Britney Spears’ memoirs, The Woman In Me, will be released on October 24, but we already have a more than juicy appetizer with all the details that are coming to light about the life that the singer led during her youth, both with her family and being the “princess of pop.”
Among other things, it has been discovered that she became pregnant during her relationship with Justin Timberlake and had an abortion, that she had a passionate affair with Colin Farrell, that her parents controlled her excessively strictly and, now, that her therapist had allegedly made her drink , lithium, a powerful drug.
Apparently, the doctor who was controlling the medication and treatment for his bipolar disorder at that time told him to take lithium, a powerful drug, against his will. “After I said I wasn’t going to perform in Las Vegas, my therapist sat me down in a room and told me there were a million calls saying I wasn’t cooperating and not taking my medication. It was false! The next day he put me on lithium “reveals the artist.
The singer says that the therapist left aside the singer’s usual treatment, which she had been following for five years, and opted for this other drug, which must be extremely controlled to avoid illnesses and serious neuronal damage.
“Lithium is a very strong medication and completely different from what I was used to,” explains the singer, who adds that she herself knew that she could suffer mental deterioration and could not take it for more than a few months. “She put it on and I felt drunk. I couldn’t have a conversation with my mother or father about anything,” she reveals.
Silvery white in color, lithium is one of the most valued metals in recent times. Called the “white gold” of batteries and medicines, it is one of the most used materials at an industrial level; but also in medicine. Lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) is a drug that reduces the intensity and frequency of manic-depressive episodes. In other words, it is used in the treatment of diseases such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Now, it cannot be taken lightly, since being derived from a metal, it can have serious consequences on the body if its consumption is exceeded. Sequelae such as nausea, numbness, tremors and even irreparable brain and neuronal damage are just some of the side effects that must be taken into account.
The singer had already talked about this drug before. It was after her trial in which she was freed from her legal guardianship and the control of her father, when the singer of hits like Toxic was grateful to be able to “free herself” from her once and for all.
The artist claimed to be “traumatized” by everything she had gone through, with all kinds of “abusive” situations. Among others, her therapist made her take the aforementioned lithium to treat her bipolar disorder, instead of her usual medication. “I’m relieved that nightmare is over,” she said at the time.
