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PMDD is a more intense form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), which describes various distressing symptoms occurring in the week or two before a period

Vicky Pattison has opened up about her ‘terrifying’ battle with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) in a candid social media post. While the TV star’s symptoms are always up and down, she said ‘nothing could have prepared’ her for this debilitating past month.

“Usually there’s no real rhyme or reason,” she told fans on Instagram yesterday. “But last month, I knew I was in for a bit of a rough ride- I hadn’t done anything that I know helps alleviate my symptoms.

“I hadn’t been consistent with my supplements, my diet was atrocious and my schedule was just unrelenting so I went into my luteal phase not really standing a chance. But despite my concerns, nothing could have prepared me.”

PMDD is a more intense form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), which describes various distressing symptoms occurring in the week or two before a period. For Vicky, this involved ‘crippling anxiety,’ insomnia, and troubling thoughts, as she conveyed feelings of worthlessness and believed that the world ‘would be a better place’ without her.

Sadly, she isn’t alone in her experience. A 2021 study found that women with PMDD are four times more likely to have suicidal thoughts than others and nearly seven times more likely to attempt suicide.

Besides its severe impact on mental health and energy levels, PMDD can also manifest as physical symptoms. According to Mind, these generally include the following:

• Headaches
• Feeling bloated
• Changes in your appetite, such as overeating or having specific food cravings
• Sleep problems
• Breast tenderness or swelling
• Pain in your muscles and joints

While the cause of PMDD is mainly unknown, some suggest it may be related to hormonal differences or even past physical or mental trauma. Despite the crippling nature of this syndrome, PMDD is often considered a largely understudied health condition. This could mean that countless cases are being overlooked.

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Dr Gareth Nye, a Senior Lecturer at Chester Medical School (@dr.gareth.nye ), previously told the Express: “It is largely undiagnosed for two major reasons. First is a lack of understanding from medical professionals about the condition and the impact it may have.

“Secondly, it may be due to the woman herself not realising her experiences are not normal and can be treated and managed. We see many female-centred conditions falling into these brackets. The menopause, for example, can be quite severe for some however women may just assume it’s normal.”

Dr Nye also mentioned that for a ‘successful diagnosis’, a woman would usually need to exhibit at least ‘five symptoms’ of PMDD, even if they occur only for a brief period during the menstrual cycle.

So, if you’re worried about having PMDD, it’s beneficial to track your symptoms over the month and share this with a doctor. Doing so may help to rule out the possibility of other health issues.

Dr Nye added: “These changes make day-to-day life during this time extremely difficult and it may result in changes in work or home life. It can become more of an issue if support networks or employers do not understand the severity of the condition.”

For emotional support, call the Samaritans 24-hour helpline at 116 123, email jo@samaritans.org, visit a Samaritans branch in person, or go to the Samaritans website.

The Boys star, who plays Annie January, opened up about her recent health battle and diagnosis

The Boys star Erin Moriarty has opened up on her health struggles and revealed her diagnosis. The actress, who plays Annie January/Starlight in the Amazon Prime TV show, said she was diagnosed with Graves’ disease last month.

The Starlight actress took to Instagram to update her followers and she had put her symptoms down to “stress and fatigue.” However, the issues she was facing were actually down to an autoimmune disease that’s caused by over activity of the thyroid gland.

In the post, Erin wrote: “Autoimmune disease manifests differently in everybody/every body. Your experience will be different from mine. My experience will be different from yours.

“Perhaps greatly, perhaps minutely. One thing I can say: if I hadn’t chalked it all up to stress and fatigue, I would’ve caught this sooner. A month ago, I was diagnosed with Graves’ disease.

“Within 24 hours of beginning treatment, I felt the light coming back on. It’s been increasing in strength ever since. If yours is dimming, even slightly, go get checked. Don’t ‘suck it up’ and transcend suffering; you deserve to be comfy. S**** hard enough as is.”

The post featured several photos, including a screenshot to the star’s mum. In the text, Erin wrote: “I’m serious; I really really need relief. I feel nauseated tonight.

“I feel so s*** and removed from who I am, I can’t live like this forever. Or that long. There aren’t moments anymore, not even a passing 5 seconds, when I feel normal.

“I’ve never had that. Not one. It’s not just fatigue – it’s an ineffable, system wide cry for help and I don’t know how long I can remain in this state.”

What is Graves’ disease?

According to the NHS, Graves’ disease is an over activity of the thyroid gland, named after a Dr Graves. It is an autoimmune disease, caused by antibodies which stimulate the thyroid gland to produce too much thyroid hormone.

Antibodies are produced by the body’s immune system to help fight infections. In patients with ‘autoimmune diseases’, antibodies react with the body’s own tissues.

Graves’ disease is most common in young women and is more common in women than men. Other family members may also be affected with thyroid disease: either Graves’ disease, or a thyroid swelling alone (goitre), or an under active gland.

What are the symptoms of Graves’ disease?

When the thyroid is overactive many of the body’s processes operate too quickly causing symptoms such as:

• Irritability and ‘swings’ in emotion; nervousness or anxiety
• Weight loss in spite of a good appetite
• Palpitations (fast or irregular heart beat)
• Sweating and feeling hot
• Shaking or tremor
• Poor sleep
• Muscle weakness, with difficulty getting out of a chair or climbing stairs
• Frequent bowel movements
• In women who are having periods, these may become light and scanty or stop altogether.

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After the tragic Air India crash yesterday, a Thai singer has opened up about his haunting experience surviving a similar ordeal almost 30 years ago

Following the news that one man survived the horrific plane crash in western India yesterday, a Thai singer and actor has revealed that he also made it out of a crash alive – after sitting in the exact same numbered seat.

Ruangsak Loychusak, 47, survived the 1998 Thai Airways plane crash that killed 101 passengers after diving into a swamp. He was in seat 11A – the same number as Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the British man who was the sole survivor of the Air India tragedy on June 12.

In 1998, The Thai Airways plane was carrying 132 passengers and 14 crew members – and only 45 people survived.

Ruangsak told the MailOnline: “The lone survivor of the plane crash in India was sitting in the same seat number as me, 11A. I want to offer my condolences to all those who lost loved ones in the tragedy.”

He went on to describe how the trauma impacted his life after the terrifying ordeal, and said that he had trouble flying for a decade. “I would struggle breathing, even though the air circulation was normal. I avoided speaking to anyone and always stared outside the window, blocking anyone from closing it to maintain my sense of safety,” he explained.

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Ruangsak also said that he can still remember the sounds, smells, and the taste of the swamp water, almost three decades later.

The Air India flight yesterday took off from Ahmedabad at 9.08am and was set to land later that day in London Gatwick. However, within minutes, it crashed into a dining hall for medical students in a residential area.

The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner was carrying 242 people including 53 Brits, 169 Indian nationals, seven Portuguese people, and one Canadian. While at first, the city’s police chief told AP that there appeared to be no survivors, it was soon reported that Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, was alive.

Shortly after the crash, he told the Hindustan Times: “When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were pieces of the plane all around me. Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital.”

Ramesh was on the flight with his brother, who was seated in a different row. He said: “We visited Diu. He was travelling with me and I can’t find him anymore. Please help me find him.”

Another of Ramesh’s brothers, from Leicester in the East Midlands, said the family were “shocked”. He continued: “I last spoke to him yesterday morning. We’re devastated, just devastated. He said: ‘I have no idea how I exited the plane.’”

The UK’s prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, said in a press conference: “The images and news from India is absolutely devastated and I speak for the entire country in saying our thoughts are with each and every one of those involved. There will be British and Indian families across the land who are absolutely impacted by this and our thoughts first and foremost are with them.”

He confirmed that an investigation team has been deployed, led by the foreign secretary. He said they were working with the Indian authorities to establish the facts of what happened, and would provide an update as soon as possible.

The Hawkeye star died momentarily when he was crushed under a snowplough – and he says he did not want to return

When Haweye star Jeremy Renner was crushed by massive snowplough the experience changed his life. The actor was left with 38 broken bones, a collapsed lung and even his eyeball exploded out of the socket.

But as he fought to breathe he momentarily died at the scene – leaving him with an overwhelming feeling of what happens in the afterlife. Speaking on Lorraine on Friday he explained there was just one thing – “love”.

He told the show his near death experience was “difficult to quantify”. And he said he has realised recently: “The devil doesn’t exist when you are dead. That came to me last night.

“The devil – hatred – have to be the same. Hatred dies out, suffocates itself on the coattails of love. That’s the only thing you take with you when you die. It’s the most beautiful place.”

And the actor said when he “came back” he hadn’t wanted to return. Laughing he told viewers: “Can you imagine? It was like there’s my eye, that’s sitting on the ice. My twisted legs.”

The Mayor Kingstown star was injured in the “incident” – he refuses to call it an accident – which happened on New Year’s Day in 2023. He was helping a family member get a stuck vehicle out of the estimated three feet of snowfall from the night before when he was run over by a 14,300-lb. snowplow.

The Marvel actor was told at the time he would never walk again but has gone on to heal – but has previously said his recovery will be a “forever” process.

He has written about his experience and journey to recovery in a book, My Next Breath named after the moment he knew he had to keep on breathing or he would pass out and die. Lorraine viewers were told how the incident left hims with a heart rate so low he was clinically dead, his legs were twisted and his eyeball was out of its socket.

He said: “By the time the paramedics got there I’d already passed and came back. They got there 10 minutes later. My heart rate was pretty low and I was hypothermic at this point. I was more at risk to die permanently from the hypothermia

“It’s interesting to be able to see your left eye with your right eye. It came out of my head.”

He told how when he was 12 he had gone to a Lamaze breathing class with his mum who was pregnant at the time and he had used this later in life such as when doing auditions so he didn’t “forget to breathe”. It was this which also helped him as he lay in the snow.

Trapped under the snowplough he realised he needed to make a conscious effort to breathe or he would die. He said: “I didn’t know exactly why but I knew I wasn’t breathing and I wasn’t going to breathe unless I forced air in.

“I was struggling, I was suffocating. My ribcage and my lung was popped and all these other things were happening. I didn’t know that at the time but I thought maybe it was a cramp or some other workout. I couldn’t get air. It was essential otherwise you pass out, your organs fail and you are dead.”

He also told how the experience had changed his life and the way he dealt with fame. Writing in his book he said he often lived as a hermit, eating sandwiches in toilets at airports, waiting until the last second to get out and get on the plane.

He said: “There has been a road or a pathway between myself and the public being famous for the man that I am and not the role that I played. It’s very different. Sure I can be known as Hawkeye or this person or that person, whatever, but I’m also known for just being the man that I am and being treated as the man that I am, not as a product on the shelf that you deserve a selfie with.

“It’s become much more intimate and beautiful.” He said people would say “meaningful” things such as “glad you are with us”. He said people now had “really encouraging, loving things to say” rather than in the past when it would be ‘hey, let’s get a selfie together”.

A second celebrity has pulled out of playing at this weekend’s Soccer Aid event amid Sam Thompson switching roles from player to coach. Bear Grylls, who was initially set to join Harry Redknapp’s England team, has been forced to pull out of Sunday’s game.

During an appearance on ITV’s Lorraine this morning, the TV survival expert shared the disappointing news with fans. Bear confessed he had been “excited” to make his Soccer Aid debut, but unfortunately, an injury has left him unable to participate.

Speaking to Ranvir Singh on ITV show Lorraine this morning, he explained: “I know it’s a hard one, this for me. I picked up a stupid injury.

“Yeah, doing some Soccer Aid training, and some sprints and pulled a hamstring. And I’m back on Running Wild next week. So I’ve got to try and get that to recover. But I’m gutted. I think Soccer Aid is one of the most iconic things on TV through the year.”

He continued: “Such a beautiful cause as well for UNICEF. Never needed more than right now around the world, helping children suffering the most. So I’m really sad not to be playing, but I’m going to be cheering you guys on. I’m hoping Team England have got it. But yeah, well done. I’m so sorry. I’m so sad not to be joining you.”

Bear’s withdrawal comes as Sam Thompson also steps back from playing duties. The former Made In Chelsea star made the tough decision to to step back from participating in this weekend’s event following a training session yesterday.

The star-studded match was poised to feature football icons like Wayne Rooney, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes, together with Lioness talents Toni Duggan, Steph Houghton and Jill Scott, and entrepreneur Steve Bartlett.

The line-up also boasts figures such as Euro 2020 champion Leonardo Bonucci, Nadia Nadim, artist Diamond and Strictly’s Gorka Marquez, as well as celebs like Paddy McGuiness, Sam Quek, Dermot Kennedy, Tom Grennan, and Martin Compston set to take part.

Unfortunately, Sam won’t be gracing the pitch due to an injury sustained during his momentous five-day charity endeavour which saw him raise over £1 million for Unicef; the efforts were marred when he suffered a dramatic calf tear. Even though he’ll be absent from the on-pitch action, Sam isn’t completely side-lined – he’ll be taking on a coaching role during the Manchester event.

Sharing an update on This Morning, he expressed: “I’m still very sore, still got the torn calf, however I am here at Soccer Aid HQ and it does not get better than this. We’ve still got the management team of England, we’ve got Vicky McClure, Tyson Fury, who’s stepping into some new shoes and Harry Redknapp..”

“But also because I’m not going to be able to run around, you’ve also got me, part of the management team. Come on baby! … I came here with high hopes and went to see Gary the physio and I can kick a ball from a standing start, but when it comes to like general chaos of playing competitive sport there’s just no way. I cant really run properly so yeah. They were very kind and said we still want you to be a part, so I get to go on the dark side with Tyson Fury.”

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