Lisa Snowdon has spoken candidly about her health struggles during menopause, revealing there were times she felt it was “unsafe to leave the house” and was unable to “get out of bed”.
On a recent episode of The Mid Point podcast with Gabby Logan, the 53 year old TV presenter, known for her work on ITV show This Morning, discussed the “scary symptoms” she experienced.
Lisa – who celebrates her 53rd birthday today (Thursday, January 23) – shared her personal journey through menopause, including drastic changes in her menstrual cycle and severe bleeding that made her feel housebound.
She told the podcast: “My periods started going from a 28-day cycle to a 23, to an 18, to then every three days and then a really heavy bleed where you’re almost haemorrhaging blood and you’re just… You know, it’s not safe to leave the house almost. Pain; couldn’t get out of bed some days.”
Lisa encouraged those who might be facing similar issues not to be frightened but to seek help and understanding. Lisa also detailed other symptoms such as anxiety, depression, panic attacks, heart palpitations, and even a “bout of vertigo” that left her feeling “spun out” and nauseous.
Lisa, a Celebrity MasterChef winner, opened up about her struggles with the menopause and the severe impact it had on her life. Speaking about a frightening experience of exhaustion after a Sunday lunch at her dad’s, she shared how she wasn’t sure she could make the drive back to London.
Despite battling fatigue, it was panic and anxiety that caused “strong physical symptoms” for Lisa, turning those feelings into a new normal for her life as she believed she might have “stretched” herself “too thin”. The intensity of the situation became apparent when she began experiencing “really angry rages”, becoming “snappy”, losing patience easily and flying “off the handle for no reason,” reports Gloucestershire Live.
Having discussed her life and recent book ‘Just Getting Started: Lessons in Life, Love and Menopause’ on James Martin’s Saturday Morning show, Lisa reflected on navigating menopause in her early 40s, describing feelings of being “very peculiar, very strange, very emotional, quite unwell” – sentiments that motivated her to write the book she wished she had “had 10 years ago”.