Lindsay Lohan may be out of rehab sooner than expected. Her attorney is heading to court next week to argue that Lindsay has been misdiagnosed as a drug addict and it’s time to set her free.
“It seems she’s doing very well (in rehab), and if the doctors recommend her being released, she will in fact be released at that time,” says Dina Sansing of Us Weekly magazine.
Celebrity website TMZ.com says a dependence on the prescription drug Adderall, which TMZ calls “the result of a medical misdiagnosis,” may be behind Lohan behavior that led to the conclusion she was an addict.
TMZ says Doctors at the rehab facility “believe Lindsay was misdiagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and then prescribed Adderall to treat the phantom affliction.
“Dr. Joe Haraszti, a prominent L.A. addiction specialist, tells TMZ people who take Adderall when they don’t need it can experience similar effects as people who use cocaine or methamphetamine. ”
“One of the most shocking things,” says Sansing, “is (doctors in the rehab center) saying she’s not experiencing any withdrawal symptoms, that she’s not addicted to anything. (She’s thought of) as someone’s who’s had a serious addiction, but hearing the doctors say this isn’t necessarily the case makes you wonder what’s really going on.”
“Psychiatric diagnoses often change over time,” observes David Sack, CEO of Promises Treatment Centers. “We don’t have a biological tests where we can put somebody up against an X-ray machine and say, ‘This is your psychiatric diagnosis.’ So most psychiatric diagnoses are based on clinical history, and as more history becomes available, it’s important for clinicians to reassess the diagnosis.”
While her future as a bankable star is now in doubt, says Whitaker, her tabloid behavior may be rewarded.
“Right now,” says Sansing, “there are reports that the first thing she’s being offered is a million dollars to tell her story about her jail time. It remains to be seen how introspective she can be about the situation. She hasn’t been someone who’s been very honest in the past.”
Lindsay is not even into 3 weeks of rehab yet. If she is let out next week, she will not have even served 2 months of her 90 day sentence.
Lohan was released form jail and into rehab after only a 14 day stay in the clink. She is at a rehap facility at UCLA.
Once released, Lindsay will have to take random drug tests for the next 12 months.
I feel bad for Lindsay. I know she wants out, but I think it will be a disservice to her in the end. She deserves the help she needs.
What do you think? Should Lindsay get an early release from rehab?
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Posted Friday, August 20th, 2010 at 1:13pm
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