Online obsession with Nicola Bulley became a 'monster', family tells BBC documentary

At a news conference days before she was found, Lancashire Police told the public Nicola had “significant issues” with alcohol brought on by her ongoing struggles with the menopause.”It’s not uncommon to go through it young,” Louise tells the documentary. “But Nikki had it tough. And then, I guess, over about a three-week period in total, she just wasn’t functioning like normal Nikki.”Paul describes how Nicola developed trouble sleeping. “The lack of sleep, irritability, brain fog – she’d be awake for hours in the night, hot sweats every single day. Everything was becoming difficult.”The family says Nicola stopped taking her hormone replacement therapy over that period and began drinking to deal with it.”It was literally [a] normal, weird blip. That’s the most honest answer I can give you,” Louise says.Police officers investigating Nicola’s disappearance say they felt they had to release personal information about her struggle with the menopause and drinking.”Because of the…