Vicky Pattison says new PMDD treatment plan is slowing her down

Vicky Pattison apologised to followers on Thursday, May 7, saying she had not been very present on her socials that week because she had been experimenting with a new treatment plan for her PMDD. The presenter and reality TV star said it was taking her “a minute to feel like myself again.”

“I'm sorry that I haven't been very present on my socials this week... I'm going to try and be better. I've been experimenting with a new treatment plan for my PMDD and it's just taking me a minute to feel like myself again,” she wrote in a typed-out Instagram Story message. Pattison added: “Love you all and thank you for baring with me.”

Pattison and PMDD

Pattison has previously said she was diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder after five years, and that she only found out after visiting a private doctor. She has also said she had been repeatedly told by medical experts that she was not ill even though she experienced “suicidal thoughts” and other symptoms.

That history gives this latest update a harder edge than a routine social-media apology. Pattison is not just stepping back from posting; she is still working through treatment for a severe condition while speaking publicly about women’s health and medical misogyny.

Health advocacy in public

38 is the age Pattison has reached while balancing that private treatment work with a visible advocacy role. She has been working with Health Secretary Wes Streeting on his new strategy to tackle medical misogyny, and she recently became the first ever PMDD Patron for The PMDD Project.

She also first revealed in 2022 that she had decided to have her eggs frozen, saying she did not have the luxury of loads of time and wanted to wait for the right time. That history matters because her latest note is not a one-off update; it sits inside a longer pattern of Pattison talking openly about reproductive health, treatment choices and the pressure of making medical decisions in public.

What followers should read into it

For followers, the practical point is simple: Pattison said she is still in the middle of testing a new treatment plan and will be back when she feels more like herself. The message does not signal a retreat from the subject she has been pressing in public. It shows the opposite — that her advocacy is continuing while she manages the condition behind it.