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Doctor and reality star Alex George revealed he has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The 31-year-old former Love Island contestant is a youth mental health ambassador for the Government and often uses his social ...

05 Oct 2022 at 22:22

Health

Mum told at school she “wasn’t very bright” gains post grad and becomes influencer with 40K TikTok followers after autism diagnosis aged 40

A mum who was told by teachers she “wasn’t very bright” has gained a post graduate diploma and become an “accidental influencer” on TikTok where she has 40K followers after being diagnosed with autism and ADHD in her forties. After decades of ...

04 Aug 2022 at 09:07

UK mother raising money to help people with autism fleeing Ukraine

A mother is raising funds to help neurodiverse people fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying the thought of trying to get her autistic son out of a war zone keeps her awake at night. Dr Annie Clements is the founder and chief ...

19 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Local News

Photographer diagnosed with ADHD in her 40s secures grant to develop her work

A County Derry artist who was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in her mid 40s has been awarded a grant to develop her work. Strabane native Joanne Mullin has lived in Magherafelt for the last 17 years, ...

02 Jun 2022 at 13:33

Rory Bremner says ADHD is ‘my best friend and my worst enemy’

Rory Bremner says his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is “my best friend and my worst enemy” and there was increasingly positive discussion around the condition. The impressionist said living with ADHD used to feel ...

10 Feb 2022 at 07:25

Scotland

Mental health prescriptions for children on the increase, research shows

Antidepressant prescriptions for children in one part of Scotland have increased by almost 60% in six years, research has found. Experts from the University of Aberdeen compared mental health prescriptions issued in the NHS ...

11 Jan 2023 at 17:46

Health & Wellbeing

Comedian Johnny Vegas reveals ADHD diagnosis

Johnny Vegas said he has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The 52-year-old comedian and Benidorm actor added it was “always kicked around as a notion” prior to him finding out before ...

11 Jan 2023 at 14:56

Health

Mum who found it ‘really hard’ to play with her son gets ‘mindblowing’ yet ‘reassuring’ ADHD diagnosis at 37 years old

A mum diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at the age of 37 has said the “mindblowing” yet “reassuring” discovery made her realise why she sometimes found it difficult to give her son the ...

16 Mar 2023 at 07:00

Family

‘I would be dead without Emmaus’: Man who was homeless after being put into care at 15 transforms life with ice skating

A man who was put into care aged 15 before becoming homeless in his 20s, feeling the cold in his “bones” and contemplating suicide, has transformed his life with ice skating and said he “would be dead” if it were ...

04 May 2023 at 07:00

Health & Wellbeing

Sam Thompson: I felt like a bad person before ADHD diagnosis

Sam Thompson may only have recently been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – commonly known as ADHD. But the possibility of having it was nothing new. “A lot of people used to tell me they ...

02 May 2023 at 08:30

UK woman faced extreme weather and dingo in run across Australia

A woman from Nottingham has completed a near-2,500 mile run across Australia, facing challenges including extreme weather and a dingo, to raise money for an ADHD charity. Nikki Love, 56, from Nottingham, ...

21 Jul 2023 at 07:00

Life

Shaparak Khorsandi: How a late ADHD diagnosis changed my life

When comedian Shaparak Khorsandi revealed on Twitter during the pandemic that she had been diagnosed with ADHD, she was contacted by an avalanche of people suspecting they too might have the condition. ...

18 Jul 2023 at 07:00

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