What was britney spears diagnosed with

She said the lithium made her feel "drunk" and scared. Spears said that after the psychiatrist's death, she was forced to see a therapist three days a week and that paparazzi humiliated her by taking photos of her crying after the emotional sessions. She asked the judge last month to be allowed to be part of her own care plan, including in-home therapy sessions.

Allegations of abuse aren't uncommon in conservatorships, said Tamar Arminak, a conservatorship lawyer who worked with Amanda Bynes' parents. Doctors are asked to file capacity declarations to the court, which detail whether conservatees are able to make decisions for themselves; they form about 75 percent of how judges base their decisions to keep someone under court-ordered guardianship, she said.

There should be a high standard to force Spears into a conservatorship, Arminak said; otherwise, anyone with a mental illness who has assets or "can make money can be used like Britney" and should be concerned. Other celebrities who have been open about their mental health struggles, such as Kanye West and his bipolar diagnosis, haven't been subjected to such restrictive legal guardianships, Arminak said.

It's almost as if Spears has been diagnosed with "hysterics" and is being routinely ignored, Arminak said. Ira Burnim, legal director of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, said California law says conservatorships are meant to help people incapable of meeting their basic needs while allowing them to remain as independent as possible.

The statement said Montgomery believed that having her father as conservator was having a "serious impact" on the singer's mental health. The bid to remove Jamie Spears as conservator was initially set for a court hearing in late September but lawyers on both sides say they support an earlier date.

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