Editing Andy Partridge (section)

===Health===

Partridge experiences auditory [[synesthesia]], which he uses in his songwriting process.<ref name="Lyrical">{{cite web |last1=Bernhardt |first1=Todd |last2=Partridge |first2=Andy |title=The Lyrical Andy Partridge |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/XTCFans20060324.html |website=Chalkhills |access-date=18 October 2018 |date=24 March 2006}}</ref>  In later interviews, he stated he believes himself to be on the [[autistic spectrum]],<ref>{{cite web |author1=Tunetribe Podcast |title=96: Andy Partridge|url=https://soundcloud.com/tunetribe-entertainment/podcast-96|website=[[SoundCloud]] |access-date=October 18, 2018 |time= 17:37|format=Audio |date=2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bernhardt |first1=Todd |last2=Partridge |first2=Andy |title=Andy discusses 'Beatown' |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/XTCFans20080727.html |website=Chalkhills |access-date=17 May 2019 |date=27 July 2008}}</ref> saying in a 2022 interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'': "I think I'm on the spectrum, yes, but it's all helped me and I wouldn't have it any other way." He has also had [[obsessive–compulsive disorder]] since childhood.<ref name="Kinney" /> At the age of 12, he was professionally diagnosed with [[ADHD]] (known at the time as simply "hyperactivity") and prescribed [[Valium]]. He later formed a dependency on the drug that was exacerbated by the pressures of his music career. After disposing of the drug in 1981, he experienced severe withdrawal effects that led to XTC's withdrawal from touring.<ref name="Sailed2006" />

In 1992, Partridge had an ear infection that left him temporarily deaf,<ref name="Mojo1999"/> and in 2006, during one of the sessions for ''Monstrance'', some of his hearing was destroyed following a studio mishap which caused him to develop severe [[tinnitus]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gallo|first1=Phil|title=XTC's Partridge discusses boxset, Monstrance|url=https://variety.com/2006/music/news/xtc-s-partridge-discusses-boxset-monstrance-1117955044/|website=Variety|date=4 December 2006|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> He later stated that he had "contemplated suicide, just to stop [the tinnitus]."<ref name="heavyload" />