Lily Allen has said that she was recently diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Allen confirmed her diagnosis in an interview with The Times, revealing that she had been diagnosed while living in the USA, where she has resided since 2020.She told the newspaper that her diagnosis caused her to completely quit using social media – “As soon as I look at it, it can be hours of my day gone,” she said.Allen also said that she wasn’t surprised by her diagnosis. “It sort of runs in my family.
And it [the diagnosis] is only because I’m here in America where they take these things slightly more seriously than they do in England,” she explained.“I went to see someone and they said, ‘Have you ever thought about this?’.
And I said, ‘Well, yes I have.’ ”Allen is one of numerous figures from the entertainment world to say they have been diagnosed with ADHD in recent years.
Other well-known figures who have made their ADHD diagnosis public include Slowthai, Cara Delevigne, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy and Yungblud.The singer is set to appear in her first televised acting role this month in new Sky comedy drama Dreamland, which tells the story of four sisters in Margate.
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