Amanda Bynes Thread

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#1,606
I don't understand all this talk about her parents letting her down. She's a grown woman, not a child. I think they did a pretty good job raising her. No one ever knew Amanda had problems until she was out in the world & on her own. Whether or not her parents believe she has mental health issues isn't really relevant, because Amanda isn't a child and how she chooses to treat her healthcare issues doesn't fall on her parents - its on her. Even if her parents chose to believe the doctors, they can't force her to take medication, they can't keep her under lock & key and prevent her from making bad choices such as drinking and/or doing drugs. A conservatorship may give them control in making financial choices for Amanda, it doesn't give them control of her healthcare or life choices. Are they supposed to hold her down and force pills down her throat? Trick her into taking them by mixing them into her food? Tie her down and force her into therapy? I don't doubt they love her very much and I'm sure its painful to watch their daughter spiral so far out of control, but ultimately what happens to Amanda is up to Amanda, not her parents. All they can do is stand by and watch and hope she makes the right decisions, and be there for her when she needs them. And who knows, maybe Amanda's made it clear that she doesn't want or need their help and maybe its her that's cut them from her life.
 
#1,607
Because she went home in THEIR care. Her mother - her caregiver, made the executive decision that her child doesn't have a mental illness so took her off her meds. Amanda did not make the choice to stop taking the meds. Her mom isn't her doctor, she blamed it all on weed, lol!
She was in THEIR care, she was improving until this. This is why I place some blame on her mom. She's obviously mentally ill and needs care, her care giver messed up.
 
#1,608
Swanky Mama Of Three said:
Because she went home in THEIR care. Her mother - her caregiver, made the executive decision that her child doesn't have a mental illness so took her off her meds. Amanda did not make the choice to stop taking the meds. Her mom isn't her doctor, she blamed it all on weed, lol!
She was in THEIR care, she was improving until this. This is why I place some blame on her mom. She's obviously mentally ill and needs care, her care giver messed up.
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How does anyone know what Amanda or her mother did or didn't do? Amanda is a grown woman. If she doesn't want to take medication, whether her mother thinks she needs it or not isn't relevant. The mother of a grown child can't take them off medication unless its being forcefully administered. The choice to take to medication is on the person who's taking it, not the person administering it.
 
#1,609
Her mom announced it, lol!

I don't need to be educated on adults and their meds and I've been around enough mental issues to know that they depend on help w/ caregivers. I'm done explaining my personal opinions, they're informed opinions and I'm totally cool w/ you not agreeing :peace:
 
#1,611
Here's my post from April - She was at her mother's home in conservatorship at that time, not in the hospital/psych ward any longer.
And the conservatorship just ended and she left immediately after and this happened.


Swanky Mama Of Three said:
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Her mom is from an era where mental illness has such a negative stigma. It still does, but it's my humble opinion that she's in denial and could be embarrassed that her DD needs mental help. I fear for Amanda now.


Amanda Bynes Mom Takes Her Off Meds Despite Evidence of Mental Illness

4/10/2014 1:05 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF

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Amanda Bynes' mother just came out publicly and said her daughter does NOT suffer from Schizophrenia or bipolar disorder -- she says the only problem Amanda had was weed -- but multiple sources tell TMZ ... that's just NOT true.

Amanda's mom says all her her daughter's problems emanated from marijuana, and she is now weed-free, so Amanda is off ALL medications. Lynn Bynes says, "She has no mental illness whatsoever."

We made the rounds again Wednesday ... and everyone we spoke with stands firm -- Amanda does suffer from Schizophrenia and Bipolarity. Beyond our sources, there's documented proof of mental illness.

-- Amanda was placed on an LPS Hold last year after a judge heard evidence in the psychiatric hospital where she was being held. According to California law, someone can be placed on an LPS Hold only when the person remains "gravely disabled as the result of a mental disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism." As we reported, doctors presented evidence of grave mental illness.

-- Amanda's mom won a temporary conservatorship after a court-appointed investigator determined Amanda was severely mentally ill. The judge granted the conservatorship order not too long after Amanda soaked her dog in gasoline and almost lit it on fire.

-- Amanda's lawyers in both California and New York won delays in her criminal cases based on mental illness.

-- Sources directly connected to Amanda and her treatment tell TMZ Amanda was given a complex Rx cocktail in a Ventura County psych hospital specifically for Schizophrenia.

-- Amanda spent weeks at the UCLA psych ward and at times was so incoherent she had to be restrained. Amanda left after she became freaked out by other patients.

-- Sources tell us, during Amanda's stay at a Ventura County psych hospital, she would tell doctors about the "Bad Amanda" and mimicked an exorcism and began biting herself.

-- Tamar Arminak, the celebrity lawyer who reps Amanda's mom, tells TMZ, "Amanda is now on zero medication." Her mother believes all the talk about Schizophrenia is false and that's why she took her off the meds. The mom says she's had no psychotic episodes in the last few months.

Sources connected to Amanda tell us they are alarmed and fearful.



Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz2yUJe9sEz
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#1,612
I read that.

I still don't understand how her mother can prevent meds from being presribed to her. Or maybe she signed an AMA?

The parents need to be overruled at this point. First off they look very old. I think I read she has siblings but they are out of state.
 
#1,613
ITA. I guess if she's no longer in a hospital there's no guarantee her caregiver will continue to provide adequate care. . . who'd think it would be her own mom? :(
I'm guessing the meds continued to be prescribed, she just refused to give them since she's in denial of Amanda's mental situation.
 
#1,614
I remember the article the first time it was posted. But again, we're talking about a grown woman, not a child. Her mothers belief or non-belief is not relevant. If Amanda wanted to take the medication she would. According to her fathers comment, Amanda hasn't even been living with them - they thought she returned to NY - so even if her mother hadn't "taken her off medication" Amanda's been on her own and whether she listens to doctors and continues treatment is ultimately up to Amanda.

No one knows what the relationship between Amanda and her parents is like. They appeared to have been separated for many years before the events of last year. For all we know, Amanda cut herself off from them - maybe she knows what her problems are and doesn't want their help, or maybe she doesn't want them to have to deal with her issues - no one really knows the truth.

I hardly doubt her parents love for her and want the best for her. I don't doubt that this is extremely painful for them. As a parent I would never, ever want someone I don't know - who doesn't have intimate details of my life, situation or even know me casually - forming an opinion about me or my parenting skills and whether or not I've let my kids down or did something that wasn't in their best interests.

I feel awful for what they're going for and I'm saddened that it appears that Amanda could be headed down the wrong path again, but I don't think her parents are to blame for Amanda's problems. Honestly, based on what little I know, I figured it was only a matter of time that she slipped back into old habits and I never believed her parents could control the situation.
 
#1,615
Her mother's non-belief was relevant, SHE took Amanda off her meds. That was completely ignorant IMO. Amanda didn't choose that, apparently she taken them w/o trouble until her mom decided she's fine - there had not been a need to "force feed" them.
Amanda lived with them until the conservatorship ended this month then she disappeared, they needed to have extended it IMO.
 
#1,619
Swanky Mama Of Three said:
Her mother's non-belief was relevant, SHE took Amanda off her meds. That was completely ignorant IMO. Amanda didn't choose that, apparently she taken them w/o trouble until her mom decided she's fine - there had not been a need to "force feed" them.
Amanda lived with them until the conservatorship ended this month then she disappeared, they needed to have extended it IMO.
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Wait, do you know them or are you basing all of this on TMZ's "source"?
 
#1,620
I agree with you Swanky.

If she's mentally ill/ schizoprenic, her age shouldn't matter. We've all seen her actions and evidence of her being mentally ill. She is mentally-ill. As in, she's not capable of making her own decisions regarding taking medicine or not.

Sorry I find it difficult to express my opinion clearly in English...
 
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