TV Star’s Shocking Health Turnaround: The £1 Pill Doctors Don’t Want You to Know About
Helen Flanagan, known for lighting up our screens on Coronation Street for over ten years, has recently peeled back the curtain on a dark chapter of her life—a battle with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Imagine your mood swinging so wildly that it practically hijacks your everyday existence; that’s what Helen faced. And in a twist that sounds almost too good to be true, a humble, budget-friendly pill nicknamed the “female viagra” stepped in as her unexpected hero. Could the secret to juggling severe mood swings be hidden in a little bottle costing less than your daily latte? Helen’s candid revelations about how PMDD tangled with her mental health, relationships, and daily grind invite us to rethink what we know about this debilitating condition. Buckle up—it’s heartfelt, it’s raw, and it’s oddly uplifting.
TV star Helen Flanagan has opened up about her diagnosis with a severe mood disorder and how a cheap pill known as the ‘female viagra’ helped to save her life.
The 35-year-old, who was a regular in Coronation Street for over a decade, spoke to The Sun recently about her premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) diagnosis, and how the health condition ruled her life until she discovered a cheap solution.
Flanagan, who also dated and had three children with footballer Scott Sinclair, spoke candidly about the impact of PMDD on her everyday life. The condition is described as a severe mood disorder that involves intense emotional and physical symptoms, such as extreme irritability, depression, anxiety, and physical pain.
She said: “It’s something that really rules my life. To be quite honest with you, I really struggle with my PMDD. I can get severe depression, and it can really take over my life.
“I really do struggle with my mental health massively, and it’s quite debilitating.”
The former Corrie star opened up about her health struggles (Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Flanagan suggests that the condition makes it hard for her to have relationships, and that she’s no longer looking for a partner, after recently splitting up with another former footballer in the form of Robbie Talbot.
She added: “Everybody that is close to me is very aware of my PMDD, I don’t think I’ve ever had a relationship with a man, or even when I’ve dated someone, that they don’t know about my cycle, because it massively changes everything.
“I could be really happy and great and positive, and then suddenly I’m really quite depressed.
“Especially in relationships, I could be very irritable, could get angry, overly emotional and anxious so it can be extremely, extremely challenging.
“I think I struggle with relationships as well. I don’t want a boyfriend at the moment, but I do think PMDD can make it very difficult to be with someone because men don’t really usually understand how you’re feeling.”
On one occasion, she felt so awful she was in bed for two days, adding: “I never actually do that.”
However, things changed for the celebrity when she took things into her own hards and discovered a supplement branded as The Golden Pill, offered by Elle Sera, a women’s health brand.
Flanagan shares three children with former fiancé Scott Sinclair (Bill Murray – SNS GroupSNS Group via Getty Images)
It’s made from maca root extract, tribulus terrestris, ginkgo biloba, Siberian ginseng and beetroot extract.
Although it is advertised as helping to boost libido, which Flanagan suggests she didn’t need, she claims that the £1.66 a day pill helps to balance her out.
She said: “I’ve always had a good sex drive. But I think it’s just made me feel stronger, more level, more balanced out. I haven’t felt the dramatic lows before my period.
“My PMDD can be so extreme, so it really does depend on what’s going on in my life as well.”
Dr Jen Graham from private healthcare company RevitaMed Health added: “PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) can greatly affect quality of life, yet treatment choices are limited. As GPs, we mainly use antidepressants or the contraceptive pill. These help many, but not all.
“The Golden Pill stabilises hormone fluctuations that can make symptoms easier to manage, offering better support for some patients.”
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