Mirror: Britney Spears was so 'pumped full of drugs' she couldn't speak clearly, claims doctor

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Dr Charles Sophy says he was asked to review Britney's medications amid allegations that she was so 'overmedicated' she was unable to present herself in a coherent way

A psychiatrist has claimed he was told that Britney Spears was ‘overmedicated’ while under her conservatorship to such an extent that she was ‘unable to speak’.

Dr Charles Sophy is a psychiatrist and former medical director for the County of Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services and claims he was asked to assess 39-year-old Britney's treatment.

The medical expert claims he was asked to review the medication that Britney was taking amid concerns that she was being prescribed medications that were limiting her competence.

Britney’s mental health has been under scrutiny in recent months as she is battling to have a conservatorship overturned.

The singer has had her financial and personal affairs controlled by her father, Jamie Spears, for the past 13 years after a court granted control to him back in 2008 after the Toxic singer suffered a public meltdown.

TMZ has interviewed Dr Sophy after he claimed he was asked to assess the medications that Britney was taken while under her conservatorship.

He claims there were concerns that she was being overmedicated to a point that she could ‘barely speak’ – and that she may have seemed less capable of looking after herself as a result.

Speaking on the TMZ TV show, Dr Sophy said: “Earlier on in this process, about eight, 10 months ago, I was asked to come in and evaluate her medications – but I just wasn’t comfortable at that point because there was so much controversy about this whole ‘whose in charge and whose going to take ownership’, it was too convoluted at that point.

“But I’m willing to do it, whenever it comes.”

Asked who invited him to get involved in the assessment of the singer, Dr Sophy said: “I think a management person within her regime.”

Asked why he needed to assess her medication, Dr Sophy claimed: “To see if she was appropriately medicated because I think at some point there was some talk about her being over medicated and not being able to speak on her own behalf – and that’s why she continued to look like she needed a conservatorship.

“She can’t get out of it, the poor thing. She’s stuck in something that she doesn’t even know what she’s in.”

Dr Sophy went on to speculate Britney could be more coherent than some might think.

He said: “I think she made sense, so people are able to see she is reality based, she’s not that ‘out of it’ as she’s been portrayed and I think, going forward, if they did keep her in a conservatorship, she should have some say and some control on some of the situations, especially her medications and her treatment.

“If her medication is too much, she’s always going to look like she needs help.”

He went on to explain that he knew other patients who were asked to take medication – and highlighted that they did not need to be under a conservatorship in order to ensure they complied.

He said: “You can court order somebody into treatment without a conservatorship where she has to show up every month to make sure her meds are taking, you can give shots that last for 30 days if she’s not going to take the medicine.

“There are ways around it, but you don’t need a conservatorship to ensure someone is going to take their meds.”

He also added that he thinks Britney should be allowed to end her conservatorship if she is able to prove she can take care of herself.

He said it would be appropriate: “for her to have her freedom, maybe for her to have a little bit of an eyeball on her for treatment where she shows up for the next six months, and if she’s compliant, maybe she doesn’t even need medicine, but if she shows up, stands up and show’s she’s able to handle her life, then let her alone. Let her live her life.”

Britney has challenged her conservatorship and appeared in court earlier this year where she gave heartbreaking insight into how the conservatorship was affecting her life.

She claimed she had been banned from marrying her boyfriend and forced to take contraceptives in order to prevent her having more children.

This week, the case is expected to reach a climax, with a court hearing due today which could see the conservatorship ended.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/britney-spears-pumped-full-drugs-25096510

[SlayOut]

So this doctor never even saw Britney but is offering his opinion about her? Aren’t doctors not supposed to do armchair diagnoses/opinions?  Also this excerpt of his interview comes off as so paternalistic:

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“She can’t get out of it, the poor thing. She’s stuck in something that she doesn’t even know what she’s in.”

Like…  She is very clear about what she is stuck in. It’s the rest of these dummies that needed (or still need) to catch up.

[rennen]

We don't need this **** on here. Not today of all days.

But thanks for posting. 

[Avenger]

11 minutes ago, dfffff said:

“She can’t get out of it, the poor thing. She’s stuck in something that she doesn’t even know what she’s in.”

 

bye

[briprin1]

We know she was heavily medicated, but thanks for the analysis “doctor”

[ronron]

11 minutes ago, SlayOut said:

So this doctor never even saw Britney but is offering his opinion about her? Aren’t doctors not supposed to do armchair diagnoses/opinions?  Also this excerpt of his interview comes off as so paternalistic:

Like…  She is very clear about what she is stuck in. It’s the rest of these dummies that needed (or still need) to catch up.

I took it that he did go to see her but refused to work for them after he saw her so medicated

i know weve heard about this sort of stuff before but im particularly worried that hes saying he saw her 8-9 months ago, is this still going on? 

[Louis-j]

We been knew sis. 

[Arwen]

Even if he didn’t actually review her meds himself, it’s a very valid point that there are other options than what Team Con chose to enforce on her, if at any point she really even needed it. 

[Bro96]

Poor thing your *** jerk

[MadonnaBritneyLove]

This is actually really good! What he is saying is the truth! My wife is a psychiatrist and she can confirm. What he's saying is evidence for medical abuse! If he would take her on as a patient with that crazy con-team it could make him loose his license. But for him to speak out like this could get him in trouble to. But I think he does it as a way of telling he could, if Rosengod needs, testify. What he is saying between the lines is that her doctor needs to be evaluated and hold responsible. That Brit clearly doesn't need the heavy medication she is clearly forced to take. What he means with that she doesn't know what she's in is a strange thing to say.

[PokemonSpears]

1 hour ago, dfffff said:

“If her medication is too much, she’s always going to look like she needs help.”

He went on to explain that he knew other patients who were asked to take medication – and highlighted that they did not need to be under a conservatorship in order to ensure they complied.

He said: “You can court order somebody into treatment without a conservatorship where she has to show up every month to make sure her meds are taking, you can give shots that last for 30 days if she’s not going to take the medicine.

“There are ways around it, but you don’t need a conservatorship to ensure someone is going to take their meds.”

 what we've all always known except Team COn 

[Xavierleleon]

1 hour ago, SlayOut said:

So this doctor never even saw Britney but is offering his opinion about her? Aren’t doctors not supposed to do armchair diagnoses/opinions?  Also this excerpt of his interview comes off as so paternalistic:

Like…  She is very clear about what she is stuck in. It’s the rest of these dummies that needed (or still need) to catch up.

Yeah. “She have to prove she is competent to get out”, “she needs to comply”, “she needs to take her meds drugs””she should have just a little freedom”. She should have ALL the freedom! And help to getting off all of those “meds”. And never have to comply ever again. 😡

[Xavierleleon]

1 hour ago, ronron said:

I took it that he did go to see her but refused to work for them after he saw her so medicated

i know weve heard about this sort of stuff before but im particularly worried that hes saying he saw her 8-9 months ago, is this still going on? 

 

[reVolution]

1 hour ago, SlayOut said:

So this doctor never even saw Britney but is offering his opinion about her? Aren’t doctors not supposed to do armchair diagnoses/opinions?  Also this excerpt of his interview comes off as so paternalistic:

Like…  She is very clear about what she is stuck in. It’s the rest of these dummies that needed (or still need) to catch up.

Exactly, such stupid article, you are giving an opinion of something you heard, but did not have the courage to actually evaluate the patient, trash 

[Jefferson Silva]

no ones got the balls except for britney herself and matt to tell that this whole thing is a fraudulent scam

always that little talk "she needs this she needs that mental health blah blah blah"

[GirlOnTheMoon]

It pisses me off to no end how almost every single person in a position of power looks down on her and think she’s a vegetable incapable of being rational. **** THIS DOCTOR SOPHY.