Adult Diagnosis: An Autism and ADHD Journey

Following up from my song 'My Neurodiversity' I wanted to unpack my journey from discovery to diagnosis in regards to ADHD and Autism. This is the story of learning about my particular brand of neurodiversity and growing to feel okay to share that with the world.
It's especially important to elevate the voices of #actuallyautistic people this month, when so many "allies" are out there spreading harmful and sometimes deadly mis-information.
We need acceptance, not awareness. We need a more accessible world and we get there by listening to each others wants and needs - not through assumptions or fear.
I am proud to be a neurodivergent performer and creator. I felt it was just as important to share this side of my journey as any other. I hope it resonates with some of you. Have you had any bumps in the road along your journey?
This video was filmed and edited on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respects to elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.
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The problem with any kind of mental health diagnosis is that there are so many symptoms that overlap. So many people are diagnosed with the wrong thing, are on medication that does nothing for them. My official diagnosis was OCD, which later became OCD and depression, then OCD, depression and anxiety. However, I've had several people ask if I have autism, and this is something that I have questioned myself. When I was diagnosed with OCD, we went in thinking that's what it was and so no other possibilities were ever really looked into. It was either I had OCD or I was just a bit weird. There was never any "actually, it could be this or that instead". The mind is such a strange and complex thing, even the top experts in the world don't fully understand it. I hope you can get the answers you need.

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Absolutely! Like I said for years it was just “depression and anxiety” which definitely were a thing but didn’t explain everything (not even close tbh) and they were more symptomatic of feeling like I didn’t quite fit in the world than my main problem. It took ages for anyone to see what else was going on and the level of everything just sliding into place when that started to happen is really difficult to describe. I hope you too get the answers you need - or at the very least get to a place where you’re comfortable in your brain. That’s really the end goal of all of this.