Lili Reinhart admits having ‘suicidal thoughts’

Lili Reinhart opens up her heart to the public and shares her hidden pain and mental health struggles.

The Riverdale famed star admitted suffering from extreme premenstrual syndrome along with suicidal thoughts in the luteal phase.

Lili said she recently stopped taking antidepressants and birth control to better understand what her body was going through, while speaking on Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky.

“When I went off my anti-depressants, I realised I had a plethora of other things that were being subdued by medication,” she shared in a clip posted on November 28.

The 29-year-old actress explained that going off her medications made her recognise symptoms she hadn’t noticed before.

“I really had bad ADD… and I have horrible PMDD,” she said, identifying it as “Premenstrual dysphoric disorder.”

Lili admitted that the week before her period can bring frightening emotional lows.

She said she “feels suicidal” during that time, something she didn’t realise until the medication was no longer masking her symptoms.

“People go on those meds and birth control to suppress that feeling, so it makes sense I went off… and suddenly I felt those feelings,” she explained.

The Look Both Ways actress is now focused on managing her symptoms with better care. “I’m on the clock with it,” she said. “Let’s be careful with ourselves.”