Daisy Ridley, the Star Wars actress, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with the thyroid condition Graves’ disease after initially dismissing her symptoms as just being annoyed.
The London-born celebrity was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition last September and has said she first experienced symptoms while filming Magpie, the psychological thriller.
After initially putting her symptoms down to stress from the role she was referred to an endocrinologist after seeking medical attention.
Ms Ridley was suffering from racing heart rate, weight loss, fatigue and tremors, the 32-year-old told Women’s Health magazine.
“I thought, ‘well, I’ve just played a really stressful role; presumably that’s why I feel poorly’,” she said.
When the doctor described that Graves’ can make you feel “tired but wired”, Ridley said: “It was funny, I was like, ‘Oh, I just thought I was annoyed at the world’ but turns out everything is functioning so quickly, you can’t chill out.”
Graves’ disease is an autoimmune condition where the immune system produces antibodies that cause the thyroid to produce too much thyroid hormone, according to the NHS website.