Adam Ant speaks about living with manic depression

Adam Ant has been speaking about his struggle with manic depression. As you'll remember, it was revealed the former pop star had been battled with bi-polar disorder for years when he was admitted to a London psychiatric hospital under the Mental Health Act in 2002 following accusations that he pulled out a gun in a Kentish Town pub. Speaking to Time Out, he says it took him a long time to realize what was wrong with him: "I was dimly aware of mental illness - my stepmother, my father's second wife, had schizophrenia, but most people in my condition are unaware of what exactly is wrong with them. I would just be feeling really up one minute and down the next. You tend to withdraw into yourself and become paranoid. You build up things in your mind that aren't there but you think they are". The singer has been discussing his condition while promoting his new book 'Adam Ant: Stand And Deliver - The Autobiography'.