In recent years, former Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison has raised awareness of PMDD, or premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
Reality TV star Vicky Pattison has shared a fear over parenthood. She’s opened up about the potential impact of a health condition, saying that she worries it will make it “very difficult” for her to be the parent that she wants to be.
Vicky, 37, has raised awareness of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) since being diagnosed two years ago. The former Geordie Shore star has spoken about symptoms that she has experienced, including “crippling” anxiety and insomnia, in the weeks leading up to her period each month.
The presenter has now expressed concern over the prospect of parenthood due to the condition. It comes after Vicky previously shared that she was freezing embryos amid her relationship with Ercan Ramadan.
Speaking to The Sun, Vicky said in an interview published tonight: “I am a woman of a certain age who would love to have kids.” She added: “But my fear is that my condition will make it very difficult to be the mum that I want to be.”
She then went on to discuss exhaustion-related symptoms. Vicky said, “You want to be this lovely, patient mother, but I worry what I’ll be like with PMDD because you’re short-tempered and exhausted.
Vicky, who is set to appear in a segment on Good Morning Britain tomorrow about women being misdiagnosed with conditions, also spoke about her experience with the outlet. She recalled it taking five years to be diagnosed with PMDD.
She claimed that her period symptoms “increased exponentially” once they “weren’t getting any better.” Vicky claimed that during her “more intense” times, she had “suicidal thoughts,” and that her experience was “so debilitating.”
Vicky claimed, however, that doctors repeatedly “repeatedly dismissed” her for five years. She claimed that a doctor informed her that she was simply more “sensitive” than other women, who had symptoms like cramps and depressive moods.
She shared that she ended up seeing a private physician who later diagnosed her with PMDD. When she received the diagnosis, Vincent claimed that she “broke down.”
Vicky added that as she gets older, she also reveals that she loses herself each month. She claimed that the period now lasts for up to ten days before it begins.
She claimed that emotions, stress, and anxiety are symptoms. She continued, noting that she didn’t enjoy things that normally gave her joy. In the days leading up to each month’s period, Vicky claimed that she is “completely unrecognisable.”
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Source: Mirror
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