Overview
- Welch says a breakdown last year led to a second try at medication that clarified how ADHD had been running alongside her depression.
- She was diagnosed in 2022 after Loose Women arranged an assessment following co-star Nadia Sawalha’s diagnosis and suspicions.
- She has long described severe postnatal depression after the birth of her first child, musician Matty Healy, which she calls “the unwelcome visitor.”
- She argues that greater investment in women’s health could reveal a strong link between ADHD and severe postnatal depression, presenting this as her view.
- She has spoken about a cocaine dependency that began in her late thirties and says she has been clean for over a decade, noting ADHD medication eased urges to self-medicate.