Selma Blair spoke out about her diagnosis and her battle with multiple sclerosis in a revealing interview with Robin Roberts on “Good Morning America” Tuesday. “Ever since my son was born, I was in an MS flare-up and didn’t know, and I was giving it everything to seem normal,” the “Cruel Intentions” actress revealed. “And I was self-medicating when he wasn’t with me. I was drinking. I was in pain,” she added. “I wasn’t always drinking, but there were times when I couldn’t take it.” On top of the physical pain, Blair also had to deal with the pain and frustration of doctors dismissing her symptoms. “I was really struggling with, ‘How am I gonna get by in life?’” she said. “And not [being] taken seriously by doctors, just, ‘Single mother, you’re exhausted, financial burden, blah, blah, blah.’” The actress said she cried with relief after finally being diagnosed with MS, knowing that she could put her energy toward treating and living with the disease. Blair revealed that she has “an a…

Selma Blair stepped out for her first red carpet public appearance since being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in October. Blair hit the red carpet at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, hosted by Radhika Jones, which was held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles. At one point she was seemingly overcome by emotion, holding back tears on the red carpet.

After the “Legally Blonde” star candidly wrote about the difficulties of living life with multiple sclerosis, Dr. Jennifer Ashton appears live on “GMA” to discuss what to know about the disease.

The actress posted on Instagram that she was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis .