Nadia Sawalha Reveals Her Emotional ADHD Diagnosis Story | Loose Women

Our very own Nadia has been on her own journey to find out once and for all why she's always felt 'different'. She’ll be exploring a potential Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder diagnosis, and gaining an understanding of why it’s taken so long for women to be included in the ADHD conversation.
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From series 26, broadcast on 24/11/22
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[@DeliveranceIsReal]

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

[@zarailly]

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

[@stepheneaton7785]

Tell my ex wife

[@stepheneaton7785]

This exact video lead me to diagnosis and treatment. It came up in msn news when I opened my browser late in 2022, I don't watch loose women, but it stuck out as something I should watch. I can't be more grateful for this subject being covered.

[@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

[@amystudholme7225]

Im starting to get diagnosed at 39 .overwhelming

[@MelissaLincoln-yu3lq]

I was diagnosed at 53

[@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.

[@johnnymoondog]

A Desire to Happily Drive !

[@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. 😢😮

[@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.

[@oldsoulvibing432hz6]

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

[@user-ri5ee8wi9r]

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

[@oldsoulvibing432hz6]

@@user-ri5ee8wi9r 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.

[@ip3931]

A desire to drive indeed.

[@Seashoreification]

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

[@ianjames3078]

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

[@user-ri5ee8wi9r]

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]

❤❤

[@stepheneaton7785]

​@@EvelineUKThis entirely. The amount of people who have said they didn't think i would have it. They only see the person suit I wear out in public to try and be "normal" Of course like all things the symptoms are on a spectrum and it is not black and white. Some days my meds work and I can be an absolute machine of focus and productivity, smashing other people out of the water with how good I am. Other days my meds don't work as well and I can't even get out of bed because the dopamine just isn't there or I do go to work and I'm so distracred I am severely disabled and can barely work. It's not a competition of who is the more disabled, thats gatekeeping behaviour.

[@PinkPoo]

I agree, so many fakes out there, especially women

[@PinkPoo]

Womp womp 😢 you have adhd so quirky