Lady Gaga’s career was going very well in 2017 with the filming of the hit movie “A Star Is Born,” but it came with a heavy mental toll.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Gaga reveals she was taking lithium while making the movie with Bradley Cooper. Lithium is a mood stabilizer that is used to treat disorders such as mania, hypo-mania, depression and bipolar disorder, according to the National Health Service in England.
Gaga also released the album “Joanne” in 2016 and began a tour in 2017. The extensive workload led to a psychotic break, she tells Rolling Stone.
“I did ‘A Star Is Born’ on lithium,” Gaga says in the interview. “There was one day that my sister said to me, ‘I don’t see my sister anymore.’ And I canceled the tour.
“There was one day I went to the hospital for psychiatric care. I needed to take a break. I couldn’t do anything … I completely crashed. It was really scary. There was a time where I didn’t think I could get better. … I feel really lucky to be alive. I know that might sound dramatic, but we know how this can go.”
Gaga was nominated for two Oscars for her work in “A Star Is Born,” winning for best original song with “Shallow.”
She says she now is in good health, crediting her fiancé Michael Polansky. The couple have been together since 2020, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“Being in love with someone that cares about the real me made a very big difference,” Gaga said.
She will hit the road next year as part of “The Mayhem Ball” tour. There currently are no shows scheduled for Cleveland. She did perform in Cleveland in August 2017.
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