Overview
- In a new interview, Pattison recounts a recent PMDD episode before her Strictly stint that brought suicidal thoughts and left her feeling "lost."
- She says her husband, Ercan Ramadan, stayed on the phone throughout the crisis, and she believes that call saved her life.
- Pattison says she learned about PMDD on social media after repeated dismissals from clinicians and ultimately secured a private diagnosis last summer.
- She describes being offered antidepressants and told to lose weight during prior consultations, leaving appointments in tears.
- She continues to compete on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing with partner Kai Widdrington, earning 39 out of 40 for her week seven Tango.