Zoe Ball reveals medical diagnosis which caused her to have a ‘meltdown’ while filming episode of TV show
Zoe Ball has been diagnosed with ADHD.
The 53-year-old BBC Radio 2 presenter has spoken out about the condition which makes her find it difficult to carry out some tasks that other people might consider routine.
ADHD can cause people to have difficulty concentrating, while it can also cause restlessness, among other things.
Broadcaster Zoe, whose son Woody also has the condition, said her ADHD caused her to have a 'meltdown' while filming an upcoming episode of Taskmaster as she struggled with the mental arithmetic involved in one of the tasks.
She told me Daily mirror: 'My brain is all over the damn store.
Zoe Ball has been diagnosed with ADHD, which makes her find it difficult to complete some tasks that other people might consider routine (pictured in September)
ADHD can cause people to have difficulty concentrating, while it can also cause restlessness, among other things
'I have ADHD. My son [Woody] and I'm both, we look quite similar. I make myself laugh sometimes because when I'm in a small space and have a lot of tasks to do, I can cover so many miles.
'My family, they laugh because they find things of mine in certain places and they say, “If you follow this, you'll see what mom was trying to achieve.”
“I have 18 pairs of glasses and I'm still losing them all…my brain is wandering around the damn store.”
Of her performance as Taskmaster, she added: “So one particular task involved a bit of timing, which was math, which, again, is not a strength, I started to physically melt down. That hurt my head.'
It comes after Katie Price revealed why she chooses not to follow doctors' recommendations for taking ADHD medication after being diagnosed in July.
The TV personality, 45, previously explained that she was learning to understand how the disorder has affected her past behavior, but the star has now admitted she refuses medication.
Appears on Jamie Laing's podcast: genitals, Katie opened up about her health diagnosis.
When Jamie asked if she was prescribing her medication, Katie replied, “They prescribed me something, but you can get Ritalin and all that stuff, but I don't want to have to rely on medication.”
Broadcaster Zoe, whose son Woody (pictured) also has the condition, said her ADHD caused her to have a 'meltdown' while filming an upcoming episode of Taskmaster
She added: 'They gave me something mild and it makes me very sleepy so I didn't take it.'
The star explained how she plans to visit her consultant due to the negative effects of the medication.
She added: 'It makes me very sleepy and I don't want that because I feel like it's suppressing my personality.'
The symptoms of ADHD include restlessness and difficulty concentrating, as well as excessive physical movement, talking and acting without thinking.
Katie said she was getting a tattoo in Thailand when the doctor called her to confirm that tests showed she had ADHD.
He asked her, “Do you think you have ADHD?” to which she replied, “Yes, but how bad?”
Katie Price, 45, revealed why she refuses ADHD medication after being diagnosed earlier this year during an appearance on Jamie Laing's Private Parts podcast (pictured this month)
The doctor then confirmed, “No, you're serious.”
Katie previously discussed the diagnosis with OK! magazine, saying: 'I tried to teach my mother, but my brain is wired differently than other people's.
'I hate labels, but now my mother and I have both spoken to doctors and she has realized why I have done things in the past, why I act the way I do, why I do things, why I am the way I am.
“It's not because I'm not listening and absorbing it, there's just something in me. I'm doing better now, through therapy I've learned to hold back, listen and think about what other people say – maybe they're right, maybe they're wrong, but I think about the consequences.'
'It didn't exist in my mind, a consequence, what could go wrong… So I learned. It took me 45 years, but I'm still here.
Katie went on to say that her behavior has put her in situations that caused “unnecessary drama and stress.”
ADHD symptoms usually appear at an early age and become more apparent as the child grows.
The majority of cases are diagnosed in children under the age of 12, but some people are not diagnosed until adulthood.
According to the NHS, the causes of ADHD are not known, but the condition has been shown to run in families.