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Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan opens up on 'severe depression' struggle

  • Actress Helen Flanagan, 34, shared an update on Instagram about her experience with premenstrual dysphoric disorder , a more severe form of PMS, revealing that she feels like she has 'four personalities each month'.
  • Inspired by Vicky Pattison, Flanagan opened up about her ongoing battle with PMDD, which can cause emotional and physical changes in the week or two before her period.
  • Flanagan's PMDD symptoms included severe depression, anxiety, OCD , hopelessness, worthlessness, exhaustion, and brain fog, lasting for approximately 10 days.
  • Flanagan stated, "I always feel like I have four personalities in one month and any boyfriend I've ever had knows how bad my PMDD can be," and noted the relief she feels when her period starts.
  • Flanagan has largely managed to get her condition under control with 'cycle-syncing,' exercise, diet, and monitoring her alcohol intake, and now only experiences mental changes for about four days before her period.
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Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan opens up on 'severe depression' struggle

Coronation Street's Helen Flanagan has said premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) gave her “severe depression”.

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Evening Standard broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Saturday, March 29, 2025.
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