Lily Allen’s shocking Twitter confession
LILY ALLEN yesterday revealed she has bipolar disorder, a potentially crippling mental health condition.
Writing on Twitter, the singer also said she suffered post traumatic stress disorder after her son was stillborn.
The revelations came during a heated Twitter debate about the treatment of pensioners. When told by another user he felt she had mental health illness, she replied: ‘I DO have mental health issues. Bi-polar, postnatal depression, and PTSD, does that make my opinion void?’
She later explained to her 5.9million followers that her PTSD occurred after her son was stillborn in 2010, six months into her pregnancy.
She described the ordeal for the first time yesterday, in graphic detail, saying: ‘I lay in a hospital bed with my deceased son stuck between my legs halfway out of my body for ten hours.’
Lily, 31, is well known for her erratic behaviour – often appearing to be drunk in public and making outspoken political interventions.
Sufferers of bipolar disorder – once known as manicdepression – experience extreme mood swings which can last for months.
The disorder, thought to affect one in 100 Britons, has received more attention in recent years after stars like actress Catherine Zeta-Jones admitted suffering with it.
Lily has previously criticised the lack of funding in NHS mental healthcare. Speaking about a mentally ill stalker who terrorised her for years, she said authorities had failed him.
The singer has also spoken about her postnatal depression following the births of her two young daughters, Ethel, five, and Marnie, four.