McKayla Maroney’s famous “unimpressed face” is now one of relief.
The 2012 Olympic gold medalist shared this week that she’s been dealing with “severe insomnia” — though the 27-year-old ex-gymnast finally got to the root of the problem.
“Hey girl. It’s been forever,” she wrote on Instagram on Wednesday. “Hopefully you had a hot girl summer because I definitely did not. I had a summer of severe insomnia.
“I slept a total of 10 days out of 3 months. I’d like to say it was a nightmare, but you have to sleep to have nightmares.”
Maroney shared a carousel of photos, including some medical tests, a list of her symptoms and texts with friends detailing her lack of sleep.
She went to numerous doctors looking to find out what was causing her issues.
“Thankfully I did finally find out I have histamine intolerance, which was causing a massive adrenaline problem for me — and when it got really bad, high histamine foods made me feel internally itchy, like I was getting bit by mosquitoes all night,” she wrote.
Now, armed with a diagnosis and DAO supplements to help her “break down the excess histamine,” Maroney is finally back to sleeping — though, she’s not out of the woods just yet.
“I still have pretty bad anemia, (low iron) I’m trying to get better from—and I found out high oxalate foods (like spinach, almonds, potatoes) give me massive fatigue, and weird neuropathy issues at night, that was also ruining my sleep,” she said.
Maroney was a member of the Fierce Five gymnastics team that dominated the 2012 London Olympics — and she went viral for her “not impressed” face that she made after winning the silver medal in the vault.
Maroney was also one of the hundreds of gymnasts who accused Dr. Larry Nassar of sexual abuse, a crime he was convicted of in 2018.
Despite feeling “high maintenance,” and wishing she could “be normal,” Maroney hopes sharing her health journey can help others.
“I still feel kind of embarrassed about all of my wacko health issues,” she shared. “I’m just gonna share about it, and hopefully help someone!!”
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