Lady Gaga Shares She Was Hospitalized for Psychiatric Care After A Star Is Born
Lady Gaga disclosed taking lithium for mood episodes and a psychotic break during her Joanne tour, leading to canceled shows and a hospital stay, Rolling Stone reported.
- On Nov 13, Rolling Stone reported Lady Gaga revealed her psyche unraveled during filming A Star Is Born and months afterward on the Joanne World Tour, saying she took lithium during filming.
- Facing intense career demands, Gaga was in one of the busiest periods with the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Joanne album and tour, and A Star Is Born, saying she put a lot of herself into projects.
- After the backlash, she channeled it into music, canceling the final 10 dates of the Joanne tour and turning Folie à Deux, Joker sequel's $200 million flop into new songs on Mayhem and the "Disease" music video.
- Gaga credits her fianc� Michael Polansky, whom she began dating in 2019, with pulling her from a dark place and says being loved made a big difference in her recovery.
- Following the article, she framed the experience as survival and recovery, saying she felt she "didn’t think could get better" and now takes fewer antipsychotics after hospital psychiatric care.
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After an extremely busy period that included filming A Star Is Born, performing at the Super Bowl halftime show, performing at Coachella, and releasing an album, star Lady Gaga suffered a "mental breakdown." She spoke about the difficult life ordeal in a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
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