Lewis Capaldi opens up on Tourette's and panic attacks…

Lewis Capaldi opens up on Tourette's and panic attacks where he fears he'll 'never feel normal again'

Lewis Capaldi has revealed the impact that Tourette's has had on his life since his diagnosis and opened up on his crippling panic attacks where he fears he'll "never feel normal again".

Speaking to DJ Scott Mills on Radio 2 on Friday, the Scots star spoke about his health battle, following the release of his documentary How I'm Feeling Now, and admitted that he still suffers from tics "quite a lot".

The 26-year-old said: "It is [painful]. I’m having a good day today I haven’t twitched that much, I still do that. I still tick quite a lot but it’s one of these things.

"What’s mad is that there is no real treatment for Tourette’s so I’m in a position where I can cancel a whole day of work if I’m too stressed or my anxiety is too bad. For other people it must be so much worse, they don’t have the luxury I have."

He heartbreakingly admits that he still struggles with panic attacks and even had one the previous weekend. Scott told of his own experiences of panic attacks as a teen, where he said he once told his mum: "'‘I feel like I’m dying’. Because in that moment your head tells you that. It’s actually horrible."

Lewis replied: "It’s mental. And it’s that thing of like ‘I’ll never feel normal again’ and 'I’ll never get rid of these things'. I had multiple panic attacks on Saturday evening, I went out for a few beers on the Friday, I always feel anxious after drinking but I’d really hammered it after a long time of not boozing.

Lewis was open about his struggles with Tourette's in the Netflix documentary (Netflix)

He continued: "My mum had to come down to calm me down, lie in bed with me and I was having panic attack after panic attack and the whole week after I felt off."

The Scots singer first opened up about his diagnosis of the neurological condition in September last year and candidly talks about the struggles that come with it in his new Netflix documentary 'How I'm Feeling Now'.

We previously reported that the singer announced he may need to quit his music career, hanging up his microphone if his Tourette's gets any worse.

Explaining how he manages the condition - which is characterised by involuntary noises and movements known as tics - he said that performing on stage during tours can make his symptoms worse and they can escalate.

"It's only making music that does this to me, otherwise I can be fine for months at a time, so it's a weird situation," he told The Times.

"Right now, the trade-off is worth it, but if it gets to a point where I'm doing irreparable damage to myself, I'll quit. I hate hyperbole but it is a very real possibility that I will have to pack music in."

Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now is now available to watch on Netflix.

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Lewis Capaldi opens up on Tourette's and panic attacks where he fears he'll 'never feel normal again'

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