Daisy Ridley reveals she was diagnosed with Graves’ disease final September after experiencing signs on the set of Magpie.

Daisy Ridley has revealed that she has been diagnosed with Graves’ disease whereas talking with Women’s Health.

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune dysfunction that results in an overactive thyroid gland. The Star Wars actress mentioned that she was diagnosed final September after experiencing some unusual signs throughout the manufacturing of Magpie, a psychological thriller a couple of married couple who discover their lives turned the wrong way up.

“I thought, ‘Well, I’ve just played a really stressful role; presumably that’s why I feel poorly,’” mentioned Ridley. After experiencing signs which included a racing coronary heart fee, weight reduction, fatigue, and hand tremors, Ridley was inspired to see an endocrinologist, who mentioned that Graves’ could make one really feel “tired but wired.” Ridley realized that she had additionally been feeling tremendous irritable amongst her different signs. “It was funny, I was like ‘Oh, I just thought I was annoyed at the world,’” she mentioned, “however it seems all the pieces is functioning so shortly, you’ll be able to’t relax.“

Since the analysis, Ridley has adopted a routine of every day medicine and a modified weight-reduction plan. While she’s been vegan for years, she has now determined to go gluten-free, as it’s mentioned to assist with irritation. “I am not super strict about it, but generally cutting down on gluten makes me feel better,” she mentioned.

Ridley will quickly be returning to the Star Wars franchise for a brand new film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. The movie takes place fifteen years after the occasions of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and finds Rey trying to rebuild the Jedi Order. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has beforehand teased the film: “The First Order has fallen, the Jedi are in chaos — there’s even a question of how many exist anymore — and Rey’s building the New Jedi Order, based on the training that she was given and that Luke imparted on her.” The film will launch the subsequent chapter of the franchise, with Ridley even saying that it’s going to take it in a “completely different route.“