Corrie star Helen Flannagan admits to 'feeling horrendous' before her period, as experts reveal the debilitating premenstrual condition that causes women severe anxiety, rage and even suicidal thoughts EVERY MONTH PMDD affects 824,000 women in the UK and 4.2 million in the US every month READ MORE: Helen Flanagan admits to feeling 'horrendous before her period' By Rebecca Whittaker For Mailonline Published: 12:07 EDT, 5 June 2024 | Updated: 12:07 EDT, 5 June 2024 e-mail 13 View comments Helen Flanagan admitted she used to 'feel horrendous mentally before her period' to the point that 'she couldn't cope'. The Coronation Street star, 33, revealed in an upcoming interview on the Full of Grace Podcast , she pleaded with doctors for medication to 'level her out' after mental health struggles left her feeling 'awful and depressed.
' It comes after the mother-of-three revealed she had suffered a psychotic breakdown earlier this year, which forced her to pull out of her acting comeback as Miss Scarlett in the show Cluedo 2. Problems like these may be familiar to many of the 824,000 women in the UK and 4.2 million in the US, who suffer with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a severe and debilitating form of premenstrual syndrome.
Rather than feeling the odd cramp and perhaps feeling a little more teary than usual, women with PMDD struggle with the intense mood swings, anxiety and boiling rage every month. Helen Flanagan has revealed she 'used to feel horrendous before her period'.
