Martine McCutcheon, 46, details her 'crippling anxiety' with Peri Menopause trends now
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Last year she kept her fans in the loop on how she copes with her fibromyalgia.
And on Sunday night Martine McCutcheon took to Instagram to provide an insight into her battle with perimenopause.
The 46-year-old-actress opened up in a candid post about how she had been dealing with a ‘crippling’ anxiety’ that made her feel like she had lost her mind.
She penned to her 559k followers" ‘Peri menopause symptoms… Such Fun!
'I have the hot flushes, the insomnia, the brain fog and fatigue … The list goes on doesn’t it?! And to be honest, having lived with M.E/CFS and fibro since my 20’s, those symptoms seem to be something I can cope with… (touch wood!)
Opening up: Actress Martine McCutcheon, 46, opened up in a candid post about how her perimenopause symptoms has left her dealing with a ‘crippling’ anxiety’
'However, what I’ve personally not heard mentioned as much, is the crippling anxiety you can get with the peri menopause.
'A kind of irrational anxiety that makes no sense whatsoever! You feel like you’ve lost your own damn mind!
‘Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t seem to hear about this side of it as much. I wanted to share this, just incase any of you out there feel the same and feel scared or worried - You aren’t alone!’
Martine went on to explain how her anxiety had become so bad, she had started to avoid doing ordinary things.
She added: ‘I’m pleased to report after going through a phase of not even feeling confident enough to drive (That’s SO not me!) that I’m now feeling much better and I’m working my way back to my own “normality”.’
The Love Actually star then revealed to her fans what medication she has been using and how that has helped. She told them:
‘I changed from the HRT patches to the gel and it made a big difference within days for me… I was
