Teddi Mellencamp reveals having 'severe anxiety' during her latest cancer treatment

Teddi Mellencamp is battling "severe anxiety" during the latest stage of her cancer treatment.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 44, has been diagnosed with stage four melanoma which has spread to her brain and lungs and previously underwent surgery and radiation treatment before starting a course of immunotherapy and she's now revealed the sessions have left her feeling highly anxious for "no apparent reason".

In a video posted on Instagram. Teddi said: "OK for those of y’all who’ve gone through immunotherapy, did you have severe anxiety? Just on random days for no apparent reason?

"Like today I was able to walk, I did the [Two Ts in a Pod] podcast and now I’m just sitting here full of anxiety. Is this common?

"What are things that you guys have done to help make you feel better? Let me know. Looking for any positive advice."

During a previous appearance on her Two Ts in a Pod podcast, Teddi admitted she has been starting to struggle with the new treatment, saying: "Essentially, what we figured out with me was, yes, I started out feeling great, and I could do all the pods and I could do all these things, and I could go to all my daughter’s horse shows and I could stay at my house by myself, and I felt really strong.

"And what’s happening with me is the longer that I’m on immunotherapy, the sicker it’s making me."

It comes after Teddi admitted her cancer battle would likely prevent her from returning to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, after previously appearing on the show from 2017 to 2020.

Speaking on The Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast, Teddi said: "Yeah, no. I don't have the bandwidth for it right now. I'm not somebody who likes to do something when I can't be good at it."

The star - who has children Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, five, with her estranged husband Edwin Arroyave - explained that the treatment she has received for the tumours in her brain has caused her some challenges with communication and she doesn't want to risk being misinterpreted.

Teddi said: "I feel like my words are a little stutter sometimes and it doesn't mean I'm telling a lie.

"Some people have to relearn to talk after having these surgeries that I had. The fact that I can do as much as I can do, I'm so blessed for. But it still happens to me, and some days are very bad."

She added: "Some days, I'm just stumbling word over word. And I would hate to be on a show like that and somebody think that I was not being honest and really I was just struggling. And then them get the heat for it because how could you do that to someone that has cancer?

"I don't think it would be the best for the cast, and it wouldn't be the best for me right now."