Overview
- Esposito told Maria Menounos on the August 11 episode of Heal Squad that unexplained symptoms during her early career left her deeply depressed and thinking about suicide.
- She says doctors misdiagnosed her multiple times with conditions such as multiple sclerosis and irritable bowel syndrome and that some clinicians attributed her problems to stress.
- Esposito described extreme physical decline including hair and nail loss, a tooth falling out during a scene, severe vitamin deficiencies, light sensitivity and being told a doctor that her liver was failing.
- She says she was admitted to a psychiatric ward under the alias "Betty Franklin" after pleading for help and that she had been prescribed many medicines, at one point taking four Klonopin a day while clinicians discussed electroconvulsive therapy.
- After receiving a celiac diagnosis and adopting a strict gluten-free diet while slowing her pace of life, Esposito reports a prolonged recovery, cessation of panic attacks, and now uses her story to raise awareness about delayed celiac diagnosis and its wide-ranging effects.