After finishing her stint in rehab, Amanda Bynes might be on the right path to a lasting sobriety. In March, Bynes showed off her healthy looking physique while on vacation in Mexico with her family. She is currently enrolled in fashion school in California and seems to have found a sense of stability.
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Bynes’ erratic behavior started in April 2012 when she drove under the influence and had three hit-and-run accidents, one of which she hit a police car. After that incident, she tweeted to President Barack Obama proclaiming her innocence. Through all her crazy antics she would continue to claim she doesn’t drink because she is “allergic.”
For the rest of 2012 Bynes’ behavior became even more bizarre, from roaming a tanning salon naked to stripping down to a push-up bra during a gym spin class. She continued to tell news outlets that she is fine; even though her agent, lawyer, and publicist all dropped her as a client. She started off 2013 with a piercing in each cheek and threatened to sue major news outlets multiple times for printing false stories about her situation.
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In May 2013, her random antics hit a new level. The former child star was arrested on drug charges and threw a bong out of a 36th-floor window. Despite her mounting legal troubles, Bynes took to Twitter and spewed more strange ramblings. She even told Rihanna that Chris Brown beat her because she was not pretty enough. Courtney Love told the child star to get her stuff together…you know you are having serious issues when Courtney Love calls you out for being crazy.
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Luckily for Bynes, she somehow avoided jail and was placed on involuntary psychiatric hold, which eventually was extended past the normal 72 hour holding period. After in-depth analysis, the starlet ended up receiving psychiatric treatment at the UCLA Medical Center and was then transferred to The Canyon rehabilitation center in Malibu, California where she stayed until December 2013.
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Fast forward to April 2014 and Amanda Bynes seems to be greatly improved. The cause of Amanda’s behavior remains private, but her lawyer claims she is not schizophrenic. Amanda’s mother, Lynn Bynes, has also claimed that marijuana use caused her daughter’s crisis, not mental illness. The sad news is, Amanda’s parents have chosen to take her off of her medication. You know, the medication that has obviously been working.
Let’s all hope that Amanda continues to improve and gets her life back in order!
