Ellen DeGeneres reveals 3 health diagnoses after 'excruciating pain': 'I could disintegrate in the shower'

Ellen DeGeneres revealed that she has been diagnosed with osteoporosis, obsessive-compulsive upset and ADHD.

During her last Netflix peculiar "For Your Consideration, which premiered connected Tuesday, the 66-year-old comedian opened up astir her caller triple diagnosis arsenic she got candid astir aging.

DeGeneres recalled that she took a "stupid bony density test" astatine the proposal of her doc and learned that she had "full-on osteoporosis."

"I don’t adjacent cognize however I’m lasting up close now. I’m similar a quality sandcastle. I could disintegrate successful the shower," she told the audience.

Ellen DeGeneres revealed she was diagnosed with osteoporosis, obsessive-compulsive upset and ADHD. ( Alberto Rodriguez/E! Entertainment/NBCUniversal/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Osteoporosis is simply a "bone illness that develops erstwhile bony mineral density and bony wide decreases, oregon erstwhile the operation and spot of bony changes. The illness tin "lead to a alteration successful bony spot that tin summation the hazard of breached bones, per the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.

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Nearly 20% of women aged 50 and over person osteoporosis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

DeGeneres went connected to admit that "it's hard to beryllium honorable astir aging and look cool," 

"I had excruciating symptom 1 time and I thought I tore a ligament oregon thing and I got an MRI and they said, ‘No, it’s conscionable arthritis.’ I said, ‘How did I get that?’ And helium said, ‘Oh it conscionable happens astatine your age,'" the erstwhile "Ellen" histrion said.

DeGeneres opened up astir aging during her caller Netflix special. (Netflix)

DeGeneres besides shared that her therapist diagnosed her with obsessive-compulsive upset (OCD). The "Finding Dory" told the assemblage that she entered therapy arsenic she was "trying to woody with each the hatred that was coming astatine me."

"I’m similar a quality sandcastle. I could disintegrate successful the shower."

In July 2020, DeGeneres' long-running daytime speech amusement "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" was rocked by toxic workplace accusations from former, arsenic good arsenic allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour by ousted producers. DeGeneres issued an apology to her unit successful a connection and apologized again on-air during the premiere of the show's 18th play successful September 2020.

In 2021, DeGeneres announced that her amusement would beryllium ending aft its 19th season. The final occurrence aired successful May of 2022. 

During her Netflix special, DeGeneres said "I whitethorn person OCD due to the fact that a therapist said truthful and I said, ‘Yes I americium precise organized,’ due to the fact that I thought that was the O."

"I didn't cognize what OCD was," she continued. "I was raised successful a religion, Christian Science, that doesn't admit diseases oregon disorders. So erstwhile I was increasing up, cipher talked astir anything. There was nary treatment of anything." 

DeGeneres told the assemblage that she could "disintegrate successful the shower." (Netflix)

"I look backmost present and I recognize my dada for definite had OCD," DeGeneres said of her precocious begetter Elliott. 

She continued, "He would cheque the doorknob 15 times earlier we'd leave, he'd cheque the faucet 15 times, helium would unplug each the appliances earlier we near the location due to the fact that lightning could onslaught and it could drawback fire. They accidental it could beryllium hereditary."

Per the National Institute of Mental Health, OCD is simply a "long-lasting upset successful which a idiosyncratic experiences uncontrollable and recurring thoughts (obsessions), engages successful repetitive behaviors (compulsions), oregon both."

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The comedian said that aft her therapy session, she asked her woman Portia de Rossi if she thought that DeGeneres mightiness person OCD.

"And she said, ‘Yes, you do,’" DeGeneres recalled. "Barely got that condemnation retired really. It's funny. I've ne'er thought of myself arsenic obsessive. I deliberation of myself arsenic cautious and everyone other careless and retired of control."

DeGeneres announced that aft the merchandise of her Netflix special, she volition beryllium leaving the nationalist eye. (Getty Images)

In addition, DeGeneres shared that she has attraction shortage upset (ADD), which is present referred to arsenic ADHD (attention shortage hyperactivity disorder). 

ADHD is simply a "developmental upset marked by persistent symptoms of inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity that interfere with functioning oregon development," per the National Institute of Mental Health.

"My ADD makes it truly hard to beryllium down and absorption connected thing astatine all," DeGeneres said. 

"I mean, bash you cognize however hard it was for maine to enactment this together?" she added of her special. 

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"Of people you don't," DeGeneres continued. "Why would I inquire that question? Why would I inquire that question? Why bash radical inquire radical questions they cognize they don't person the reply to?"

"It's hard for maine to focus," DeGeneres admitted arsenic the assemblage laughed.

"So, I person ADD, I person OCD, I'm losing my memory," she said. "But I deliberation I'm well-adjusted due to the fact that I obsess connected things, but I don't person the attraction span to instrumentality with it, and I rapidly hide what I was obsessing astir successful the archetypal place."

"So, it takes maine each the mode astir to being well-adjusted, I think."

DeGeneres joked that having osteoporosis, ADHD and OCD makes her "well-adjusted." (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

At the extremity of her special, which she has said volition beryllium her past earlier she retires, DeGeneres thanked her audience.

DeGeneres admitted that successful the past, she "has cared acold excessively overmuch what different radical deliberation of me."

"But with clip you summation perspective, which is 1 bully happening astir aging," she said. "It doesn't wholly marque up for arthritis oregon brittle bones. But with perspective, you recognize that caring what radical deliberation to a grade is healthy, but not if it affects your intelligence health."

"So aft a beingness of caring, I conscionable can't anymore. So I don't," she said arsenic the assemblage cheered.

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DeGeneres continued, "But if I'm being honorable — and I person a prime of radical remembering maine arsenic idiosyncratic who was mean, oregon idiosyncratic who is beloved."

"Beloved," she added. "I take that."