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GBBO star Georgina Grasso shares 'scary' health update as she details 'manic episodes'

Georgina Grasso, who won Great British Bake Off in in 2024, has taken to social media to give a rare update on her health after recently receiving a new diagnosis

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GBBO winner Georgina Grasso has shared a rare health update(Image: georginaaelizabeth/Instagram)

Great British Bake Off star Georgina Grasso has been diagnosed with diagnosed with bipolar 2 and autism. The TV star, 36, who found fame when she won the 2024 edition of the hit Channel 4 series after impressing Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, initially believed she had ADHD, which affects the way the brain works, particularly when it comes to tasks that require memory, concentration or being still.

But after suffering a particularly "depressive" time lately, Georgina took to social media with a rare post in which she disclosed that she had been through four "manic" episodes over the course of the last eight years, and now just wants to use her platform so she can raise awareness.

She wrote on Instagram : "Ive been caught up in moving house, mental health assessments for me and the kids. Clearly in a depressive episode for the last couple of months. I keep saying to myself Ive got bipolar trying to figure out what that means. I know I'm still me. But everything I thought I knew about my mental health, isnt what I thought it was.

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The TV star has announced that she has been diagnosed with diagnosed with bipolar 2 and autism(Image: georginaaelizabeth/Instagram)

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The Bake Off champion told fans that it all came as a 'shock' to her(Image: georginaaelizabeth/Instagram)

"I've had 4 severe hypotonic/ manic episodes over the last 8 years, the last one being last year, but youd never have known. I never ever want one ever again. They are scary. What scares me most is I have no control over anything Im doing and its tunnel vision. "You guys know how much I advocate for mental health. And how much I did for ADHD. Ive got loads to learn about bipolar and am in no position to be spreading awareness about it until I know a lot more. So for now, this is just a - this is me! Hope you can all stick around for the ride, for the highs and lows!"

In the slides of her post, Georgina expressed how her diagnosis came as a "shock" and she worried about her career as a content creator.

She said: "It has come as a shock, it feels scary, and its taking me a while to absorb, and I didnt think it would. My dr mentioned last year that he thinks it could be, but I thought theres no way.

"I've spent years researching about adhd, I know next to nothing about bipolar. I feel like I'm not sure who I am right now, and scared to be judged even more so now.

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Georgie won the 2024 series of The Great British Bake Off(Image: Channel 4)

"Apparently it can be common for bipolar to be misdiagnosed as adhd. I think the turning point for me was being 100 [per cent] truthful with my psychiatrist about my history and symptoms.

"Lots of things make more sense. My struggle to hold down jobs. Why for periods I'm amazing at my now job at content creating, then for weeks and months I physically cannot do anything. It gives me a bit of relief. But it doesn't help the times where I need to work but can't. Being a content creator means you have to be consistent, so it scares the hell out of me can I actually keep doing this. (sic)"

Georgina explained that she is due to start new medication and concluded her lengthy post by thanking fans for their support and encouraged them all to keep engaging with her content.

Right now, I don't think I want to go into the depths of my really bad periods of highs and lows. I've done some crazy things over the years. Not only that, but I only ever want to share knowledge about mental health that I'm fully knowledgeable on. Right now, I don't know much about it.

"I really want to keep going, support my family as much as I can. Doing this from home is the only way I can do it. So having you guys here with me, some new, some of you OGs from bake off. I appreciate every single one of you!

"I am starting new medication and really hope I can be 'stable' and be able to work and create with consistency. They come with side effects which do worry me, but I hope the benefits outweigh them. (sic) "If any of you who have bipolar have any advice for me. I would greatly appreciate it. And again, thank you for being here! I need you now more than ever.

"Every save share comment and like helps me be able to stay doing this. I promise I'll be back creating lots of new recipes from this week!"

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