Penny Lancaster has recalled the moment her husband Rod Stewart urged her to seek medical help after she threw plates across the kitchen in front of their two sons.
In a candid interview, the former model, 53, spoke about how menopause ‘hit her like a truck’ four years ago, leading her to have several ‘breakdowns’.
Penny said it was so bad she was worried if her marriage would survive, and after being misdiagnosed with depression, it was her team at Loose Women who staged an intervention.
hen she first started experiencing symptoms, Penny and Sir Rod, 79, alongside their two sons Alistair, 18, and Aiden, 13, had just decamped their home in Florida and moved back to the UK during lockdown.
Speaking of the moment Rod told her “You can’t carry on the like this”, Penny told The Times: ‘I picked up the plates and I threw them across the kitchen. Which is an outrageous thing to think of — who the hell would throw the dinner?
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Penny Lancaster has recalled the moment her husband Rod Stewart urged her to seek medical help after she threw plates across the kitchen in front of their two sons (pictured last year)
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In a candid interview, the former model, 53, spoke about how menopause ‘hit her like a truck’ just four years ago, leading her to have several ‘breakdowns’
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Penny and Sir Rod, 79, alongside their two sons Alistair, 18, and Aiden, 13, decamped their home in Florida and moved back to the UK during lockdown, when she started experiencing symptoms
‘I threw these plates of food across the kitchen as hard as I could, to make as much noise as I could. As if the noise… as if someone would wake up, someone would notice me, someone would have the answer.
‘I collapsed on the floor in a heap, burst into tears, shaking in the corner. Of course, it was an absolute shock to Rod and the boys. Rod just went, “Boys, in the other room. Leave Mummy.”
‘He came over and said, “It’s all right, darling. It’s OK, it’s OK.”I was shaking. “I can’t do this. What the hell is going on with me?” I thought I was going mad. Rod said, “Right, we’ve got to get you to the doctor’s. You can’t carry on like this. There’s got to be an answer. There’s got to be something.”
Luckily, Penny revealed the plates didn’t hit anyone but they had to redecorate the kitchen.
Penny was experiencing an unusual discomfort at night which she described similar to feeling a ‘rising inferno’ or ‘standing in a pit of fire’.
She easily went from feeling her blood boil to wake up freezing cold at night not knowing what was happening to her, and at the time led her to assume it was Covid-19.
Penny used to retreat into the garden where the chickens were to cope with the debilitating anxiety she was battling as a result of the changes to her body.
When the model finally had the chance to see her GP – who was a male – he saw her bursting into tears and diagnosed her with depression, and prescribed some antidepressants.
Such medicines only worsened Penny’s state of mind as she felt ‘terrified but also numb’.
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She didn’t shy away from admitting such moments caused her to ‘throw plates across the kitchen’ – but luckily, her fellow Loose Women panellist had interjected for good (pictured in September 2021 on Loose Women)
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But then it was the Loose Women team to come in rescue and once they returned to the studio, the panel were finally able to see Penny in person and ultimately ‘realised what was happening’ (pictured L-R Andrea McLean, Penny, Carol McGiffin and Nadia Sawalha)
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After being diagnosed menopause, Penny burst into tears of happiness as all she could think about was saving her marriage and ‘keep her family from falling apart’ (pictured with Rod in June 2023)
The star explained she couldn’t feel either happy or sad, and the antidepressants simply contributed to make her feel like she ‘didn’t care’ about her own condition, despite feeling all the same symptoms.
But then it was the Loose Women team who alerted Penny she might have been going through menopause instead.
After having a chat on Zoom, the daytime show panel raised it could have easily been hormonal withdrawal despite her thinking she wasn’t ‘old enough’.
And once they returned to the studio, they were finally able to see Penny in person and ultimately ‘realised what was happening’.
The TV alum praised them and said their ‘combined power’ saved her thanks for all their previous experiences.
They informed her about Dr Louise Newson, an increasingly celebrated menopause specialist who ‘holds back an emergency slot every day in her surgery for suicidal women’.
Penny joined the doctor on one of her emergency slots and was diagnosed over a Zoom call.
She burst into tears that it luckily wasn’t ‘mental illness’ – as all she could think about was saving her marriage and ‘keep her family from falling apart’.
MENOPAUSE EXPLAINED
The menopause occurs when a woman stops having periods and can no longer fall pregnant naturally.
It is a natural part of ageing, which occurs in women between 45 and 55 years old.
However 1 in 100 women can experience menopause before the age of 40, which is known as premature menopause or premature ovarian insufficiency.
Symptoms often include hot flushes, night sweats, low mood, reduced sex drive, vaginal dryness, an increase in facial hair and difficulty sleeping.
According to NHS advice, symptoms can begin months or even years before your periods stop and last around four years after your last period.
Premature or early menopause can occur at any age, and in many cases, there’s no clear cause.
Source: NHS
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