I’m Pain Free! Lady Gaga Reveals Her Disabling Fibromyalgia That Left Her ‘Ache From Head To Toe’ Has Miraculously Gone

Viewers of Lady Gaga’s revealing 2017 documentary will be familiar with the debilitating health issues she’s faced over the past decade.

In Four Foot Two, the megastar offered a heartbreaking insight into her battle with chronic pain caused by the chronic condition fibromyalgia.

The singer, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, has since spoken at length about her struggles, telling Oprah in a 2020 interview that she was “in pain from head to toe.”

But now the disease, for which there is no cure, appears to have subsided for 38-year-old Germanotta.

In her latest interview with Vogue magazine, the A Star Is Born actress said her most recent tour, in 2022, was the “first time I performed without pain.”

“I did it without pain,” she said. “I changed.”

She added that she hasn’t smoked “weed” in years, having previously said she uses the drug to help with her chronic pain.

While she doesn’t fully explain why her health has improved so dramatically, she says the 2022 tour, called Chromatica, was the first she did while in a relationship with her current fiancé, American entrepreneur Michael Polansky.

“Michael and I did that tour together,” she said, later adding that she is “really excited” to “organize our lives and our marriage around our creative output as a couple.”

Fibromyalgia is thought to affect between 1.8 and 2.9 million people in the UK.

The cause of the condition is unknown, but it is thought to involve misfiring brain signals that alter the way nerves carry pain signals through the body.

According to the NHS, it causes a range of symptoms including increased pain sensitivity, muscle stiffness, fatigue, difficulty concentrating and low mood.

There are limited treatments for fibromyalgia, and activists have long campaigned for further research to find better therapies.

Currently, the NHS recommends a combination of exercise, talking therapies and medications normally used to treat anxiety and depression.

There is little to no evidence that other types of medications help reduce long-term pain.

Germanotta previously admitted that she takes medication for her mental health that has helped her “tremendously,” during her 2020 interview with Oprah.

“I take an antipsychotic. (If I didn’t) I would get very depressed and spasms in my sleep,” she said.

‘Medication has really helped me. A lot of people are afraid that medication will help their brain. I really want to take away the stigma around it.’

However, antipsychotic medications such as amisulpride and clozapine are not recommended for fibromyalgia.

While there is no evidence that a new relationship can improve symptoms, studies have shown that emotional stress can make pain worse.

A 2019 study by Norwegian scientists found that stress-relieving therapies such as Mindfulness led to mild to moderate improvements in fibromyalgia-related symptoms in a group of female patients.

However, it could also just be a matter of timing that Lady Gaga is not showing any symptoms.

According to NHS guidelines, fibromyalgia symptoms vary over time and can suddenly improve significantly as brain signals regulate themselves.

But the condition can worsen just as quickly, with symptoms becoming increasingly severe.

“We know that fibromyalgia is a relapsing condition and that means most people experience fluctuations in their symptoms,” says GP Philippa Kaye.

‘One of the symptoms of the disease is that the symptoms are interchangeable: they can suddenly get better or worse.’

‘There is no cure, but for many people the pain disappears for a very long time.’

Dr. Kaye adds that patients can do a lot to manage the disease.

Examples include exercise programs and cognitive behavioral therapy.