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Ashley Tisdale ‘Tried to Divorce’ Her Husband ‘So Many Times’ Amid ‘Intense’ Postpartum Depression

The actress said hormonal changes made anxiety tools ineffective and left her feeling lost until a doctor identified postpartum depression.

  • On Wednesday, September 30, actress Ashley Tisdale French discussed her intense postpartum depression battle on husband Christopher French's Recovering podcast, revealing the condition strained their marriage during the first year.
  • After welcoming daughter Jupiter in 2021, Tisdale French faced intense hormonal symptoms that doctors initially misdiagnosed as PMDD, telling her, "We have nothing to do for that."
  • Around Jupiter's 2nd birthday, doctors finally diagnosed postpartum depression, and Tisdale French remembers a "weight being lifted" upon receiving the long-delayed explanation for her symptoms.
  • The actress admitted she "tried to divorce" Christopher French "so many times" during that first year, though he remained "grounded and calm" despite feeling helpless watching her struggle.
  • After welcoming her second daughter, Emerson, in 2024, Tisdale French did not experience the same postpartum depression symptoms, describing the transition to a family of four as an "amazing transition.
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After the birth of her daughter, Ashley Tisdale suffered from a depression. Now she reports how this has burdened her marriage – in her husband's podcast.

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