Hypothalamic Amenorrhea from a Medical & Personal Perspective with Lucy Gotta

In this week's episode, Han is joined by Lucy Gotta. Lucy is a 3rd-year medical student in Lancaster, completing her psychiatry rotation. Lucy used to be a competitive swimmer and has her own experience of an eating disorder. In this week's episode, we discuss:

The experience Lucy has had in her medical training around eating disorders.
Lucy's experience of hypothalamic amenorrhea due to sport and her eating disorder, and the impact this had on her mentally and physically.
The impact of the eating disorder and its evaluation of a lack of period.
The consequences of a lack of menstrual cycle.
How to manage regaining your period, and the importance of remembering this is not the end of the recovery journey.
The change that occurs through recovery from being upset about having a period, to gaining your life back and being proud to have a period.
The importance of realising that in order to be free from an eating disorder, it will take hard work that has to come from you, regardless of the support around you.

Please note that this podcast discusses eating disorder topics that some individuals may find triggering. Please check in with yourself along the way, and remember this is not a replacement for clinical support and advice.

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