Doctors tending to Amanda Bynes at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center plan to submit a recommendation to the judge overseeing her mother Lynn Bynes’ case. Lynn, who was granted temporary conservatorship of her 27-year-old daughter, is now hoping to make that permanent.
Amanda is currently being held in the psychiatric hospital at UCLA Medical Center after being involuntarily committed following an incident in which she set fire to a stranger’s driveway in Thousand Oaks, California. This incident was the last in a string of bizarre events that took place over many months.
According to Radar Online, Amanda’s mother had her transported from a county facility in Ventura, to the psychiatric unit at UCLA after she was temporarily granted conservatorship.
Doctors at the facility have “been observing Amanda, and there has been some improvement…however, her diagnosis is complex, and the appropriate drug cocktail to treat her hasn’t been achieved yet,” a source told Radar.
“Therefore, her treatment team believes Amanda would benefit from prolonged treatment at UCLA, for at least the rest of the year. She has her good days and bad days, and the goal is obviously to get her therapeutic and stable before being released. Lynn need to be granted permanent conservatorship because Amanda wouldn’t agree to continue with treatment.”
Though they have been unable to diagnose her with schizophrenia, “she is being treated for it. There is such a negative stigma with schizophrenia…given time and the correct treatment and medicine, Amanda could and should absolutely be able to live with it and be a productive member of society,” the source revealed.
“In fact, she wouldn’t likely suffer from symptoms of it if she stays on her medication.”
We’re glad Amanda is finally getting the help she so desperately needs and hope to see her get better soon.
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