Married at First Sight Australia 2019‘s Jules Robinson has revealed her “difficult” health battle with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).
Jules, who found love with Cam Merchant in the marriage experiment, opened up about her diagnosis on her podcast, The Juggling Act.
She told co-host Mel Wilson that while she was officially diagnosed a year ago, she “knew something was wrong” after giving birth to her son, Oliver, in 2020.
“It was about three months in, and obviously because you’ve got so many hormones going on [post-partum], you don’t really know if you’re coming or going,” she said.
“But I’d stopped breastfeeding and I’d just got my period [again] and it was just the most intense emotions and feelings.”
Jules, 41, said she felt like she “could sleep for days”.
“I am so emotional [when I’m menstruating]. I actually feel like I can’t get through – you almost feel like you can’t deal with life,” Jules explained.
“I can only explain it as you just feel like you can’t function with life, and I think I cut myself [off] from the world.”
How did Jules Robinson get diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder?
According to Jules, her PMDD felt different to her usual period pain.
After I had Oliver, it just took another level of that depth of despair, [feeling like] ‘I can’t actually function through today’,” she recalled.
“It got really bad when I was actually in Bali… It was awful. I had really dark, horrible thoughts, and that’s when I was like, ‘This is not me’.”
It was then that she went to her doctor, who eventually afforded her a PMDD diagnosis.
Since then, she has been implementing a number of treatment plans, including changes to her exercise routine and diet.
Jules added that it’s been a “hard” year.
“I am next-level, totally different to who I am on a normal basis. It’s not a nice feeling. I naturally am a very happy, upbeat person, and then to literally go, from one day to the next, you can’t get yourself out of that hole.”
Last year, reality TV alum Angie Kent also got candid about her experience with PMDD, which she was diagnosed with in early 2022.
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