Lady Gaga has revealed details of her marijuana addiction, explaining that at one point, she was smoking 15 to 20 marijuana cigarettes a day, according to news reports. 
 
 "I have been addicted to it and it's ultimately related to anxiety coping and it's a form of self-medication," Gaga said on the Z100 Morning Show, as reported by People magazine. 
 
 Gaga broke her hip earlier this year, causing her to cancel part of her Born This Way tour. 
 
 "I was living on a totally other psychedelic plane, numbing myself completely, and looking back I do see now that some of it had to do with my hip pain," she told Z100, as reported by People. "I didn't know where the pain was coming from so I was just in a lot of pain and very depressed all the time and not really sure why." 
 
 While research has shown that the percentage of people who try marijuana and become addicted to it is small, it is possible to get hooked on the drug. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about 9 percent of marijuana users become dependent on the drug, with that percentage going up for people who begin using the drug in adolescence. 
 
 Comparatively, Scientific American pointed out that in a 1994 study showing that 9 percent of people who've tried marijuana become dependent on it, the numbers are higher for other substances: alcohol is 15 percent, heroin is 23 percent and nicotine is 32 percent. 
 
 Marijuana withdrawal (officially called cannabis withdrawal in the recently released fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) is also sometimes seen in people who stop using marijuana, and is characterized by anxiety, problems sleeping, irritability and aggression, the NIDA reported. And while it's impossible to die from a marijuana overdose like you would from other illicit, dangerous drugs, dependence on marijuana can cause disruptions to people's lives, TIME reported. 
 
 However, TIME pointed out that addiction to marijuana does not look exactly the same as addiction to other illicit drugs, such as heroin. TIME explains: ||||| Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic Look at Me! Lady Gaga attends artRave: Lady Gaga's 'Artpop' official album release party in New York City on Sunday. 
 
 Believe it or not, Lady Gaga has some problems with fame — and she's seeing a shrink to deal with them. 
 
 The "Applause" singer, who doesn't shy away from the spotlight, says sometimes her level of fame is too immense and she needs to talk it out with a professional. 
 
 Gaga has told Attitude magazine that she's tried talking to a shrink and wants her fans to reach out and get some help if they are experiencing problems in their lives. 
 
 Here's a tip Gaga — maybe if you toned down those crazy outfits all eyes wouldn't be on you all the time. 
 
 See Confidenti@l's Marianne Garvey talk it out on VH1's "Gossip Table." 
 
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– Lady Gaga is (or was) addicted to marijuana, she revealed in a radio interview recently, People reports. "It's ultimately related to anxiety coping and it's a form of self-medication," Gaga told Elvis Duran and the Z100 Morning Show. "I was smoking up to 15 to 20 marijuana cigarettes a day with no tobacco." She says she used the pot to deal with her recent hip injury, as well as other stresses related to her fame. "The truth is that I can break, and I did. I was not very good at breaking," she said. "I lost everything that I love. I was in a wheelchair for six months. I did a lot of drugs and took a lot of pills." "The truth is that it is very hard to be famous," she continued. "It's wonderful to be famous because I have amazing fans. But it is very, very hard to go out into the world when you are not feeling happy and act like you are." She added that she's struggled with addiction, to various substances, from a young age, but she's now fighting it and wants to make new music without being under the influence of anything. (If you're skeptical of her addiction claim, the Huffington Post points out that it is possible to become dependent on the drug, though few people do.) Gaga also recently told Attitude magazine she's seeing a shrink to help her deal, the New York Daily News reports.