{"id":502982,"date":"2026-02-25T11:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502982\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:04:08","slug":"tammy-slaton-shares-blood-test-results-that-impacted-her-mental-health-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502982\/","title":{"rendered":"Tammy Slaton Shares Blood Test Results That Impacted Her Mental Health Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tammy Slaton<\/a> is opening up about a deeply personal chapter in her health journey, and fans of 1000-Lb Sisters are getting a candid look at what she\u2019s been navigating behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

After months of emotional ups and downs \u2014 and heartfelt encouragement from her girlfriend, Andrea<\/a> \u2014 Slaton made the decision to seek therapy and revisit her medications with her doctors. What followed was a revelation that helps explain much of the turmoil she had been experiencing.<\/p>\n

Following blood work, Slaton’s medical team discovered her prescriptions were no longer properly aligned with her dramatically changed body<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It was such a high dose for my bigger body, and now that I\u2019m not so big, it was too high for my body size,” Slaton shared with producers.<\/p>\n

According to the TLC star<\/a>, the imbalance had a serious impact on her mental health.<\/p>\n

“It just kinda put me in a manic depression<\/a> state and it was making me have a mental breakdown,” she explained.<\/p>\n

For months, Slaton said she felt “stressed out, overwhelmed, just every emotion possible.” She also described moments where anger would completely take over.<\/p>\n

“Whenever I got mad, I would black out and say things that wasn\u2019t me,” she admitted.<\/p>\n

Those struggles began to ripple into her personal life, leading to tension with both her family and Andrea. Viewers saw the effects play out when Slaton skipped a family trip to New Orleans \u2014 a stark contrast to her past enthusiasm, as her brother Chris Combs pointed out. In earlier seasons, he noted, Slaton would have been the first one packed and ready.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the 1000-Lb Sister star’s doctors made significant adjustments.<\/p>\n

“They took me off five prescriptions that I didn\u2019t need anymore and lowered the rest of them,” she revealed.<\/p>\n

While the changes mark an important step forward, Slaton acknowledged the transition hasn\u2019t been instant.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m still trying to get used to my new medication,” she said. “So I still don\u2019t feel like myself.”<\/p>\n

Fans can follow Slaton’s journey on 1000-Lb Sisters<\/a>. New episodes air Tuesdays at 9 p.m. EST on TLC.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Fans Roast Amy Slaton\u2019s \u2018AI Caption\u2019 as She Defends Close Friend<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Feb 25, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tammy Slaton is opening up about a deeply personal chapter in her health journey, and fans of 1000-Lb…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,252881,47952,47951,427],"class_list":["post-502982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-personal-chapter","tag-slaton","tag-tammy-slaton","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}