Although Amanda Bynes's mother, Lynn Bynes, fought for and won temporary conservatorship over her daughter in court, physicians at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center are now bidding for a much longer hospital stay for the troubled actress, Page Six reports.
Though Lynn Bynes won temporary conservatorship over her daughter and her $3.2 million estate on Aug. 9, her doctors are reportedly submitting a recommendation to the judge that Amanda Bynes remain in their care for at least a year.
A Radar Online insider revealed to the gossip site that Byne's "diagnosis in complex, and the appropriate drug cocktail to treat her hasn't been achieved." Though it remains unclear as to what the 27-year old former Nickelodeon star has been diagnosed with, fans suspect schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, as Bynes's infamous Twitter was filled with bizarre tweets that demonstrated a disconnect from reality.
not having hair makes me feel like a cancer patient
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) July 13, 2013
My Surgeon Broke My Nose During My Surgery But Hasn't Finished My Nose! It's Still Broken And I Can't Breathe! — amanda bynes (@amandabynes) July 9, 2013
Her legal troubles, paparazzi confrontations and disturbing public behavior all came to a head when the star was kicked out of her New York City apartment and flew to California to spend time in her childhood hometown, Thousand Oaks, where she was placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold by police after setting a small fire in a stranger's driveway.
"Amanda has profound issues with her body image and is obsessed with the idea that she [and others] are 'ugly,'" her parents told a California judge earlier this month while arguing for him to grant them temporary conservatorship. "She talks incessantly about cosmetic surgeries that she wants to have completed. We are concerned that the surgeries she wants to have are dangerous and detrimental to her health."
Indeed, Byne's troubling tweets about plastic surgery (which she appears to have none of) and the ugliness of fellow celebrities and public figures alarmed and amused many, putting her in the center of media attention for months. Now the star is finally receiving treatment, though how much longer she'll remain at the hospital will be up to the judge and her doctors when her next hearing takes place on Sept. 30.
"She has her good days and bad days, and the goal is obviously to get her therapeutic and stable before being released," said the Radar insider. "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."
