Lady Gaga Reveals She Started DBT Therapy, Olanzapine After Having a Psychotic Break in New Interview
Lady Gaga Reveals She Started DBT Therapy, Olanzapine After Having a Psychotic Break in New Interview Leah Groth HealthNovember 6, 2019 There’s no denying it: Lady gaga is a powerhouse. In the past few years, not only has she continued cranking out music, but she’s also received critical acclaim for her role as Ally in A Star is Born, and recently launched her makeup brand, Haus Laboratories. But now, pop star is opening up (to Oprah Winfrey, no less) about her struggles with mental and physical health—and she’s not holding anything back. In the new interview for Elle, Gaga revealed just how much she identified with her A Star is Born character Ally, due to the trauma she’s experienced in her life. “I was raped when I was 19-year-old, repeatedly,” she said, also bringing up her fibromyalgia diagnosis. “I have PTSD. I have chronic pain. Neuropathic pain trauma response is a weekly part of my life. I’m on medication; I have several doctors,” she explained. At one point, Gaga said she thought she’d never totally recover from her trauma—and eventually, she had a “psychotic break,” which is essentially an episode of psychosis when a person loses touch with reality, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. “It was one of the worst things that’s ever happened to me,” she said. “I didn’t understand what was going on, because my whole body went numb; I fully dissociated. I was screaming, and then he calmed me down and gave me medication for when that happens— olanzapine.” Gaga went on to say that she still takes olanzapine, which is a mood stabilizer, since that experience.
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