Overview
- Gaga says she took lithium while filming A Star Is Born in 2017 and later experienced what she describes as a psychotic break on the Joanne tour.
- She recalls canceling the final 10 dates and seeking hospital psychiatric care, saying she "completely crashed" and feared she might not recover.
- She has not disclosed a diagnosis, with reports noting lithium is a mood stabilizer commonly used to treat manic episodes.
- Gaga says she has reduced some medications and credits fiancé Michael Polansky with helping her regain stability, calling herself "a healthy, whole person."
- She links recovery to renewed creativity on her 2025 album Mayhem, now up for seven Grammys and supported by an ongoing Mayhem Ball tour.