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Amanda Bynes breaks two-month social media silence to update fans on her health while confirming she is still engaged

Isabel Thomson Officer

Amanda Bynes has broken her social media silence following "two months in treatment."

The 34-year-old gave fans a "life update" in the wake of her recent mental health battle and tumultuous on-again off-again relationship with her fiancé Paul Michael.

"Update: Getting my Bachelor's degree from FIDM," she began. "Taking online classes, trying to get a 4.0 GPA :] 🎓 Looking forward to starting my online store in the future."

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Paul Michael (left) and his fiancée Amanda Bynes. Instagram

Addressing her mental health woes, the She's a Man star was candid about her recovery process.

"Spent the last two months in treatment. Worked on coping skills to help with my social anxiety that caused me to drop out of school months ago."

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And it appears to have done her a world of good as the former Disney star says she's "Back on track and doing well!"

"I'm now living in transitional living and doing therapy during the week," she added.

Following a whirlwind engagement to Michael earlier this year in which she called him the "love of my life," the two went their separate ways merely three weeks after announcing their big news. Michael confirmed the news telling In Touch magazine at the time, "We did. Love her though, she's my best friend."

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However according to her latest post, Bynes and Michael's engagement is back on.

"Still engaged to tha love of my life Paul," she wrote alongside a rose emoji.

Shortly after their split, Bynes was ordered to check into a psychiatric facility a week after she celebrated a year of sobriety.

In since deleted posts, both Bynes and Michael announced in March that they were expecting a baby together.

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"Baby on board," wrote Bynes alongside a sonogram, meanwhile Michael posted the same photo as well as a selfie of the two of them with the caption, "Baby in the making."

The sonogram that Amanda Bynes and Paul Michael posted on Instagram. Instagram

Earlier this month, a lawyer for Bynes, David Esquibias, told E! News that "Amanda is not pregnant."

In February, Bynes confirmed in an Instagram video that she met her fiancé in rehab in late December.

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"Now I've remained sober for over a year — same with Paul," the former child star said on February 30. "I just wanted to let you know that I love you guys and I'm so happy now. I feel like I got what's mine and that is Paul."

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