Nadia Sawalha Reveals Her Emotional ADHD Diagnosis Story | Loose Women

[@AmyLouiseRain]

"It's not an excuse, it's a reason." Very validating. thank you

[@zarailly]

"it's not an excuse, it's a reason"

[@abbiecrawford97]

"to be able to forgive yourself" didn't think about this aspect of getting diagnosed. How beautiful and emotional

[@moringaottawa]

9:47 I really appreciate Nadia being so open and vulnerable about this.

[@CherryDreamer96]

I was diagnosed aged 10. Only now in my late 20s I'm understanding how much its ruined my life. I do believe that ADHD is over diagnosed in children, but so many people misunderstand it.... ADHD is.not just naughty kids, it dosent go away, it's not just getting distracted and fidgeting... It's awful. It effects every part of your life. It's like trying to watch TV with someone constantly changing the channel. Life with ADHD is very hard

[@frankbreuer8849]

Wow … so much gold. Also so much grief is involved once you find out. Yes, me too. It takes one to know one

[@LisAstrology]

Diagnosed in early 20s - life changing

[@LisAstrology]

I wondered why I always resonated with Denise and Nadia - we see eachother as those who are wired differently

[@salkashoura4928]

For me 41 year old male just been diagnosed ADHD combined. All i can explain this condition is not so fun! Social media paint it out to be a quirk (yet there are some quirky feautures) but ive battled with mental health, low self esteem, severe anxiety disorder, depression, fear of having some severe mental illness. Started therapy at age 14 years. Still having therapy at 41 years old. No professional mentioned adhd except my friends in my 20s and 40s. I brushed it off as i didnt understand it untill i couldnt carry on any more i had adhd assesment. Many health professionals are not trained to recognise it and actually its far more complex than the typical executive function issues. Anxiety can mask is, depression can mask it and as an adult we can mask it. I tried to change my personality as i believed that i was wrong and to be accepted i needed to change who i was. So i wasnt judged for being me. I changed my self so much i became dissociated. I went through a breakdown twice in 2 years. Now i realise i didnt need to change my persobality or dull my self to fit it (its the other people that didnt appreciate me for me that was the problem) One thing i have now promised my self is to find new friends who build each other up. Who accept me for me and dont project their missery onto me by blaming me and my character. We are all worth love, we are worth kindness from our self and others!

[@ThatgirlnamedJodie]

I was diagnosed with Asperger’s and ADHD 6 years ago at 26 years old. The ‘H’ of ADHD isn’t strictly true for a lot of sufferers. There are some crippling lesser-known symptoms like executive dysfunction. My entire childhood, I was called lazy, but I can’t even make myself do things that I want to do. I can be standing up and walking to the kitchen, but I cannot make my brain pick up the cup on the coffee table and take it to the kitchen. ADHD isn’t some quirky condition that is fun to have. It’s debilitating.

[@thenightporter]

Your example with the coffee cup!!!! Yes, won't simply pick up the coffee cup but spend hours or days looking at it and being irritated by it.

[@joeroberts2156]

Inattentive/internalised hyperactivity

[@amystudholme7225]

Im starting to get diagnosed at 39 .overwhelming

[@MelissaLincoln-yu3lq]

I was diagnosed at 53

[@samc299]

I have just been diagnosed at the age of 37. If anyone decides to go private I would recommend ADHD360, they work with the NHS although double your doctor/trust does. You pay £400 for the assessment. Then if you are diagnosed there is payment plans. The one is choose is costing £1200 including the assessment for a years care. I will also have to pay about £150 a month for medication when that is sorted. But the nhs will eventually take that bit over. Then I’ll be on a waiting list for cahms so might pay for another year with them if needed.

[@sweetsoulvibing432hz6]

Thank you so much! I feel so relieved to know there's a possibility that I am not just 'spaced out' and 'slow'

[@LiMckenzie-x8b]

If that’s all it is you have, why seek a diagnosis ?

[@sweetsoulvibing432hz6]

@@LiMckenzie-x8b There are quite a few other symptoms that my family/friends also believe I have too.

[@lilmem07]

Thanks so much for sharing. This is really helpful information to know. I can't afford to go private at the moment but at least I know there's a decent option out there if or when I can. I've been waiting a year for an assessment and I'll likely wait at least another year. Not great when I'm doing an expensive course where it would really help to have confirmation of a diagnosis to get additional support. And that course is part of the reason I can't afford to go private 😔 So grateful for the information despite my grumbling ☺️🙏❤️ P.S. I'm 39 years old.

[@johnnymoondog]

A Desire to Happily Drive !

[@Lettieheart]

Diagnosed at 55 years old and although it was a relief I wish I could take a pill and no longer have it.

[@ip3931]

A desire to drive indeed.

[@BincyVarghese-px6hu]

I was said by someone i know that i talkvery loosely. Which made me feel really worse. It felt sooo bad. Im being punished in every stage of life , bcoz i have ADHD.n it feels sick. 😢😮

[@Seashoreification]

Who is the assessor? I need to book an appointment with her

[@JanetteMcAulay]

Get me on

[@JanetteMcAulay]

Nadia and I would be a nightmare on a night out… 👍🏼💃💃💃💃🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@JanetteMcAulay]

Split at birth… 😂🤷‍♀️

[@JanetteMcAulay]

Split at birth… 😂🤷‍♀️

[@ianjames3078]

Not heard of compulsive eating and wasn’t asked about it during assessment. Not a diva-5 thing?

[@salkashoura4928]

It's not part of the assesment but I think psychiatrists when they look at overall patterns, binge eating is common for most people but not all. I was asked about binge eating and burst out crying because I started binge eating when I was a child and have done for the last 30+ years (I'm 41 now) but I over exercised in the gym to an excessive degree to keep the weight off. I realised binge eating helps with functioning and also is a coping mechanism for difficult emotions

[@JanetteMcAulay]

Help!

[@JanetteMcAulay]

Ask me… please

[@LiMckenzie-x8b]

But she’s been able to live her life and do what she dreamed of, plus her children are functional and free. They should try having social anxiety disorder with all the others since a child, plus hEds/PoTs, PCOS and inattentive ADHD. Trust me inattentive ADHD is the least debilitating of it all, plus taking away the chance to have more than one child, and that child being diagnosed with all of the above. Then you will know heartache. I’ve run out of empathy for these tv discussions. I wanted to be a dancer, I wanted to do musical theatre. My life is irreparably gone. Only keeping going to be there for my beautiful son. Christine mcguinnes and many others, despite being given these labels have and do continue to live a life I could only dream for my son. If you can fake confidence - that’s great, most people do - it shouldn’t be part of the ‘sob story’ But you imagine being controlled by your nervous system, whereby in any social situation you shake blush, hyper vigilant, stutter, mind blanks high anxiety, whereby you are the complete opposite of how your nervous system humiliates you infront of others. I could only dream of being amongst family - never mind being able to have a career on tv, and I’d have it all x2 if my son could be free. Stacy Solomon, talking about PND when she’s had 5 kids without it affecting that - honestly all this makes me very angry that those truly suffering and having their lives ripped apart are deduced to your average symptoms. No wonder we are not taken seriously.

[@dreamlessdemand]

It’s not the trauma olympics.

[@EvelineUK]

You only see a small part of their lives, you have no idea how it impacts her day to day life.

[@rochellebellbell1656]

❤❤

[@PinkPoo]

I agree, so many fakes out there, especially women

[@ianjames3078]

It’s not a competition

[@PinkPoo]

Womp womp 😢 you have adhd so quirky

[@thenightporter]

I was diagnosed at 48.