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Busy Philipps Details Being Diagnosed With ADHD Alongside Daughter Birdie


Busy Philipps exclusively told Us about realizing she has ADHD while accompanying her 15-year-old daughter, Birdie, to an ADHD evaluation

The actress, who shares Birdie and daughter Cricket, 10, with Silverstein, 52, admitted that her struggles “affected my self-esteem” because she felt “like I wasn’t as on top of it as the other people that were around me.” Demi Lovato, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jon Hamm, Carrie Fisher, and Ashley Judd are among the many celebrities who've admitted to struggling with depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder While Philipps got diagnosed around the same time as Birdie, she noted that she “wouldn’t say [ADHD] has been a thing that has bonded” the pair together.

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