Current:Home > MarketsStar Wars’ Daisy Ridley Shares She's Been Diagnosed With Graves’ Disease -Thrive Financial Network
Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley Shares She's Been Diagnosed With Graves’ Disease
View
Date:2025-04-16 00:15:44
Daisy Ridley is speaking out about her private health battle.
The Star Wars actress recently detailed her journey with Graves’ disease, an immune system disorder that impacts the thyroid gland, after being formally diagnosed in September. As the 32-year-old explained, she initially disregarded symptoms—including her racing heart rate, weight loss, fatigue, and hand tremors—because, at the time, she was coming off of a role in the thriller Magpie.
“I thought, Well, I’ve just played a really stressful role,” Ridley, who had previously been diagnosed with endometriosis as a teen and polycystic ovaries in her ‘20s, told Women’s Health in an interview published Aug. 6, “Presumably that’s why I feel poorly.”
Graves’ disease, which has affected other stars including Wendy Williams, Missy Elliott and Jenny Mollen, involves overproduction of the thyroid hormone often leaving patients “tired but wired,” according to Ridley's doctor.
“It was funny, I was like, ‘Oh, I just thought I was annoyed at the world,’” she quipped of her bouts of irritability, “But turns out everything is functioning so quickly, you can’t chill out.”
There is no cure for Graves’ disease, but certain treatments like adjusting diet and exercise and taking daily medications can help combat the symptoms.
Ridley, a practicing vegan, has also tried to cut gluten from her diet to help with inflammation, admitting she’s not “super strict” about the process, but that she does notice a difference.
“I didn’t realize how bad I felt before,” Ridley shared. “Then I looked back and thought, How did I do that?”
She also makes sure to maintain a regular exercise regimen. “It’s an hour just for me,” she told the outlet, “and it’s my time to do what I need to do to make myself feel good."
Amid frustrations over her variety of health issues, Ridley is focused on staying in tune with her body.
“I’ve always been health conscious,” she said, “And now I’m trying to be more well-being conscious.”
veryGood! (6992)
Related
- McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
- 3 years to the day after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, 3 fugitives are arrested in Florida
- Prominent Black church in New York sued for gender bias by woman who sought to be its senior pastor
- FBI arrests 3 in Florida on charges of assaulting officers in Jan. 6 insurrection
- Meta releases AI model to enhance Metaverse experience
- Coal miners in North Dakota unearth a mammoth tusk buried for thousands of years
- Massive California wave kills Georgia woman visiting beach with family
- ESPN issues apology for Aaron Rodgers' comments about Jimmy Kimmel on Pat McAfee Show
- Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
- AFC South playoff scenarios: Will Jaguars clinch, or can Texans and Colts win division?
Ranking
- Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
- AFC South playoff scenarios: Will Jaguars clinch, or can Texans and Colts win division?
- How to watch the Golden Globes, including the red carpet and backstage interviews
- Coal miners in North Dakota unearth a mammoth tusk buried for thousands of years
- From family road trips to travel woes: Americans are navigating skyrocketing holiday costs
- Coal miners in North Dakota unearth a mammoth tusk buried for thousands of years
- How the Dire Health Implications of Climate Change Are Unfolding Globally
- Christian Oliver's wife speaks out after plane crash killed actor and their 2 daughters
Recommendation
A White House order claims to end 'censorship.' What does that mean?
David Hess, Longtime Pennsylvania Environmental Official Turned Blogger, Reflects on His Career and the Rise of Fracking
NFL winners, losers of Saturday Week 18: Steelers could sneak into playoffs at last minute
China sanctions 5 US defense companies in response to US sanctions and arms sales to Taiwan
Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
Mark Cuban giving $35 million in bonuses to Dallas Mavericks employees after team sale
What are the benefits of black tea? Caffeine content, more explained.
Judge blocks Trump lawyers from arguing about columnist’s rape claim at upcoming defamation trial