The actress, who achieved success with her interpretation of an innocent young woman in the film "Mamma Mía", has confessed that for the last 11 years she has been medicated with antidepressants
At 30 years old, Amanda Seyfried's sweet blue-eyed look suggests a simple life with no major problems than those of a young woman her age, finding love, achieving fame, and developing professionally with her roles in American movies. Hollywood.
However, to the surprise of many of her followers, the actress has said that she has been a victim of obsessive-compulsive disorder since she was 19 years old. In total, she has received medication for more than 10 years. "I'm taking Lexapro and I'll never be able to stop it," she told in a revealing interview for Allure magazine.
The mental illness that she fights day after day, led her at first to think that she suffered from a brain tumor, but after various tests and appointments with doctors, a neurologist referred her to a psychiatrist who diagnosed her with this disorder. anxiety.
Amanda Seyfried, she is not the only figure who suffers from this terrible mental illness. In fact, footballer David Beckham revealed on British television 10 years ago that she suffered from the same disorder.
"When I put the soft drinks in the fridge, they must be even numbers, if they are odd I remove one and put it in a different cupboard," he recounted with a laugh, alert to the condition that has changed a large part of her life.