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Oh, God. We have a treasury of Britney-Spear-isn’t-doing-so-well stories for you today. The first comes from the National Enquirer, who claims that Britney “collapsed” while rehearsing with her dancers recently. It wasn’t just a collapse though – Britney totally fainted, and the reason being given in this story is Brit’s very secret… low blood sugar. How not scandalous. Why are they keeping that a secret?
In a terrifying medical scare, Britney Spears suddenly collapsed while rehearsing – and a doctor was rushed to her side. The pop tart was recently rehearsing new songs when she passed out as the dancers, as part of the routine, lifted her body while she lay sideways.
“She collapsed when the dancers went to put her back on her feet,” revealed the source. “She fell to the floor and landed on one of the dancer’s legs – and the dancer’s tennis shoe smacked Britney in the chest and on her face. It hit her chest with such a force that it caused a four-inch bruise.”
Everyone rushed over to Britney, and they realized she had fainted. Her father Jamie ended the rehearsal and immediately called a doctor.
The 27-year-old singer suffers from low blood sugar – a condition her father Jamie has been trying to keep secret, divulged a source. Although she’s physically strong, those close to Britney say she often doesn’t eat right or get enough rest. Plus, she’s under a lot of stress from the tour.
“Her schedule has wreaked havoc on her body,” the source divulged.
[From National Enquirer]
Unfortunately, there’s another theory floating around to explain this rash of Britney health problems – that I’ve yet to see verified anywhere other than the tabloids, so just keep that in mind. Sigh. I feel for Britney, and I want her to do well. For herself and for her little boys. This other theory about Britney’s health problems comes from Betty Confidential, which I’d never read before. Their theory makes a bit more sense than the “secret” low blood sugar. They claim that Britney’s been downing diet pills like tic tacs, washing them down with cocktails of energy drinks mixed with Red Bull. The combination of the diet pills, energy drinks and Red Bull is having a horrible interaction with Brit’s prescription medication – which we all know she’s taking, right? Cough cough lithium cough.
A touring Britney Spears is becoming overwhelmed by the demands of the road – despite help from her assistant, a nanny, friends and family. The pop star’s conservator-dad, Jamie, was especially alarmed when he caught his daughter popping over-the-counter diet pills, which she washed down with Red Bull, before a recent performance.
“Britney was definitely trying to get high by taking too many diet pills and energy drinks,” says a family insider. “Jamie thinks the combination of the two is making her whacked-out and, causing her to lash out in weird angry rampages.”
Given Britney’s tumultuous history, her reliance on diet pills is extremely risky, according to medical experts, especially when those pills are mixed with the kinds of prescription psychiatric medications that Britney is believed to be taking. “Britney uses green-tea supplements, [Lab 88's herbal ephedra-free] Metabo Speed XXX, Dexatrim and apple cider vinegar to control her weight and energy levels,” adds the insider. “She also pours those 5-Hour energy drinks into her Red Bulls.”
The side effects of combining weight-loss aids with prescription medication can include increased anxiety, panic attacks and even seizures.
To stay out of trouble with her father, “Britney has her assistant buy the over-the-counter items for her,” says the source. “But she told Kevin about it because she doesn’t want him to think that she is addicted to harder stuff and take her two sons [Sean Preston and Jayden] away from her.”
Britney, whose tour began in London last month and will end in Australia in November, is feeling the stress of the constant traveling and performing, and it’s beginning to manifest itself physically.
“Britney has had a little problem lately with skin breakouts, but she is keeping it under control by using Proactiv,” adds the insider. “Since she has been so active, she’s fallen back to some of her old fast food habits, but her friends and family are trying to keep her from overindulging. Her younger sister, Jamie Lynn, has been trying to help her keep on track by making long-distance bets about who can eat the healthiest.”
Perhaps worst of all, Britney has been exhausting herself and not getting enough rest (and it’s exacerbated by her use of diet pills and Red Bull, which rev up the metabolism and make it hard to sleep), and this has been making her emotionally unstable.
Britney’s rep did not respond to a request for comment, but the insider says those closest to her fear a return of the Britney of a little over a year ago who went off the rails, memorably shaving her head and being admitted to a psych ward.
“Kevin has asked her to relax and take more time for herself and the boys,” says the source. “But she had a fit and went so far as to tell him to mind his own business. When Kevin told her she was acting like her old self, she really went nuts.”
The solution: Dad Jamie is considering hiring a full-time masseuse for Britney Spears and looking into getting her more psychiatric counseling. “As far as Kevin is concerned, it can’t come soon enough,” adds the insider. “He is genuinely afraid for her again.”
[From Betty Confidential]
It’s weird that I believe Betty Confidential’s scenario is a lot more likely, right? I can see Brit having no idea that diet pill abuse (over-the-counter speed) mixed with energy drinks (like a shot of caffeine in your eye) would mix poorly with whatever prescription drugs she’s on. Okay, everybody say a little prayer for Britney.
Here’s Britney leaving the Hyatt Grand Champion resort with Jayden James in Paris yesterday. Images thanks to Fame Pictures .
Written by Kaiser
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I love that spinsters and the public in general mask “drug abuse” with “taking diet pills”. A junkie is a junkie, no matter how pretty you try to make it sound. She’s a junkie and needs total abstinence and a program for anything that affects her from the neck up.
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u o the second one sounds not so good.
she sure is pitiable. but on the other hand she just acts like a child. if the story is true, the custodianship is goin to even last longer.
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Mixing energy drinks with REd Bull….I thought Red Bull was an energy drink….
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Knew something was going wrong when she dyed her hair dark again. When this chick starts effing with her hair…all hell is about to break loose.
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Too bad her father is pushing her into something she’s obviously not ready for. And I agree with Joe. Once you have a substance abuse problem you can’t just take any over the counter anything, you have to use common sense, and I don’t know any of the Spears family or their paid friends have it (the common sense). Hasn’t anyone read Scar Tissue by Anthony Keidis???
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But I thought she was on a healthy, controlled, 1200 calorie a day diet! LOL!
She just needs to stop with the performing and making of “music” and get counseling. Unfortunately, when you’re the family gravy train, they’ll never let the train pull over for a rest.
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@4. morgs…
I was JUST thinking that same thing…
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britney spears is bad cus she puts naked pics on the internet and she does this now
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Yeah her health is so bad right now!!! She is about to get crazy any day now…
That’s why she is doing a world tour. That’s why she didn’t cancel one single show. That’s why she adds more dates to Australia and the US.
Yeah, she is a sick girl who is controlled by her daddy
SURE…
Seriously, how can people believe those stories and still think that she is not in a good place?
Maybe she is bipolar and maybe she does take medecines. But it’s not her fault if she is sick. It’s even impressive how she has changed within a year!!!
But I am pretty sure that she WANTS to perform and that no one is forcing her. I’m even gonna say that this tour has a good impact on her. She gains back confidance, she spends time with her kids far away from Los Angeles, she dances, she performes in front of her fans…
It’s obvious that she is so much better than a year ago…
As for the diet pills, I am pretty sure that someone saw her taking her pill then told the medias. They make the story bigger than it is, just to sell it… Britney has a normal life right now, and they have to create bad stories if they want to talk about her, as eveyone seems to prefer Bad Britney
It’s just so sad to see people being so hard with her…
After all she’s been through, people are still trying to hit her, even when all she does is living a normal life.
Read the comment before mine… No wonder she went completly nuts!!!!
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I totally agree with the hair thing. Jamie better keep her away from the electric trimmers.
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Laying down and standing up when you have low blood pressure from not eating enough will totally make you faint. I was ona starvation diet and literally would lose my sight for about 5 seconds when i stood up. I can imagine fainting in this scenario as well.
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Damn, all that hard living has really done a number on her face.
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Britney’s ambitious, greedy father only thinks about money. Britney is a golden cash cow. She is mentally ill /bipolar disorder, and on diet pills = forthcoming disaster.
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I knew something was brewing with her when she dyed her hair dark brown and started drinking starbucks again
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I love how people read this stuff and assume it’s true and comment accordingly. I’m not a Britney stan or anything, but just because someone printed it does not mean it has any credibility.
Man, journalism needs an overhaul…and laws need to be put in place so that people must report factually. Speculation is fine…but people should say they’re speculating.
Dying her hair and drinking a starbucks does not equal crazy. I’m bipolar and I’m here to tell you it can be managed, and is managed by millions of people. I drink starbucks, too. Uh oh! I also cut and dyed my hair. UH OH!!!
Just because it got printed doesn’t mean it’s worth the paper it got printed on. I find it funny how not a single person so much as questioned this–it was just assumed to be fact.
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Also… brown is her natural hair color. So, she nuts if she doesn’t put bleach on her head??
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TMZ had footage of her a week or so ago running for a gas station bathroom with a confused bodyguard in tow, like in the bad old days.
A justifiable photo assumption would be that she was back on her diet-pill-of-the-evacuation-variety abuse.
Britney needs a nutritionist stat. She’s had two kids, she’s put her body through a lot, and she’s getting older. At a certain point, you just can’t subsist on fried fast food and not gain weight. Better vegetables and lower-fat food than gas station bathrooms, ya know?
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Unbelievable how many of you fall for this b.s. Here’s the story, a healthy Britney touring with her kids, showing up on time, and basically causing nobody any trouble whatsoever, is not news. It doesn’t sell magazines. So they make shit up and you idiots suck it in like oxygen. Pathetic.
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In some of the pics I have seen recently, she is starting to look frazzled.
She did not have enough OFF time..
Just like MJ it started w/pills..
The greedy people around you make out like you’ll go broke if you don’t do a tour or another CD, and you get all frazzled and need something for your nerves, then need something to stop the mindless munching, then something to put you to sleep, so you can rest. then you need something to pep you up.
Its a sad cycle..
Marilyn, MJ, Liz Taylor, Elvis, Liza Minneli,Anna-Anna, Anna Nicole
Brit betta slow down
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“Maybe she is bipolar and maybe she does take medecines.
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But I am pretty sure that she WANTS to perform and that no one is forcing her.”
Let’s assume she is bipolar. She is also a performer, been in the business since she was a kid, and supposedly enjoys it. Then, add mania. If you feel like it, also add excessive caffeine consumption.
The result: someone, who thinks like she can go on and on and on… Until she can’t take it anymore, physically, or the manic state turns into depression again.
Wanting something doesn’t mean it’s good for you. I want to drink nothing but espresso and eat ice cream only.
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Taking diet pills and energy drinks will mess you up big time. They are both very powerful stimulants. Mixing them with psych meds complicates things even more, but stimulants are a big deal.
No such thing as a free lunch…
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She’s so damn stupid.
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is the world going to go nuts when she dies like when michael jackson did?
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Getting “high” by energy drinks and diet pills isn´t really a good feeling. To be honest, it´s a very bad feeling. You´re feeling jitters and you´re short of breath and always producing adrenaline – in fact, I really hate it!
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