Bettina Carlos was rushed to the hospital due to “so much stress.”
“I didn’t know so much stress could actually cause this kind of headache…”

Bettina Carlos reveals details of her hospitalization in a recent Instagram post: “I thought this was going to be my last Mother’s Day.”

The actress Bettina Carlos was hospitalized due to extreme stress.

In her Instagram feed on May 12, 2025, election day in the country, Bettina shared her frightening experience.

She said she really thought that 2025 would be her last Mother’s Day celebration.

BETTINA CARLOS EXPERIENCES SEVERE HEADACHE

In Bettina’s post, she shared several photos taken in an emergency room.

She can be seen with an IV drip attached to her hand.

Photo/s: Courtesy: Instagram

Bettina’s Introduction: “I thought this was going to be my last Mother’s Day.”

She didn’t expect that so much stress could cause such a severe headache.

She was rushed to the emergency room of a hospital, though she did not mention the exact date.

The doctor’s diagnosis was a “tension headache,” something she said she had never experienced before in her life.

Bettina’s full statement (published as is):
“I didn’t know so much stress could actually lead to this kind of headache called a tension headache.
My head never hurt like this my whole life! After 2 ER visits in 12hrs and a very scary MRI for this claustrophobic, I still feel like I’m going to die every time I sit up.
Scans were negative for anything more serious than muscle spasms. Relaxants and heating pads have been helpful though…”

She was accompanied in the emergency room by her daughter Amanda Lucia Carlos, also known as Gummy, and her youngest, Baby Amina.

She added:
“More painful though was thinking of my 2-year-old sleeping on the chest of my 14-year-old who is a heavy sleeper, worried she might wake up looking for me to hush her back to sleep while I’m in the hospital and her big sister may be unable to quiet her, or unable to wake up in time!
But through all this physical pain, we are so thankful for friends who gladly took our girls in even if it meant pushing their Mother’s Day plans.
Thankful for the love of our spiritual family sending food, treats, entertainment, prayers, and all.”

Bettina Carlos on “Response to Stress”

Because of this experience, she reflected and prayed about how to better handle anxiety and tension.

She said:
“Now as I lay flat in bed with a heating pad on my back, neck, and head, I’m prayerfully rethinking my response to stress.
How can it not get to me so much that it brings me to this point? How should I change the way I view something as ‘stress’ so that I may respond to it better?
How do I re-laaax??? Such a painful way to learn but God knows how I’d best learn.”

She was also touched seeing how her eldest daughter took care of her youngest sibling.

Bettina concluded:
“It was also such a blessing seeing our eldest rise up and really take care of her sissy.
It was very timely that all this happened while Amina’s nanny was on a day off for Mother’s Day and the elections… it was just us and God in and through our community.
Thank you Lord You are [still] so good, always good.”

She did not mention the cause of her stress in the post.

In the comments section, friends from showbiz like Camille Prats, Cheska Garcia-Kramer, and Joy W. Sotto sent prayers for her healing.