Grimes reveals ADHD and autism diagnosis

nme.com:

Grimes has said she was recently diagnosed with ADHD and autism, and has explained why she is glad she did not find out earlier.The Canadian alt-pop musician revealed the news in a post on X on Friday (March 21), writing: “Got diagnosed w adhd/autism this year and realized I’m prob dyslexic which is why I can’t spell at all without spellcheck.”She went on to say that if she had been diagnosed as a child, it would have resulted in her working “less hard” and might have paved the way for her to taking drugs. “So many of the weird obsessions and motivations I had would have been seen as pathological and I could have written off certain things that were very hard for me, but I’m glad I over came them,” she wrote. “Prob wud have been drugged too.”She explained that she believes there is a “subculture” of online accounts posing as mental health aids but are, in her view, “extreme biohazards”.

She raised her concern that people are now “self diagnosing” with mental health conditions, adding: “I feel a huge percentage of adhd is screen addiction and dopaminergic burn out.”I have to say, there's this subculture of I guess "mental health" accounts that I actually think are like, extreme infohazards.