Sick Britney Spears is Britney Spears is currently going through a detox process at the UCLA Medical Center, sources close to the singer have said. Doctors will stabilize her and evaluate her condition before she can be administered new medication to treat her suspected bipolar condition.
Detoxification is necessary for doctors to rid the patient’s system of other drugs so that they can be properly diagnosed and prescribed a course of treatment.
"It’s often helpful to clear the decks under medical supervision and get back to the drawing board and decide, 'What have we been dealing with here?'" Dr. Keith Ablow, a psychiatrist who has not treated the pop star but is in a expert in the field, tells PageSix.com.
Detox is especially helpful in cases where the patient may have been misdiagnosed and administered medication that might have exacerbated or altered the person’s symptoms.
"You have lots of people who have manic symptoms of bipolar disorder wrongly diagnosed with attention deficit disorder," says Dr. Ablow. "But if you put those people on stimulant medication, you can make them worse by driving them into the highest highs of their disorder."
The Toxic star was taken from her Beverly Hills mansion in an ambulance on Wednesday shortly after 1a.m. to UCLA Medical Center, where she is believed to be on a 'mental health evaluation hold' on the orders of her psychiatrist.
Shortly before 1a.m., an ambulance, more than a dozen Los Angeles Police Department motorcycles and at least five LAPD squad cars entered Spears's gated residence, as the waiting paparazzi gathered outside.
Around 15 minutes later, Spears was taken off the property by ambulance through a side exit.
Britney's mum, Lynne Spears, on-off boyfriend Adnan Ghalib and close friend Sam Lutfi, followed the ambulance and the police units to the medical center.
Alli Sims, having turned up 10 minutes before the ambulance arrived, also trailed the police units.
It has been reported that Britney's psychiatrist, who works out of UCLA Medical Center, visited her earlier in the evening, and was alarmed at her reckless driving and her conduct, and felt her condition had deteriorated.
It is alleged that he decided Britney needed to be hospitalized on a 5150 hold, which would mean she would be considered a danger to herself and others.
A US website reported that during her 72-hour lockdown, Spears cannot be forced to take medication against her will, but if she refuses, her psychiatrist will go to an LA court and have the singer held for another 14 days, so he can make sure she gets the right treatment.
It is the second time this month Spears has been placed on a 5150 hold.
The first occurred on January 3 when Spears refused to give up custody of her sons, Sean Preston, 2, Jayden James, 1 to Kevin Federline.
On that night, the 26-year-old singer was strapped down on a stretcher, looking dazed and confused, before being loaded onto an ambulance and taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital.
By Owen Williams, Feb 01 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy
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