This *could* be the result of long term amphetamine abuse. I know that as the abuse wears on, a person's behavior becomes more and more affected by it, but... it still doesn't seem to fit. Her behavior started going awry in 2004 when she got married on a whim. If she was using amphetamines back then, I think we would have seen a much more accellerated decline into insanity and her children would have some problems, as well. No other drug really makes sense, as even long term abuse of opiates rarely does this. I'm almost positive that she's using drugs right now, although I don't believe they're causing the problems she's having. I think the drug use is more a symptom of a larger problem and that she's using them to self medicate.

I'm really voting for brain issues, mental illness or some other kind of physical cause. People don't just break down like this. It seems that she's been crying out for help for some time now and her cries have been getting progressively louder. Her behavior seems to indicate that she needs help and support and she seems to be clinging to relationships in order to manufacture that support. I think that her decision to marry K-Fed and to have children were her ways of trying to find someone to support her through the problems she's having. Her penchant for adopting dogs is probably the same thing. These people and animals are supposed to provide her with unconditional love and support that she seems to desperately need right now. When the relationships fail to provide her with that or fall apart, her emotional state gets progressively worse. She took a nosedive when K-Fed started being a jerk, when her mothering skills were called into question and when her divorce got underway.

Looking at the headlines over the past few years, I can almost see the staircase that she's been sliding down. She'll decline, stay at that level for a while and, when something else happens, she'll decline again. At this point, I think there's been a full blown nervous breakdown and she's continually sliding now, but there was a definite breaking point for her. This is why I wish that someone could step in and help her. I don't think she's in any shape to make decisions regarding her own health and well being. I definitely don't think that she's able to properly care for her children and I'm very thankful that she has an entourage of assistants and bodyguards to step in and help her.

I feel very bad for Britney. She's in a very dark place right now and there's no doubt in my mind that she's very confused and very scared.

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