I read the news today. Oh boy. The BBC’s article “Why we need to rethink what causes depression”, by Christian Jarrett, October 14, 2026″ by Christian Jarret, (a cognitive neuroscientist, science writer and author) outlines the opinion that we need to think about depression as not caused by some kind of chemical imbalance, and that … Read more

Autism October Mini Info Dump: Autism and ADHD are *almost* synonymous. When the DSM 5 TR was first released in 2013, it allowed people finally be diagnosed for both Autism (for behaviours) and ADHD (behaviours and MEDICATION), for the first time (in countries that diagnose via the DSM like Australia). Autism is primarily diagnosed based … Read more

Autism October Mini Info Dump: Levels of Autism aren’t what people think they are. “Aren’t we all a little bit autistic?” “No. That’s not how it works.” First off, not everyone is a bit autistic. Some people think that “everyone’s a bit autistic”, because they don’t realise that autistic traits are human traits – and … Read more

How to tell who makes good decisions, victim decisions, concerning decisions and abuser decisions. To err is human. What we do next is what matters. ‘Good People: make the best reasonable* choice for all, which includes themself.Good people recognise they can make mistakes,learn & grow from them, decreasing future mistakes & harm. ‘Victims’: makes the … Read more

The second batch of ADHD GPs have been released and we have the ADHD GP list! Check out https://www.jomida.com/adhd-gps-and-repeat-psychiatric-prescriptions/ for the full write up about ADHD GP updates, including how, where and why. For your convenience, the full release list is below. Perth Metro Name Notes Practice Phone Address Dr Amr Diab Jupiter Health Lakelands … Read more

Controversial Therapist Opinion: There is no such thing as lazy. All the things that people point to, when they say lazy, are either about conformity behaviours (conforming to someone else’s wants, controlling people’s expression of themselves), or ignores an actual disability of some kind (whether diagnosed or not). I too believed in laziness when I … Read more

Many ADHDers feel like they get in trouble all of the time, which seems so unfair. We’ll cover the variants of ADHD experience with this, why this may be happening, and what you can do about it. This is nuanced. Some do, some don’t, some feel they do, some miss it. Let us break this … Read more

Medication and Dopamine, Noradrenaline (norepinephrine) and Adrenaline (epinephrine) [the key ADHD neurotransmitters]. There are around 15 different forms of medication that can work for you, some can stack, some shouldn’t (stack means work together well). There are that many because there are lots of different types of ADHD, and the “typical” meds may not be … Read more

Psychedelics specifically refers to a class of drugs that cause hallucinations, that is the primary effect is to trigger an altered state of mind. This “trip” can be perceived as an “expansion of consciousness”. The most common psychedelic drugs are LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide), ketamine, mescaline, psilocybin, and DMT (Dimethyltryptamine). Psychedelics are not a current … Read more

Last time we looked at the top 4 keys to Mental Health, Diet, Exercise, Medication Therapy and Talking Therapy. In this we recognised that most of mental health is biological and some is to do with knowledge and understanding your experience. This time we are going to focus on that old wisdom – balance aka … Read more