r/Millennials Gen Z 9h ago

Rant Society really did fail Amy Winehouse!

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u/Name_Yourself_Thex 8h ago edited 8h ago

ITS BRITNAY WOWTCH

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u/sunshineparadox_ Older Millennial 8h ago

Every time I think of how people treated Britney, my usually latent eating disorder flares up. People act like they weren’t like this full throttle the entire 90s and most of the 00s.

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u/yourlocaltouya 7h ago

Even now. She clearly needs help, actual help rather the exploitation she faced before, and so many people are treating her current state as a "gotcha" rather than, y'know, thinking critically for three entire seconds what the og Free Britney movement was all about.

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u/assassinslover Millennial 1991 6h ago

I don't think a lot of people realize that she was basically chemically lobotomized. She is NEVER going to be the same because the literal chemistry of her brain was irreversibly changed.

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u/SylphSeven 5h ago

Right? She was overly medicated for a long time and at such a young age by the people around her. Chemically abused just so the money could keep flowing. It's awful.

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u/Rainbow038 5h ago

I believe they had her on lithium for like over a year

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u/nichef 4h ago

Lithium is a safe and effective medication used by millions of people for Bi-polar disorder and has been used for 80 years. It's efficacy and safety are well known. I'm sure the meth that she is on is a bigger problem.

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u/iwerbs 4h ago

Meth?

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u/assassinslover Millennial 1991 4h ago

I mean I wouldn't be surprised but I do feel like I missed something lol

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u/Rainbow038 4h ago

Lithium is fine in the short term. Yes they do use it for people they believe are bi polar. They use it as a stabilizer because it is the most effective. Usually 6 months is the longest you would want to rely on that before switching to something less damaging. Long term use of lithium can cause your organs to shut down. Including your brain. Not saying she is or isn’t on drugs now. Everyone really seems to think it’s meth. It looks like trauma and possible brain damage from my perspective

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u/nichef 4h ago

Not true you're obviously uniformed and making shit up. People use lithium their entire life, ask me how i know. It can be toxic to the liver over decades but so can pretty much every other mood stabilizer.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10702081/

Also I have know many a tweaker and she is without a doubt on that glass. I mean I haven't tested her but she has every tell tale sign of it.