Mental Wiring

When I started to write this blog, I suppose I decided that I didn't want it to be (totally) autobiographical even though I was writing about my own personal experiences, but my primary aim is to write about my personal experiences in a wider sense.  I do remember saying in my original piece that we all share similar experiences to some extent.  I know also that I said this was also about my journey to being diagnosed with ADHD, along with other diagnoses, treatments and non-treatments along the way.   I know to a large extent my mental health history has gone a long way into getting my ADHD diagnosis, and by that measure, that road been a long one, and why at this moment I plan to breakdown into three blogs - hence naming nomenclature, but could change depending how deep I decide to go in to various aspects.   I suppose in hindsight the best starting point which may to some extent cover everything - and maybe one of the the biggest hurdles in my mental hea...

"Ignorance is bliss" Never has a ubiquitous phrase been so appropriate.  I suppose I wanted to start with this phrase because in a sense feel it is a good starting point for all my posts.  Pre-diagnosis of my ADHD in October 2025 on a consultation with one of my GPs before my first appointment in this current spell with community mental health services, there was further realisation I might have had the condition.  Whilst I had been carrying out my own research into ADHD, one thing had been slightly overlooked by myself, but was reiterated during that consultation: research further into diet. In fairness I had come away thinking that this was a one-size fits all comment that would come from any health professional for most (for want of a better word) ailments requiring regular medications, but also how it might apply to a lifelong neurological disorder?  It doesn't take too much delving to see how much it does play importance, and further delving you can see how big ...