Georgia Souter

Medical Misogyny discussed on GMB Vicky Pattison, "I can't tell you how many times I got told that it'll get worse as you get older, this is just natural. You believe it, you absolutely believe it" "And you believe that you're weak, and that you can't cope with what every other woman is coping with" "And on top of feeling rubbish for ten days of the month, which is what PMDD does, you now also feel embarrassed that you're not as strong as anybody else" Richard Madeley, "The pain that you went through.. Was so unbearable that you came very close to ending your own life" Vicky Pattison, "It manifests itself differently in different women.. My symptoms include crippling anxiety, exhaustion, feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness.. I know I'm blessed, I like my life, know I'm very fortunate.. But I have to convince myself that the world is a better place for having me in it.. Because it is suicidal" Susanna Reid, "Can you describe what PMDD is and how you are dealing with it right now?" Vicky Pattison, "Premenstrual dysphoric disorder.. Often describes as PMS on steroids, which I don't think does it justice" Susanna Reid, "PMS is regular set of symptoms women have before their period.. PMDD that experience on steroids" Vicky Pattison, "Aches and pains, exhaustion, cramps, breast paid.. Then your mental symptoms.. Mood swings.. Erratic behaviour.. Feelings of hopelessness.. Depression" Richard Madeley, "Why do so many doctors shrug it off?" Vicky Pattison, "For five years I was dismissed.. Ashamed.. The majority of time it was man.. They lacked a sense of empathy for what we were going through.. They are not given the correct information to treat a woman going through what those women are" Susanna Reid, "How can it be fixed?" Sarah Owen, "Vickey's testimony is reflective of so many women across the country.. So many women told us they were told to just suck it up.. Go and have a hot water bottle and a paracetamol and it'll be just fine" "Particularly with endometriosis, waiting up to eight years to be diagnosed.. Eight years of women being ignored and the pain they have to endure" Richard Madeley, "How much of this is frontline NHS services, GPs, being men?" Sarah Owen, "We were saying earlier, how many men would be able to go through an IUD fitting without any pain relief, it just wouldn't happen" "We've said there's medical misogyny, because we can't describe it as anything but"