Johnny Vegas shares health update as he reveals ADHD makes his brain 'lock'
Johnny Vegas has offered fans a health update and says his ADHD struggle leads his brain to 'lock' when her makes simple decisions.
The funnyman discuss how he figured out he had the condition just over year ago and says things have started to make sense ever since. ADHD can include symptoms such as being restless and having trouble concentrating. Johnny explained that for him the disorder manifests in losing his filter and focus for certain activities.
The Benidorm star said that the diagnosis has helped him understand his brain and “answers a lot of questions about behavioural issues” he has but he won’t let define his whole sense of self. Today, he joined Josie Gibson and Dermot O’Leary on This Morning and explained how his 'super organised' friend and PA Beverley Dixon has really come through for him.
The comedian has detailed how the condition impacts his life (LightRocket via Getty Images)
Johnny was told he had ADHD back in December 2022 (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)His pal even stars alongside him in his Channel 4 show Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping and he told the hosts more about their relationship. "She’s better than me in every way - she’s organised, she’s driven. She runs my life! This series I was on site a lot more and a lot more hands on and we had our moments.
"I’d gone through the process of having ADHD - I've had the diagnosis - and there were times I went 'Bev, you’ve asked me 15 questions in the space of ten seconds' - my brain just locks. She’s super organised, and I can take three days to decide if I want porridge or toast!
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Last year he appeared on BBC Breakfast and went into detail about the condition. “It’s that sense of disorganisation and doing basic tasks,” he explained. “Everybody has an element of it. It’s how strong your filter is, I think. When you don’t have a filter at all, very simple things become very time consuming," he continued.
"It’s like, [I’ll say] I’ll shift that cup, and then you have 10 other ideas and you haven’t shifted that cup, and then three weeks later that cup’s still there and somebody’s like, why haven’t you shifted that, and it’s become this monumental task and it’s built up. “It’s just, I suppose, how your brain organises itself. I always knew I was disorganised … but [the diagnosis] helps make sense of a lot of things at school. I’m just on the verge of learning about it.”
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