This Morning presenter Lisa Snowdon broke down in tears after sharing her journey with menopause with fans.
The 50 year old shared her menopause experience with fans during an Instagram live after revealing that her symptoms started when she was 42.
The TV personality was joined by menopause doctor Naomi Porter for a 30 minute Instagram live about menopause as she opened up on her experience.
The star said she’s keen to help others understand and recognise the symptoms of menopause, as she called her own menopause experience “debilitating”.
Lisa shared: “We try and tackle it with lightness, and I think that's important.
"But I also think it's important to take a step back and say the struggle is real, you know for so many of us.
"And it's a moving target and not a one size fits all."
She also referred to the menopause as a “rollercoaster” in the video’s caption.
Lisa penned: “The madness of the menopause continues….
"It’s ok to not be ok that’s the moral of this weeks Midweek Menopause Madness.
"Thank you for all your continued support.
"It’s a rollercoaster and sometimes depending on lifestyle changes, stress, world events, illness, life in general the darkness and sadness hits me/us.
"In times like these it’s good to share, it’s good to talk, it’s also good to reevaluate what might be the triggers, looking at diet, and also making sure we move!”
The star regularly speaks out on the menopause in a bid to beat any stigma and was thanked by fans after sharing her latest post.
One follower wrote: "Your honesty has made me feel less alone, thank you. Parallel journey and the lows are tough. Sending hugs."
A second penned: "Thanks for your honesty…. I think it's so hard when you have so much empathy and feel so helpless living in the world today."
Another added: “Feeling exactly the same at the moment so very grateful for your honesty as I do”.
The star previously opened up on how doctors mistakenly prescribed her anti-depressants when she was experiencing menopause symptoms.
The model and former I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star explained that her symptoms were misdiagnosed by her GP who told her she had depression.
Lisa experienced had been experiencing a low mood and bad anxiety, for which she was prescribed anti-depressants.
Lisa disclosed to Lorraine how the early stages of menopause crept up on her, after her doctor did not recognise the signs.
She said: “When I look back it definitely did creep up on me, it wasn’t a definite pin point the actual day that I knew I was going into the pre-menopause.
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“So when I look back it was about seven years ago when I started experiencing symptoms of depression, low mood and anxiety and then that was kind of, I was managing it because I just thought that’s what was wrong with me, maybe I was just a bit unhappy."
Yet, it later turned out that the star was experiencing the early stages of menopause.
“Then I got prescribed anti-depressants, obviously that wasn’t what I needed but at the time, but I thought I did," she added.
She continued: "And slowly but surely the symptoms sort of started changing, and evolving and it was painful periods, it was like awful cycles, really irregular.”
Lisa admitted that it was tough to figure out what was causing her these physical and emotional symptoms.
She added: “All these other symptoms that started coming up and it was a juggling act really and it was really hard to work out what was going on.”
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