Helen Flanagan has revealed she hoped medication would “fix” her mental health problems after feeling “horrible and depressed”.
The Coronation Street star, 33, has been incredibly candid about the breakdown she suffered earlier this year, which forced her to cancel her acting comeback.
And in an upcoming interview on the Full of Grace podcast, Helen will share how she begged doctors to give her medication to “level her out” but instead it made her feel “absolutely terrible.”
In a clip from the podcast, which will be released on Friday, Helen said: “I just couldn’t face it, I felt so bad and I would feel so depressed.”
“(I would go to) the doctors and say, ‘Honestly, I feel so bad mentally before my period that I need to take something to level it out.'”
Helen Flanagan has revealed she hoped medication would “fix” her mental health problems after feeling “horrible and depressed”.
The Coronation Street star has been incredibly candid about the breakdown she suffered earlier this year after a reaction to her ADHD medication.
“I thought it was going to fix me, but it actually made me feel absolutely terrible.”
In February, it was revealed that Helen was pulling out of her role as Miss Scarlett in the show Cluedo 2 after being “advised to withdraw for medical reasons”, however she did not elaborate on the reason for her departure, sparking fears. . among fans.
In March, on Instagram, she revealed that throughout January and February she was fighting a secret battle with her mental health following her split from Scott Sinclair.
Helen has since admitted the extent of her problems, as she revealed to The Mirror that she was seeing things and felt like she was in danger all the time after having a reaction to her ADHD medication.
He confessed that it was difficult for him to face the separation: ‘I don’t see it as a breakup, I see it as a divorce. We were together 13 years. But instead of processing it all, I got to work and turned off my emotions.
‘I just went into survival mode. Then it all came to the surface earlier this year and I was falling apart mentally and physically.
He then began taking medication for his ADHD and suffered a bad reaction to his medication, as he explained: “It was really sad and very scary.” ‘He was seeing things and felt like he was in danger all the time.’
While her episode was within reach, Helen jetted off to Bali with her children Matilda, eight, Delilah, five, and Charlie, two, who she shares with her ex Scott.
In an upcoming interview on the Full of Grace podcast, Helen will share how she begged doctors to give her medication to “level her out,” but instead it made her feel “absolutely terrible.”
Helen previously admitted how scary the breakdown was when she revealed she was seeing things and feeling like she was in danger all the time after a reaction to her ADHD medication.
Helen didn’t have her children for Christmas because they were with their father, so she decided to take them to the sunny destination for a special New Year’s Eve.
During the trip, she shared a slew of sweet snaps, with smiles hiding her hidden pain following her painful breakup from her ex and her new life as a single mother.
While she did not comment on their battle at the time, she suffered a psychotic break due to unresolved trauma surrounding their separation.
The couple ended their relationship in 2022 after spending 13 years together.
Helen’s children stayed with their parents while she sought help, as the mother made sure to put her family first.
The Coronation Street star opened up about her psychosis for the first time in March after a break from social media, explaining she was “struggling emotionally” with her split from ex Scott Sinclair and the demands of being a working single mother.
She began: “Basically, I really struggled with my mental health in December/January,” Helen began her post.
“I didn’t really feel very good mentally over Christmas and I really didn’t feel much different when I took the kids away for New Year’s. “I had a lot of difficult things that I just can’t talk about on Instagram.
She ended her post by stating that “I’ve always been honest here and I’m in a very happy place now.” Therapy can be amazing and I feel like I’ve worked on myself through things that were pretty hard for me, but now I feel lighter anyway. Sending you love and please be kind.’
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