Overview

• She said she was ‘gaslit’ by doctors who dismissed her pain for five years before a private specialist diagnosed her with PMDD.
• She experiences severe cyclical symptoms—crushing anxiety, insomnia and suicidal thoughts—that have worsened with age and can last up to ten days each month.
• Pattison has said PMDD may prevent her from being the mother she wants to be and has frozen embryos amid doubts about parenting.
• She credits her husband, Ercan Ramadan, for offering empathy and helping her communicate about her unpredictable “spicy week.”
• She will appear on Good Morning Britain to raise awareness of women’s health misdiagnoses and call for greater clinician understanding.