Married At First Sight UK 2022 star Sophie Brown has spoken out about the condition she was diagnosed with while participating in the hit Channel 4 show. During the filming of the series, the 29-year-old said she was given an ADHD diagnosis.
The tech worker - who was matched up with fellow participant Johnathan Wileman - took to her Instagram to open up about the diagnosis. Speaking to her followers via her Instagram story, titled ADHD & Me, she revealed how she first began spotting symptoms as she worked from home during the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns in 2020, Manchester Evening News reports.
Explaining that she would find herself becoming easily distracted, Sophie said: "I found it really difficult," before revealing that she spoke to her doctor and told him about her struggles. "I was like how are people doing this? How are they not getting distracted all the time? How are they getting tasks done?"
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She added: “I spoke to my doctor and said ‘look I never thought that I had this as a kid but a few people have said to me that they thought I might have, I show some of the signs, the way that I work’.” However, after taking an online test, Sophie was put on a waiting list and after a two-year waiting period, got a call from the Manchester mental health department which invited her for an in-person consultation.
"Mental health especially is put to the back sometimes," Sophie said, speaking about how she believes the NHS is "understaffed". She continued: "If you’re a competent person at school or work you don’t always necessarily feel like you have ADHD because you’re still functioning, that’s called high functioning which is what I am."
She continued: "You live your day to day life but you have an internal battle with the things that are going on, so lack of focus, I get very easily distracted, I get major brain fog. When I’m trying to organise tasks procrastinate a lot. I still get things done but I have to battle with it. I’m still very competent and I get things done, but I have to battle with it.
"As an adult and as woman it can show itself in different ways,’ she added, sharing that she now has been prescribed medication to help her manage the condition. I’m still on the journey finding out what works for me,’ she added, saying she’s working to get rid of 'any stigmas.'"
Sophie came into Married At First Sight as a latecomer, being introduced to viewers and fellow co-stars a few weeks into the show. By the end of the show, her and her husband Jonathan agreed to stay married in their final vows. - despite a turbulent journey as a couple on the programme.
However, earlier this week during the MAFS UK reunion, it was revealed that Sophie and Jonathan didn't last outside of the E4 marriage experiment. "We had our ups and downs, but we are very different people," Sophie said while Jonathan told co-star Lara: "I knew I couldn’t give Sophie what she wanted."
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