Mariah Carey has revealed that she has been battling with a bipolar disorder for 17 years. The singer told People she was first diagno...
Mariah Carey has revealed that she has been battling with a
bipolar disorder for 17 years.
The singer told People she was first diagnosed with the
condition in 2001 after a mental breakdown which resulted in her being admitted
to hospital. Carey, who has sold 200 million records worldwide, said she only
recently has sought medical treatment.
She said it came after "the hardest couple of years
I've been through". "Until recently I lived in denial and isolation
and in constant fear someone would expose me," she explained.
"It was too heavy a burden to carry and I simply
couldn't do that anymore. I sought and received treatment, I put positive
people around me and I got back to doing what I love - writing songs and making
music."
Carey said she is now having therapy and taking medication
for bipolar disorder, which has caused her to have periods of depression and
hypomania, which can cause irritability and insomnia.
"I'm actually taking medication that seems to be
pretty good. It's not making me feel too tired or sluggish or anything like
that. Finding the proper balance is what is most important," she told
People.
She added that for a long time she thought she had
"severe sleep disorder" but whilst working on her album in the studio
released "it wasn't normal insomnia".
I was irritable and in constant fear of letting people
down. I guess my depressive episodes were characterized by having very low
energy. I would feel so lonely and sad - even guilty that I wasn't doing what I
needed to be doing for my career."
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