How a break up can drive you to the point of insanity: As Helen Flanagan ... trends now
You may have heard the classic trope of the toxic 'psycho ex'.
Although it sounds cliché, psychologists say people really can be driven to the point of insanity after an intense break up.
Former Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan is the latest to reveal her mental health struggles after the end of a relationship.
The 32-year-old today revealed that she was diagnosed with psychosis following her split from ex Scott Sinclair, 35.
In a post on Instagram, she explained how the pressure of being a working single mum led her to turn to an ADHD medication to cope, but she ending up suffering psychosis as result from a 'bad reaction'.
Dr Touroni explains because your partner may have been your main source of companionship and emotional support, suddenly not having them around can leave you 'feeling lost' and trigger feelings of 'self-doubt' (stock image)
Psychosis is a serious mental health condition where sufferers lose contact with reality.
This can include hallucinations and internal mental delusions where they believe people are out to harm them.
In her social media post Flanagan said: 'I felt terrible, so I was due my theatre tour which I was excited about so when I came back from holiday I thought it was best for me to take some medication so I’d feel better and be able to cope better with being a working single mum of three and I was emotionally struggling with the break up from the father of my kids.
'But I had a really bad reaction though to the medication (an ADHD medication) and it sent me into a psychosis for a few days which I didn’t know I was in.'
She was eventually forced to pull out of her planned theatre tour for Cluedo 2.
Helen Flanagan (Pictured) has revealed she was diagnosed with psychosis after suffering a 'bad reaction' to her ADHD medication
In a lengthy post on Instagram the mother of three explained she was 'emotionally struggling' with her split from ex Scott Sinclair (pictured right) and the demands of being a working single mother
But she's not the only famous face to be hit by mental health struggles in the wake of a break-up.
Singer Paloma Faith, 42, said she suffered a 'nervous breakdown' following her split from husband Leyman Lahcine.
Fellow musical star Adele, 35, also admitted to suffering an 'anxiety attack' after her divorce from Simon Konecki.
Former EastEnders actress Rita Simmons, 47, revealed she suffered depression after her divorce from her husband of 14 years Theo Silveston.
Actress Drew Barrymore, 49, also opened up about having a 'nervous breakdown' and spiraling so much that her therapist 'quit' on her following her divorce from Will Kopelman.
Fellow actress Eva Longoria, of Desperate Housewives fame, also previously admitted that she was at her 'unhealthiest' after her split from ex-husband Tony Parker, and that she starved herself following the break-up.
Candid: Paloma Faith has admitted her breakup from husband Leyman Lahcine was 'the worst thing that's ever happened to me in my life' (pictured together in 2015)
Exes: Adele and charity CEO Simon Konecki, 47, announced they were going their separate ways in April 2019 and their divorce was finalised in March this year (pictured in 2013)
Actress Emma Stone, 35, who starred in the film La La Land, has said that her first heartbreak saw her 'crawling on the floor' and 'throwing up'.
Experts told MailOnline there are a multitude of reasons why many people struggle to pull themselves together after heartbreak.
'A big break up is comparable to grief, particularly if that person was very embedded in your
