has revealed she is 'worried' what sort of mother she will be due to suffering from PMDD as she opened up about starting a family with husband .
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is a severe, chronic medical condition similar to PMS.
The TV personality, 38, has shared her journey with fans and candidly documented the process of freezing her eggs, which she started when she was 35.
Vicky said she wanted to take control of her fertility, and had the treatment which resulted in three embryos being frozen.'
But now the Strictly star has admitted she is 'very concerned' what kind of mum she will be as she has several days of the months where she is faced with 'dark, intrusive thoughts and can't regulate her emotions'.
Speaking to Heat magazine, she said: 'It's one of the things that adds to my growing apprehensions around being a mum. What type of parent will I be with PMDD?
'For seven to 10 days of the month I'm incredibly short-tempered, impatient, and exhausted. I can't regulate my emotions and I have dark, intrusive thoughts. It's really debilitating.
Vicky Pattison has revealed she is 'worried' what sort of mother she will be with her PMDD as she opened up about starting a family with husband Ercan Ramadan
The TV personality, 38, has shared her fertility journey with fans and candidly documented the process of freezing her eggs, which she started when she was 35
'You see yourself as being this fun mum who's reading stories and baking f***ing sourdough but when I'm in the trenches of my PMDD fog, I can barely get out of bed.
'I can't articulate myself. I worry what type of mum that will make me - it's a very real concern.'
Vicky has suffered with PMDD for years and often speaks about the severe symptoms it causes including depression and anxiety.
The NHS states that symptoms of PMDD are similar to PMS (premenstrual syndrome), but are much more intense and can have a much greater negative impact on your everyday life.
Symptoms can include headaches and joint and muscle pain, overeating and problems sleeping, feeling very anxious, angry, depressed or suicidal.
It comes after Vicky slammed doctors for deliberating adding to 'hysteria and fear' around women's infertility by calling her eggs 'geriatric'.
The reality star is fronting a documentary, Maybe Baby?, with Channel 4 in which viewers see her contemplating starting a family and the various paths to parenthood.
Vicky was told by her doctors she had geriatric eggs, and speaking to the Radio Times, she said: 'It's misogynistic language, and I think it's deliberate, adding to the hysteria and fear.'
'I feel passionately that egg freezing should be more affordable, and we should be more open about the process'.
'Women deserve to have security and a backup plan.'
'You see yourself as being this fun mum but when I'm in the trenches of my PMDD fog, I can barely get out of bed. I worry what type of mum that will make me - it's a very real concern'
'I met Ercan when I was 31 and wanted to give our relationship breathing space…It's been the best thing I've ever done. I felt really suffocated, on a kind of conveyor belt, and now I feel free.'
