 'er rip.

Gayle

Yeah, come on, what can you add, ok writer?
How many people are Ms.Brit going to go through? In every aspect.
If someone can just get her committed to a psych ward, where they may be able to help her, she may be able to function again. It will be a long journey back to normalacy.
I'd like to put a restraining order on every papparazzi around her. How awful that must be.

I think she is a perfect example of this quotation. "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul-or forfeit his own soul?" She has everything and yet she has nothing of importance.
Clare

she needs parents - decent parents
then she needs to be hauled away where no one knows her or cares who she is. spend months in isolation - making no money, having not one photo taken - getting the psychological help she needs.

all those photographer pigs need to take a break. 100 of them at once taking the same dang picture - what good is it doing anyone?

doctor ill? he just flat out makes me want to puke. i remember hearing him talk about how he could have helped anna nicole - well then, why didn't he?

nothing will ever help brit until she wants the help - if the precious lives of those two little boys meant anything to her at all, she would have cleaned up her act.

her parents should be ashamed of themselves.

maryanne

I am just interested in how come her hair is soooooo long now, It hasn't been that long since she shaved it. Is it a wig? Extentions?

Sorry, that is about all the interest I can find in her and what she is doing. I feel bad for her kids, they didn't ask to be brought into this mess. Oh and isn't she pregnant yet again? Or was that a lie?

The last time Britney went off the deep end(or was it the time before?) Dr Phil challenged her to call him for help. He'd done a whole show on her.
She hasn't responded to or been motivated by the off camera, doctors-without-a television-show. Maybe a doctor with a show and lots of sensationalism will? I don't always agree with Dr. Phil or his approach but for the most part he makes sense to me. If he can help, more power to him. He has as much chance of bringing her out of whatever is wrong with her as anyone with a phychology degree.

Lori

Dr. Phil is what is commonly known as an ambulance chaser.

Britney wears extensions.
This article is at TMZ.

Brit Blindsided by Phil -- Hospital Acts Curiously
Posted Jan 6th 2008 9:00AM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has learned Dr. Phil's visit with Britney Spears was not exactly as advertised.

People on the 7th floor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center say the doctor arrived about 7:30 AM Saturday. We're told Britney did not invite him in; she didn't even know he was coming. Sources say it was Brit's parents who told Dr. Phil to go to the hospital. When he walked into her room, we're told, a blindsided Britney walked out -- and eventually came back.

Sources say Phil tried speaking with Spears for about 15 minutes -- not an hour as Dr. Phil's press release states -- but she wanted none of it. We're told Phil was doing almost all the talking. As for walking with her to the car on her way out -- again, as his release states -- we're told if he was walking behind her, that's news to her. She absolutely was not accompanied by him.

Sources say Dr. Phil somehow convinced Brit's mom and dad to be on his show, which will tape Monday and air Tuesday (it was just moved up a day), but as one person put it, "Based on the interaction between Dr. Phil and Britney this morning, it'll be a cold day in hell before Britney goes on his show." We're told she absolutely will not appear on the program.

Sources say Dr. Phil wants to do a television intervention, something that isn't sitting well with some of the people who have known for a while that Britney has a very serious mental condition -- likely a bipolar disorder that is now in the red zone.

TMZ contacted Cedars to find out why the hospital let a television doctor on a floor that has such fragile patients, particularly since Britney had no idea he was coming. It's especially troublesome that Cedars let Dr. Phil go uninvited to Britney's room, since she had already been discharged and presumably had a right to know if someone wanted to visit. A Cedars rep made it short and sweet, telling us, "No comment."

A rep from the "Dr. Phil" show had no comment as well, other than "Dr. Phil met with Ms. Spears at family members' invitation."

Here is a link that might be useful: source

Unless the father really cleans up his act, (which I would be watching him like a hawk,) those kids deserve a better family life. I think he's taken them, because he has to. Consider his past.
Very sad situation. Maybe Jamie Lynn will just take them into HER "family" when she has her child. (Right)

I'm sorry the sources claim that reportedly Britney turned down Dr. Phil's help. With today's media who the heck knows what really happened?

Help, in any form, is what this dumb chick needs, not that I care about her. Her children need her to get better more than Britney herself does. Whether Doctor Phil (or any other doctor, lawyer, baker or candlestick maker) helps her stop her self destructive ways and gets lots of television time in the process, is, in my opinion, neither here nor there.

If anyone were to ask me what to do...like THAT'S going to happen....I'd tell them to take the children from the mothers, fathers, sisters, grandparents, aunties, uncles, etc., hide them away and turn Britney loose to destroy herself as she sees fit. When she hits bottom she'll either climb her way out of the mess, become a good mother and a successful entertainer or she'll be dead.

But that's just my take.

Okay Rita.
I said MY piece.
Go ahead with what's on your mind.
We can both get disciplined/kicked out together.
LOL

Lori

I agree with Earthly she needs parents or some folks who care enough to take her away from the media so she can heal. I do feel for her, she really is a child raising kids and living in a world she knows nothing about and can not handle.

One of her Grandmothers committed suicide at a very young age. Mental disorders can be hereditary. I doubt that going on TV with Dr. Phil would be beneficial in any way - other than to make someone more $$$.

She needs serious help and medication, but she has to want to do that first.

She needed parenting a long time ago!
I don't care how much money or how much fame she has, lots of people have the same and more and they aren't a disaster.
I gotta agree with Lori, "When she hits bottom she'll either climb her way out of the mess,
become a good mother and a successful entertainer or she'll be dead"
And unfortunately everyone is watching her destroy herself.
Like so many other entertainers that went down this same path, it is just so, so sad.

Ok, now I have to say my piece. This young woman is mentally ill. She is unable to help herself and there doesn't seem to be anyone who cares enough about her to force the issue and see that she gets help. She is at the bottom and needs to be hospitalized. Her actions these last few years are that of a Bipolar disorder. Right now she is in the pits of the illness. If she lives long enough, she could possibly rise from the pits, without intervention, enough to ask for help. Unfortunately her asking for help probably won't do any good, because there is no one who cares enough. If she isn't making money by her antics or by using her talent then what good is she to anyone. It is unlikely that any person with a Bipolar disorder could function well for very long in such a high profile environment. The girl is mentally ill...she is not able to help herself. She cannot climb her way out of this mess. If some caring person does the right thing (and legally it isn't easy) and commits her she has a chance to become clear headed enough to stick with treatment which will be a lifetime commitment for her, and even then it doesn't always work. I am not a fan, always thought her to be a bad influence on young kids, but I do ache for her and what she is going through. I had a Bipolar child of my own.

Hmmmm. Kicked him out, huh? Well, I didn't have much of a high opinion of Brit-Brit before now, but my opinion of her just went up a notch or two. :))

marilyn...like they say - just because she's nuts doesn't mean she's stupid.

Gazania, I agree with you 100%. Mental illness is not a joke, and it takes people who are personally affected by bi-polar disorder to understand that you cannot just snap out of it. Where she is at now, it will take someone other than herself to get her the help she needs. In her mind, she may not even see that she is in danger, or needs help. I hope someone will step up and help her get the help she needs.

Britany is an adult, and legally, there's only two people in the world who can get her help....herself or a judge who holds a hearing after someone has filed, with the courts, papers to have her declared mentally incompetant, and a guardian named on a durable power of attorney - to make health decisions for her.

You're right, Sarah. She'll never recognize it for herself. It's going to take someone close to her. What I'm thinking is her family isn't familiar, so they just think they can love her into normalcy. That's usually how friends and family feel, anyway.

I haven't read all of the responses so this may have already been said, but she seems to be going the way of Anna Nicole ...... I hope she realizes she desperately needs help before it's too late.

Has she been diagnosed as being bipolar, or is it just speculation? That mad pack of photographers, need to be arrested, and then the likes of TMZ and others, fined for conspiracy, for buying their trash. I have four daughters, and five grands and the sight of those clowns chasing anyone down the streets like they run after her, is disgusting. I can't imagine anyone surviving that intact. Kevin doesn't seem like the most stable of people either, and I have wondered why nothing has been said, of the fact he sent a bodyguard to pick the kids up when all of this took place. I am not so sure I would turn my kids over to some joker who came to the door.It's a mess for sure, and the sad thing is there are thousands of kids in situations similar to this with addicted parents.

Funny you ask that, Cathyid. I began a post a couple days ago about her possibly being bipolar or schizophrenic. I changed my mind since I've never heard of her exhibiting classic examples of either. I was thinking she's still within the age range of adult onset, but maybe it's not either of those. It really does seem something mental and emotional though that only psychotropic drugs will control. Problem still won't be solved because she isn't going to take the meds. Still, to get that close to help, someone within her circle is going to have to step in, like Sarah said. Unfortunately, these situations very seldom yield anyone caring enough to jeopardize the bread and butter.

It has been reported that she has had manic episodes for years, but that she has not been diagnosed as being "bi-polar". I just feel sorry for someone who has a mental illness, but is treated as a snobby rich witch. Like I said before, I just hope she can be helped for her kiddos sakes.

On the View today, Dr. Phil's staff called the show and said that Dr. Phil is a clinical psychologist.
Leslie

I'm not sure what to think of her. There's no doubt she needs desperate help, but I just cant even begin to imagine what her thought process is when she makes some of the decisions she's making.

I mean, she's hanging out with one of the paparrazi guys. I just watched video footage this morning of them hanging out in her hotel room on the balcony, walking hand in hand on the streets going to Starbucks, sharing a lollipop and him kissing her cheek. They say the agency he works for is making a ton of money on the pics/footage they're getting of the two of them together. I think he's using her and I can't imagine how she doesnt see that. And, he's supposedly married too.

And what mother wouldn't fight tooth and nail for their kids? She acts like she could care less. I would die trying to get my kids back and do whatever it took.

I think she's a lost soul.

Is it just me or are there some posts missing from this thread? I came here last night and read, didn't post: too tired but I swear there were other posts here.

As for Britney, she's messed up, not sure if it's drug use or a mental illness or both. She won't help herself and so don't think anything anyone does will help. Sad. I really feel bad for those poor little boys.

This morning's news report says that Britney's tests for drug and alcohol use came out clean.

Now they are saying her behavior stems from having bipolar disorder (aka manic-depressive illness). I'll put a link that includes a symptoms list for that, and we've seen her act out most of the behaviors listed including drug abuse and impulsiveness.

I didn't see if it was mentioned here, but I read that Britney's father is a big fan of Dr. Phil and has been talking with him for some time about the family's problems. I also read that her father called Dr. Phil to come to the hospital, and that Britney was not happy about this.

Here is a link that might be useful: Symptoms of bipolar disorder

For all of you who don't understand her thought process or her inability to see things as we see them or her not helping herself, or her disregard for her kids, etc. You have been fortunate to have gone this far in life without mental illness at your doorstep. I sincerely hope that you never learn how bad it can be. I am not criticizing anyone for not understanding, because you won't till you have lived it. I had to live it to understand, and it took a long time. My child suffered more than she should have up until I sought help to learn how and what to do to help her.

Gosh - I could have sworn there was a post here from Jenni_CA in response to kathsgrdn and now it's gone missing too ...........

There was one brenda. It's gone pfssstttt too.
Leslie

But of course it's gone!

Gazania I absolutely agree with all you say on this subject. I've refrained from posting here because I am sick and tired about folks talking about her behavior rather than the mental illness that drives it.

I posted on another forum that it is a shame that the media doesn't use this as an example to highlight how far-reaching mental illness is today and how little resources there are.

Cut and pasted:

You know there are people everywhere battling the same demons without the media attention.

I wouldn't mind if her story was used as an example of the inadequacies of our mental health system and focus on her mental illness that drives her to her self-destructiveness. She has all the resources for treatment while normal everyday families struggle with the same problems across America and can't even get a Psychiatric visit on their health plan.

I don't understand why we can't agree to disagree without getting our replies pulled.

As far as Britney's actions and decisions are concerned, I'm as lost as she is about them apparently. I hardly believe it is a publicity stunt at this stage. I'm sorry that the young lady has gone off the deep end and no one seems to be able to reel her back in. I'm very glad the judge ruled to take custody away from her at this time until she gets help. I'm not so sure KFed needs to have them either. Such a sad situation for those 2 young boys.