{"id":2155056,"date":"2025-11-13T22:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T22:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2155056"},"modified":"2025-11-13T22:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T22:08:07","slug":"lady-gaga-on-lithium-during-a-star-is-born-had-psychotic-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lady-gaga-on-lithium-during-a-star-is-born-had-psychotic-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga on lithium during &#8216;A Star Is Born, had psychotic break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F11%2F115345186.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lady Gaga says she is lucky to be alive.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cPoker Face\u201d star has revealed that she was taking mood stabilizers to treat her mental health <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/09\/25\/lady-gaga-gives-oscar-worthy-performance-in-a-star-is-born\/\">while filming \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d<\/a> in 2017, and that she later suffered a psychotic break.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did\u00a0\u2018A Star Is Born\u2019\u00a0on lithium,\u201d the Grammy winner, 39, told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/lady-gaga-mayhem-tour-grammys-cover-story-interview-1235460150\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a>\u00a0in an interview published Thursday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lady Gaga on the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone. <span class=\"credit\">Greg Swales\/ Rolling Stone<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cPoker Face\u201d singer opened up about her mental health troubles during a new interview with Rolling Stone published Nov. 13, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Greg Swales\/ Rolling Stone<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lithium is used to treat mania that is part of bipolar disorder, per the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/drugs-supplements\/lithium-oral-route\/description\/drg-20064603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayo Clinic<\/a>, as well as to reduce the frequency and severity of manic episodes.\u00a0Gaga has never publicly disclosed a diagnosis.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Shortly after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/10\/04\/lady-gaga-and-bradley-cooper-crashed-real-concerts-for-a-star-is-born-scenes\/\">she and co-star Bradley Cooper<\/a> wrapped filming on the 2018 musical, Gaga kicked off her Joanne World Tour. It ran from August 2017 to February 2018, and it was then that the Grammy winner suffered her mental health episode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was one day that my sister said to me, \u2018I don\u2019t see my sister anymore.\u2019 And I canceled the tour,\u201d the \u201cBad Romance\u201d singer shared. \u201cThere was one day I went to the hospital for psychiatric care.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bradley Cooper and Gaga in \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d (2018). <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cooper as Jackson Maine and Gaga as Ally Campana in \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d (2018). <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cA Star Is Born\u201d (2018) was nominated for eight Oscars at the 91st Academy Awards in 2019. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI needed to take a break,\u201d she continued. \u201cI couldn\u2019t do anything\u2026I completely crashed. It was really scary. There was a time where I didn\u2019t think I could get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gaga, however, received the mental help she needed and was feeling better by the time \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d received eight nominations at the 91st Academy Awards in 2019. She went on to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/02\/24\/oscar-winners-2019-full-list-starting-with-regina-king-and-queens-opening-set\/\">win the Oscar for Best Original Song<\/a>\u00a0for \u201cShallow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel really lucky to be alive,\u201d Gaga acknowledged. \u201cI know that might sound dramatic, but we know how this can go.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cBad Romance\u201d hitmaker revealed that she suffered her psychotic episode during her Joanne World Tour, which ran from August 2017 to February 2018. <span class=\"credit\">Greg Swales\/ Rolling Stone<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gaga told Rolling Stone that she is \u201creally lucky to be alive\u201d following her psychotic break eight years ago. <span class=\"credit\">Greg Swales\/ Rolling Stone<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cBorn This Way\u201d hitmaker now considers herself a \u201chealthy, whole person\u201d and credits <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/02\/entertainment\/lady-gaga-reveals-unorthodox-way-fiance-michael-polansky-proposed\/\">her fianc\u00e9, Michael Polansky,<\/a> with helping to get her there.<\/p>\n<p>Gaga and Polansky, 42, began dating in 2020. He <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/29\/entertainment\/lady-gaga-and-michael-polansky-have-been-secretly-engaged-for-months-report\/\">asked the pop superstar to marry him<\/a> in April of last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing in love with someone that cares about the real me made a very big difference,\u201d she shared. \u201cWhat he saw was, this is somebody that feels very far away from what they\u2019re supposed to be doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gaga credits her fianc\u00e9, Michael Polansky, with helping to make her a \u201chealthy, whole person\u201d again. <span class=\"credit\">ladygaga\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Polansky proposed to the Grammy winner in April 2024. <span class=\"credit\">ladygaga\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gaga and Polansky out and about in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Gus Gonzalves \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted to take care of me. And I\u2019ve never been loved that way,\u201d Gaga added of her fianc\u00e9. \u201cMy life was serious to him. It was not a party. He helped me see that my life was precious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere during her chat with Rolling Stone, the \u201cFame Monster\u201d artist opened up about \u201cJoker: Folie \u00e0 Deux\u201d bombing at the box office.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gaga opened up about her 2024 film, \u201cJoker: Folie \u00e0 Deux,\u201d during her chat with Rolling Stone as well. <span class=\"credit\">Greg Swales\/ Rolling Stone<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gaga starred in the 2024 \u201cfilm \u201cJoker\u201d sequel alongside Joaquin Phoenix, and it received poor reactions from fans and critics alike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t, like, unfazed,\u201d she said of its poor reception. \u201cIt\u2019s funny, I\u2019m almost nervous to share my reaction. But the truth is, when it first started happening, I started laughing. Because it was just getting so unhinged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it takes a while for something to kind of dissipate, that can be a little bit more painful,\u201d Gaga added. \u201cOnly because I put a lot of myself into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lady Gaga says she is lucky to be alive. The \u201cPoker Face\u201d star has revealed that she was taking mood stabilizers to treat her mental health while filming \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d in 2017, and that she later suffered a psychotic break. \u201cI did\u00a0\u2018A Star Is Born\u2019\u00a0on lithium,\u201d the Grammy winner, 39, told\u00a0Rolling Stone\u00a0in an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2155057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[412573,25538,309078,21751,21741,25405,21912,21800,22149,29901],"class_list":["post-2155056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-a-star-is-born","tag-actors","tag-bradley-cooper","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-lady-gaga","tag-movies","tag-music","tag-musicians","tag-singers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Lady-Gaga-on-lithium-during-A-Star-Is-Born-had.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2155056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155058,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155056\/revisions\/2155058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2155057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2155056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2155056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2155056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}