'A marriage with ADHD ..there's no blueprint'

OCTOBER is ADHD Awareness Month and comedian Paul Whitehouse is certainly doing his bit.

- BY KAREN ROCKETT

The 67-year-old Fast Show star takes on the role of self-confessed sceptic in the trailblazing ADHD podcast he hosts with his wife, Dr Mine Conkbayir, but his “devil's advocate” position opens up debate.

Season four is already under way with Robbie Williams as a star guest. The podcast will also see other celebrity ADHDers talking about the condition including Made in Chelsea's Sam Thompson and comic Sara Pascoe.

Dr Conkbayir, 45, has personal experience of ADHD, having been diagnosed two years ago.

She and Paul, who share a daughter Delilah, 13, live in separate houses in north London because of her ADHD.

“My sensory needs are completely different, and to my daughter's,” she explains. “I need lights on all the time. I need noise and I mean 24/7. It's not enough to have the radio on. I've also got rave mixes, gospel anthems, but it's all at once.”

Regarding their living arrangements, Paul has previously admitted: “A lot of people prick up their ears and gasp.” But as Dr Conkbayir explains, there's no “blueprint” when it comes to marriage, you find what works.