{"id":425586,"date":"2026-01-23T19:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/425586\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:37:23","slug":"entourage-star-reveals-major-health-mistake-she-made-in-her-50s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/425586\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Entourage\u2019 Star Reveals Major Health Mistake She Made in Her 50s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Actress Constance Zimmer claims her longtime reliance on hormonal birth control led to menopausal mayhem once she hit her fifties.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy general practitioner had told me I should get off my birth control at 50,\u201d Zimmer, now 55, told the New York Post<\/a>, \u201cI had an [intrauterine device], so I was like, \u2018Oh, next year, next year, next year.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The Entourage actress now admits she kept her hormonal intrauterine device<\/a> (IUD) in for \u201cway too long.\u201d The choice wasn\u2019t a flippant one: At 36, Zimmer discovered she was pregnant despite being told she could not conceive due to a uterine fibroid.<\/p>\n

As she entered her fifties, however, an unusual symptom led Zimmer to suspect something was not right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew something was wrong … because I couldn\u2019t sleep. And I can sleep anywhere, sleep for 10 hours,\u201d she told the outlet. Still, she assumed the causes were external, not hormonal.<\/p>\n

Her doctor again recommended removing the IUD. \u201cMy GP was like, \u2018No, you really need to get off of it,\u2019\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n

\"Constance<\/p>\n

Constance Zimmer at the Los Angeles Premiere of “A Complete Unknown” in December 2024.<\/p>\n

Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Zimmer finally complied, but quickly found herself in a whirlwind of perimenopausal chaos.<\/p>\n

Within three months of removing her IUD, the actress \u201cbasically got every single symptom all in one day at the same time,\u201d she said. \u201cI never had the ramp-up. I had the f—king \u2018drop you off the cliff,\u2019 which I do not recommend to anyone, because you do basically feel like it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Cleveland Clinic<\/a>, birth control methods are necessary to prevent pregnancy until a person has not had a period for 12 consecutive months. Still, nonhormonal options are often preferred after a person turns 50.<\/p>\n

Zimmer said she had not known what to expect from menopause before it directly impacted her, but noted that she is finally addressing her symptoms.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m on [hormone replacement therapy], I\u2019m on the patch. I have progesterone. I take testosterone. I changed my diet [to pescatarian]. I take more vitamin D,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"Constance<\/p>\n

Constance Zimmer speaks onstage during a panel at the Flow Space Women’s Health Summit on October 9, 2025, in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Michael Buckner\/SHE Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Zimmer discussed her experiences at the Women\u2019s Health Summit<\/a> in 2025, where she celebrated the shift in conversations around menopause. <\/p>\n

\u201cI entered into this midlife arena last year, when I was kind of catapulted into not even knowing I was in menopause or perimenopause. I didn\u2019t even know what the word was,\u201d she told attendees. \u201cRight now, it\u2019s important to use our platforms to share information, not only for ourselves going through it, but for the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get a First Look Sign up to receive news and updates from The Looker Actress Constance Zimmer claims…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2594,57402,236,88,42726,97,202563,80020,3798,149,48493,24295,78944,202562,673],"class_list":["post-425586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-aging","tag-birth-control","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-entourage","tag-health","tag-hormonal-contraception","tag-house-of-cards","tag-hrt","tag-lifestyle","tag-looker","tag-menopause","tag-the-looker","tag-typearticle","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}