Amanda Bynes refutes schizophrenia reports
As Amanda Bynes continues on the road back to health and stability, her attorney said she wants to set the record straight about her mental health.
“There has been much speculation about Amanda’s medical condition,” her attorney Tamar Arminak told People. “She has remained silent because she believed it was best to keep her mental health diagnosis private. However, she asked me to dispel certain rumors. For the record, Amanda does not have schizophrenia, nor has she ever been diagnosed with it.”
It was widely reported last year that Amanda was suffering from schizophrenia and/or bipolar disorder. In September, her attorney Rich Hutton argued the then-hospitalized star was mentally unfit to stand trial for her April 2012 DUI arrest.
A source told People Amanda is undergoing outpatient therapy several times a week to work “through the causes of her past bizarre behavior.”
Tamar clarified Amanda is currently on “zero medication.”
“She’s devoted to living her life as healthy as possible. She’s never had a history of abusing alcohol or hard drugs, and she’s proud to say she’s been marijuana-free for the past nine months.”
For now, Amanda’s focused on her classwork at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising as well as rebuilding her family relationships.
Added mom Lynn Bynes, “We’re so proud of how far Amanda has come.”
UPDATE Lynn Bynes elaborated to Us Weekly that Amanda “has no mental illness whatsoever. She has never been diagnosed as schizophrenic or bipolar.”
She added Amanda’s behavioral issues last year were solely rooted in marijuana use. She said, “She is very sorry for all the hurtful tweets, statements and actions that occurred while she was under the influence of marijuana.”
