TMZ is running some very pro-Lindsay Lohan stories today. In one, they claim that Lindsay’s problems are all due to the incorrect Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder diagnosis she received years ago, leading a doctor to put her on Adderall, which is essentially prescription speed. For people who don’t need Ritalin, it can make them manic and out of control, behaviors we’ve certainly seen from Lindsay over the past few years. I think her issues go much deeper than that, but of course being on speed is going to make her spiral downward. Where does personal responsibility come into this equation? Plenty of people get prescriptions for all sorts of things and don’t become addicts who piss away careers and get multiple DUIs. When they see that things are getting out of hand, they check themselves and/or get help. Not Lindsay, although if you consider her immediate options her situation makes much more sense.

According to another story on TMZ, Lindsay has been weaned off of all of her prescription medication, including Adderall, but she was never a serious addict and it’s some bad doctor’s fault she was on it in the first place. Lindsay is expected to return home from rehab sometime in the next two weeks.

TMZ has learned … the doctors who have evaluated Lindsay Lohan at UCLA have concluded she does not suffer from the drug or psychiatric problems that were previously diagnosed.

Sources familiar with Lindsay’s treatment at UCLA tell TMZ … there’s a feeling among doctors that Judge Marsha Revel “overreacted” when she ordered Lindsay to stay at the facility for 90 days.

We’re told Lindsay has been “weaned off” all of her meds — Dilaudid, Ambien, Adderall, Zoloft, Trazodone and Nexium — and has had no adverse reaction. Likewise, she has had no withdrawal issues in the alcohol department. Bottom line — the docs don’t think Lindsay is an addict.

And, we’re told Lindsay was misdiagnosed in the past with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) — which is why she started taking Adderall. The UCLA docs say LiLo does not have ADHD.

And finally, as for having psychiatric problems — again the doctors say it’s just not the case. Morningside Recovery — the rehab facility Judge Revel initially chose for Lindsay — determined she was bipolar, but the docs at UCLA say she is not. Our sources say Lindsay suffers from a personality disorder, which is all too common in society and sometimes partly the result of difficulties when growing up in Hollywood.

Our sources say the doctors are recommending an early release from UCLA — we’re told they think the maximum amount of time she should spend there is 30 days — followed by outpatient care…

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Lindsay Lohan’s Adderall dependence — the result of a medical misdiagnosis — may have been the reason she went off the rails.

As we first reported, the docs at the UCLA 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.

Dr. Haraszti tells us … people who unnecessarily take Adderall can display manic symptoms … and often do things like “driving around until all hours of the morning … smoking heavily … tweeting … and texting all night long.” The doc adds, “They can become very impulsive.”

The doc also notes that people in that situation “might then complain of insomnia and then take Ambien or other sleep aids to help fall asleep … it’s a vicious cycle”

Dr. Marc Kern — another addiction expert — tells us alcohol abuse is also very common among patients who take Adderall.

Dr. Kern tells us, “The Adderall counteracts the sedative side effects of alcohol use … making these people often drink more than someone who does not take the drug.”

Bottom line — a bad medical diagnosis may have set the ball rolling that unhinged Lindsay’s life.

[From two different stories on TMZ]

This sounds just like Lindsay – it was somebody else’s fault, and she never had a problem anyway, and even if she did it’s all better now and she’s fine and “working,” and we never let her just focus on her career. It could be accurate, though, that Lindsay probably isn’t as lost a case as they normally see in that facility. She’s not going to change, though, if she doesn’t lose some of that sense of entitlement. I could be wrong, and I hope I am for her sake. Can you imagine if she got out and seemed a lot more clearheaded and regular all of a sudden? Yeah, that’s not going to happen and even if it does it won’t last. But go ahead and prove me wrong, Lindsay. You’re about to get a hell of a lot more chances to mess up.