Gucci Mane

• Gucci Mane publicly disclosed in 2025 that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. He discussed both diagnoses while promoting his memoir Episodes: The Diary of a Recovering Mad Man. [4][1]
• In the memoir, he revisits earlier mental-health episodes and provides his account of what was happening during periods that had previously been visible mainly through his public behaviour, music or news coverage. [4]

• Gucci Mane has described episodes of psychosis in which he heard voices speaking negatively about people close to him. Looking back, he said he felt embarrassed and hurt by things he had said during those periods. [1][5]
• Reflecting on these episodes in 2026, Gucci Mane said they could last up to a month and involve irrational thinking, hearing voices, feeling unlike himself and behaving irresponsibly. He described the experience as a “total loss of control.” [6]

• Gucci Mane has said his 2020 episode pushed him to seek professional treatment. He began therapy and was prescribed medication, saying he became willing to do whatever was necessary to get better. [7][1]
• Gucci Mane has identified drug use, stress and lack of sleep as triggers for his episodes. His wife, Keyshia Ka’oir, has said she learned to watch for early warning signs including withdrawal, not eating and not sleeping, and to intervene when she believes an episode is developing. [8][9][1]

• In 2025, Ka’oir said that the severe episode Gucci Mane experienced in 2020 had been his last. Gucci Mane said he remained committed to taking care of his mental health because he did not want to experience another episode. [9][1]

• Gucci Mane has said that one reason he wrote Episodes was to help other people. In a 2026 interview, he described wanting the book to serve as a guide for artists going through similar mental-health difficulties by showing what he had experienced and what he did afterward. [10]
• The book also includes conversations with mental-health professionals and was presented by its publisher as an effort to encourage more open public discussion of mental illness and reduce the stigma surrounding those conversations. [4]

“Whatever I need to do to get better.”

— Gucci Mane [1]