MARIAH CAREY REVEALS SHE HAS BIPOLAR DISORDER

Pop singer Mariah Carey disclosed on Wednesday that she suffers from bipolar disorder, telling People magazine that she was diagnosed in 2001 but had only recently been taking medication for it.

Carey revealed that she got the diagnosis when she was hospitalised following an emotional and physical breakdown around the time of her critically panned movie Glitter (2001). She said she did not want to believe it and only sought treatment recently.

“I lived in denial and isolation, and in constant fear [that] someone would expose me. It was too heavy a burden and I simply couldn’t do it anymore. I sought and received treatment. I put positive people around me and got back to doing what I love — writing songs and making music,” she told the magazine.

Carey came forward after a rough few years that included her divorce from comedian Nick Cannon, with whom she has sixyear-old twins, and her short-lived but high-profile 2016 engagement to Australian billionaire James Packer.

The five-time Grammy winner said she is taking medication that “is not making me feel too tired or sluggish” and is working on a new album due out later this year.

THE SINGER IS TAKING MEDICATION FOR BIPOLAR II FORM OF THE DISORDER As a child who gawked at Sridevi with starry eyes, it’s going to be exciting and nostalgic. ISHA TALWAR ACTOR

PHOTO: AP Grammywinning singer Mariah Carey is known for hits such as One Sweet Day and Without You