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Finding out I've got ADHD has saved my life

Finding out I've got ADHD has saved my lifeDanny KaanJoe Tracini has always struggled with his mental health but feels like he can finally look to the future after starting ADHD medicationActor Joe Tracini has always felt uncomfortable in his own skin. Growing up in Great Yarmouth, as the son of comedian Joe Pasquale, he was self-conscious and prone to depressive thoughts."I told my first joke on stage at 18 months at one of my dad's gigs," he recalls. "But a lot of my confidence growing up was a front."The only way he could engage with his peers was through his skill for magic tricks.

Joe in a black top, wearing glasses, sitting in red theatre/cinema seats

Joe in a black top, wearing glasses, sitting in red theatre/cinema seats

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Key Highlights

  • He was relentlessly bullied at school."I was like a little old man.
  • I used to speak like a grown-up.
  • I wore three-piece suits and couldn't converse with other children," the 37-year-old says. GettyJoe Tracini was born as Joe Pasquale, the same name as his father, but he changed it aged 12At the age of 11, he changed his surname from Pasquale to Tracini, after narrowly missing out on the role of Harry Potter to Daniel Radcliffe."I did six auditions for it.
  • It was a big rejection but I don't think I would have survived making those films.
  • The casting director sent me a letter which I've still got."I changed my name because I wanted to do things off my own back, I didn't want to have something to live up to.
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