It should've happened sooner. Thank God the children weren't hurt during all this.

Hardly a shock.

*tired sigh* It was only matter of time. I agree RosaDilia, my only concern is for the children's well being. I just hope they did not witness to this travesty.

Sad... Expected, but sad.

So Sad

That is really sad, but hopefully this will be a wakeup call for her. I truly hope she doesn't do anything crazy to herself because as much as I wish she would go away, I would never wish her harm.

The attorney is right when he says there are no winners. It is sad that it has come to this but maybe she will get the mental the health help that she clearly needs. It is sad for everyone involved.

I have to say I agree with suspending visitation for now. She needs time to get better. And I am so glad her entire family is with her. Maybe now, with the help of her family, she will get the serious psychiatric help she needs. I would hate to see her lose her boys for good. Hopefully she can get treatment for the bipolar, get healthy, and regain some visitation. Even if it is supervised. Those boys are gonna wonder where their mamma is though. Its gonna be hard on them. Just because they are "safe" with their daddy, which I believe they are, doesn't mean they won't miss their mamma. I really hope she will at least get to see them as she gets better...with Kevin there or her mom or somebody. If she doesn't get to see them at all she might get even worse. Like Kevin's lawyer said..."There are no winners here". Lets hope Brit can finally turn this around, get healthy, and be whole.

I hope she accepts her family's love and help now!

Def not suprised. There should have been an intervention before it came to this. The poor girl is addicted to drama- the sex/drugs/ alochol binges in public. I know some celebrities let paparrazi know when they're out and about, but them banging on the ambulence door was just beyong crass.

I hope that she gets better, finds some way to stay stable.

i dont think Brit hits her kids. Its really sad, she has been through alot... why doesnt she leave hollywood and live a private life.

It's not "suspended until further notice." It's suspended until the 14th. Given the past decisions of the court, it's likely her supervised visitation would be reinstated after that date. They almost have to take visitation away from someone who's been committed against their will.

I honestly doubt a mere ten days of no visitation will even make a dent, much less be an actual wake-up call. I'm sure that once again, this is someone else's fault, and after her 72 hours we'll see Britney out and about, grinning and drinking Frappuccinos as usual.

It's sad. She needs to admit she doesn't want the kids and let them go, at least for now. And seek treatment.

Hopefully she'll have a moment of reflection and reconcile with her family and lose all those good for nothing freeloaders who are nothing but enablers and negative influences.

I think we all saw this coming. Those poor kids. But the lawyers will be back in court on the 14th. I hope visitation rights are not re-instated that day. Britney needs to get better before she can be with her kids, she will not get better in a mere 10 day period.

Whoever thought K Fed would come out looking like the responsible one?

I agree that this should have happened sooner. Not that the kids deserved to witness all of this but there should have been more involvement from the family. The good part is that the boys are young enough that they won't remember much of all the drama. I have to ask, is Kevin pushing for all of this so he can keep is monthly check? You have to wonder why Brit has gone of the deep end. I read all the stories about her and she seems bored and looking for attention. Is that really bipolar disorder?? "There aren't any winners here", is an accurate statement. I feel sorry for Brit, though. How could someone with everything going for her, loose her self dignity and self respect? You have to wonder... They say money doesn't buy happiness. This is a good example of that. My prayers are for her and her family.

i hate her grinning and the strange over exaggerated faces she makes...it's like she's a mime. An UNfunny one at that.

I think it will do the kids good not to be forced to go to their mother's home anymore. The won't have to be around that appointed monitor that they didn't even know and watch their mom change in and out of clothes all day long or talk on the phone nonstop or be in the presence of men they don't know. They won't have to endure being driven around at all hours of the night falling asleep in their carseats. It's good to know that they will be in their own bed come 10:00 o clock at night not driving around gas stations or shopping at RiteAide, or witness fights between the paparrazi in Vegas.

This is good. I wish Kevin and the boys much peace at last.

1.) PLEASE stop saying she is bi-polar. There is absolutely no evidence or credible sources who say this. It is all speculation.

2.) PLEASE stop saying her family wasn't there for her before. Her family has reached out to her multiple times, but it is not under their control whether or not she will see them. Brit was the one who delivered a "Stay away" letter to her mom, remember?

Sounds about right..any Britney fans out there finally converting..?

So sad. My prayers are with her, and her family.

I must say this is obviously for the best. this whole thing is just awful.

Frankly with her in the bathroom, refusing to turn the kids over, I mean that is SCARY STUFF--can you imagine if she'd pulled an andrea yates? How outraged would we all be if she had hurt Jayden? She's so disjointed from reality, it wouldn't have surprised me.

I think there is still a possibility for a happy ending but it is goign to be YEARS in the making. CHildhood stars though, they are always screwed up

I'm just happy those boys are safe!!!

i used to be the biggest brit fan! (still am...not sure why!)..nd to see tht all of it came down to this is really painful. I've never been to ne of her concerts (shez never been to this part ov thw world)..still, i just love love her! drawing her sketches, have all her cds nd dvdz...kno all the songs..all that...i kno many ppl will say tht why are there britney fans left n all...but we donno what drove her to do all this! sure she brought alot of it on herself...bt ppl shd really pray fr her rather thn poking fun..esp at this point!

p.s. the posters here are so much better thn at perezhilton...they are like tht fat p*g himself...makin fun ov her even at this point!
thnx yall fr bein so kool! (yes, this is my first post)

Seasick- I agree. I can't believe the Commish has seen her crash down and still thinks that somehow she is sane enough to continue seeing her kids. This could end up like the horrible nut case Andrea Yates was. The courts could strip Britney out of all her rights but they choose not to. Clearly, no one is a winner here.

I add a 3 to Jillness' list.

3. Please stop saying KFed's doing this to keep his monthly check. He could be doing a LOT more to take advantage of the situation if he were only in it for the money. He deserves a hefty increase in his child support.

I think she does show signs of being bi-polar..the days on end manic running around, acting goofy, hyperactive at 3:00 am, followed by sad, tearful episodes running and hiding from the papparazzi, then the next minute she's constanly changing clothes, doing erractic off the wall things..she collects friends and pets like she collects shoes...she disposes of them just as fast.... We've all seen Britney go 100 miles in hour then crash and burn. I would bet money she's bi-polar or has some degree of it.

What is wrong with her..for some reason I don't think it's drugs..I think she's depressed!

"As much as I saw another breakdown coming for Brit, I never expected this."

Really? What kind of breakdown did you forsee? Many of us here as with you have watched this mess unfold day after day. Britney supporters would get upset and say that we're being too harsh, they're still saying that. But perhaps if enough people in her life including the press and public would have stopped commenting on the baby steps that never were, and accepting her bad behaviour as acceptable, maybe some of this could have been avoided.

She can't move forward until she accepts she's not above everyone else or the law. If she somehow gets out of the hospital sooner than later and is back to driving around town with the paps and you guys comment that she's taking baby steps because at least she's out of the hospital, I think "I'll" have a breakdown.

Le E

I agree with Le E (big surprise). How can someone NOT have seen this coming? This is actually a surprise for me only in that I fully expected something much worse.

Her mother said they were treating Britney for Manic Depressant (BI-POLAR disorder) when she was a guest of the Promises Rehab Centre in Malibu, California. She said she was also suffering from Bulemia which she had suffered from since she was 16 yrs old.

I agree Jillness...BUT...she does show signs of being bi-polar and i know i have read numerous times on numerous sites that she was taking a medication known to be prescribed for persons who are bi-polar. Doesnt mean she is...but that is probably where everyone is getting the info. *shrugs*

As for her family...im glad they are there with her...but it sucks that it takes something this drastic to get them all in one place.

It's about time.

Her mother's made a lot of excuses. They also claimed PPD, which they then dropped.

Her mother saying it doesn't make it true.

I never saw where her mom said she was bi-polar. I think it would have been discussed in regards to the custody battle if that was the case.

There are a million mental conditions...I don't think anyone has enough information to make a diagnosis. The only thing we know for sure, is that the courts have said she abuses drugs and in order to admitted to a rehab facility you have to meet certain abuse criteria.

It's a shame it takes something like this for Britney to ALLOW them to be in one place. She's the one who broke off contact, not her family.

And I'm not entirely sure that her family being together is such a great thing anyway. Her mom's the one who instilled the whole "You can do no wrong, you're Britney Spears!" attitude in the first place. Hopefully she's pushing personal responsibility rather than making more excuses that enable Britney.

Yeah...her mom is more of a fame-wh*re than her children whom she so "lovingly" has pushed into the limelight....it would seem.

Its all how you're raised...and those girls had very little childhood...how can they know how to properly raise a family of their own? So sad. I hope to God that Jamie Lynn is taking notes on what NOT to do when her baby is born.

Oh, Le E you speak the truth. The constant use of the "baby steps" phrase for Britney was aggravating. I'm sure we'll see it as soon as she steps out of the hospital with clean looking hair.

Good point Greggie, I appreciate that some of us here like to concentrate on the facts and what we have clearly seen unfold day after day, rather than speculation. Even with the court information that Jillness has pointed out again, some people refuse to believe the facts.

It's interesting to me that some people act as though they had privy to the content of the letter that Britney gave to her mother. I would say THAT would be more speculative than whether or not Britney is mentally ill. The fact that she is suffering deeply seems quite obvious. Perhaps substances contribute to that, but regardless, there are deep, underlying issues that are going on here.

I sincerely, truly hope that people can find some kind of heart in this matter and realize that she is not a bad person - she needs help. Like I have said before, she is a human being and any human being deserves a level of respect.

I disagree with the fact that "her family has reached out to her multiple times" and that this somehow should have been enough. There is something called an 'intervention' and that is what should have happened - repeatedly- until Britney was able to get the help that she so desperately needs. Any person who has substance or mental issues is not able to see circumstances clearly. However, her family could have provided that clarity for her. I hope now they realize how serious this really is.

A mature action would be to bring the negative criticism to a halt, but I know that is not going to happen. I am sure people here will get on their soapboxes and preach. It is indicative of just how our society has deteriorated in terms of becoming so cold and callous to other's misfortune.

Leave her alone and let her just get better.

Britney was taking Lithium at Promices Rehab, which is prescribed to manic-depressants. She quit taking it and Lynn tried to talk her into getting back on it and that was one of the times Britney stopped talking to her mother. This was reported by several news sites a while back.

Britney is definitely Bi-polar.It's a mental disorder and she certainly has all the symptoms of it. It can be treated with therapy and medications and is a fairly common disorder...My thoughts and prayers go out to her and her family.I hope that she will get the mental help that she needs. I do not think she was on drugs-just classic bi-polar conditions. What's the report on the drugs in her system??? Someone said they said she was clean...no drugs in her system.

Please explain how an intervention was to take place? She has and can afford to surround herself with "yes men" and "yes women". Who was going to do the intervening...not the people she was paying!!!

Greggie!!! Where have you been all day?

An intervention is typically done by the family or husband, kids, etc - the people who are closest to the person who needs treatment. It could have been done. It's just that her family were too pre-occupied with their own lives to commit to the process. Usually while a person is in treatment, the family seeks treatment as well. Britney isn't the only person in this situation that has been in denial - her whole family has.

Woop - I wish I could say we'll never hear those words again but they'll surely be used and just as you said, when she steps out with her hair brushed.

Greggie I totally agree with you about the family thing. I'm not of the opinion it's necessarily a good thing. Hopefully it will be but I don't hold out a lot of hope for the dysfunctional Spears family.

I hope she finally gets the help she has needed for a long time.

LadyD,

it's a pretty well known fact that her family was unable to get to her. And when they tried to talk to her, she would walk away. It sounds like you are actually blaming the family for this. And while they clearly aren't saintlike, that's unfair. The blame lies solely on Spears. And just as you keep going on about her being human, her family are human too, so just think how you would feel as a parent watching your child melting down...not an easy thing to watch.

"A mature action would be to bring the negative criticism to a halt, but I know that is not going to happen. I am sure people here will get on their soapboxes and preach. It is indicative of just how our society has deteriorated in terms of becoming so cold and callous to other's misfortune. Leave her alone and let her just get better."

I could not disagree more! This is exactly why she's in this mess. Everyone in her life cowing down to her and praising her instead of saying "underwear would be appropriate here!!!!" And as far as leaving her alone and letting her just get better. She's been left alone to do whatever she pleases for too long and that includes her choice of inviting the press into her life. Being alone is the last thing she needs, been there done that, she needs to try something else.

Regardless of whether she is bi-polar or a drug addict, or whatever, it is pure and simple that SHE is the only person who can change her situation.

Something is not right with her, whether it is a mental illness, drug dependency, or even an obsession with fame...but in any case she needs to be the one to take personal responsibility and go get treatment. If she is mentally ill, then that is a tough thing, but its treatable and can be managed if the person chooses to do what they are told to do by their doctor. She is an adult and needs to grow up and stop trying to rebel from what people are telling her to do. She pushed away everyone that tried to help her (the letter that Jillness mentioned is a perfect example). She just needs to suck it up and be an adult. She has two children to think about.