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Lisa McLoughlin

Kathy Burke contemplated taking her own life during menopause: ‘I came through the other side’

Kathy Burke reveals she contemplated suicide during menopause

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Kathy Burke has revealed that ill health and menopause caused depression so severe that she contemplated taking her own life.

The comedian had been unable to undergo hormone replacement therapy (HRT) when she reached menopause, due to it clashing with other medications she’d been taking – and the oestrogen deficit left her emotionally raw.

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