![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/corrie-forced-to-call-in-doctor-after-star-suffers-12-panic-attacks-in-a-day/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/corrie-comp.jpg&description=A CORONATION Street star has opened up on his "debilitating" anxiety battle and suffering up to 12 panic attacks a day at the height of his mental illness. Fan-favourite Simon Gregson , 48, has played cabbie Steve McDonald on the ITV soap for the past 34 years. 6 A top Coronation Street star has opened up on their anxiety diagnosis and suffering up to 12 panic attacks a day Credit: ITV 6 Fan favourite Simon Gregson, 48, told how his anxiety battle had been 'completely debilitating' at its peak 6 Simon has played Coronation Street's Steve McDonald for the past 34 years Credit: Rex The Coronation Street stalwart told the Lorraine show how his mental health took a downward turn back in 2015, when he kept "getting really ill." After seeking professional help for symptoms including increased heart rate, numb fingers and vertigo, he went to the GP. Simon candidly told host Lorraine Kelly , 63: "They said 'you have an anxiety disorder and you have had it for a long time.'" He later opened up on how his anxiety was "completely debilitating" and how some days he couldn't get into work. He said: "I called my boss in the car and told him I couldn't get off the drive." ITV star Simon told how Corrie provided a doctor, used by the royal family, who came on to the Manchester set to assist. Talking of his method of diagnosis, he said: "I went to go and see the GP and then ITV brought a doctor in." Lorraine interjected and said: "Did they? I was going to say that about Corrie they are your second family and have been really supportive," to which Simon agreed: "They have been brilliant. "They got this amazing doctor in who works with the Royal Navy and the Royal family and he was lovely. "He went 'six months off, this is crazy.'" Talking of his experience of anxiety, Simon continued: "It's an awful disease," before he added: "I was a completely different person. "You're not yourself - you are inside but you can't bring yourself out. "You feel sick, you feel dizzy and your heart feel){kind=link}
A CORONATION Street star has opened up on his “debilitating” anxiety battle and suffering up to 12 panic attacks a day at the height of his mental illness.
Fan-favourite Simon Gregson, 48, has played cabbie Steve McDonald on the ITV soap for the past 34 years.
The Coronation Street stalwart told the Lorraine show how his mental health took a downward turn back in 2015, when he kept “getting really ill.”
After seeking professional help for symptoms including increased heart rate, numb fingers and vertigo, he went to the GP.
Simon candidly told host Lorraine Kelly, 63: “They said ‘you have an anxiety disorder and you have had it for a long time.'”