9: ADHD and Dopamine: Why Quick Fixes Make You Feel Worse

9: ADHD and Dopamine: Why Quick Fixes Make You Feel Worse

You reach for your phone when you're uncomfortable, spend more than you planned, and chase the next thing that might finally feel good. Then the feeling fades faster than it used to, and you're back where you started. If that cycle is getting worse, this episode is for you. ADHD and dopamine are connected in a way that goes well beyond "just get more dopamine." I break down why quick hits from scrolling, spending, and caffeine leave your brain crashing lower than before you started, how ADHD survival mode traps you in short-term thinking, and what it looks like to naturally boost dopamine in a way that builds over time. This episode reframes what it means to feel good with ADHD, and why meaning and growth get you further than pleasure ever will. 01:58 – Why Quick Dopamine Hits Make ADHD Symptoms Worse 04:39 – ADHD Survival Mode and the Dopamine Crash Cycle 10:30 – Hedonia vs. Eudaimonia: Two Ways to Pursue Dopamine 13:31 – How to Naturally Boost Dopamine With ADHD 19:25 – Building a Dopamine Foundation That Lasts Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://jennafree.com/blog/adhd-and-dopamine-why-quick-hits-make-you-feel-worse Let's stay connected! You can get your new and improved free ADHD Reset Guide here - adhdwithjennafree.com/adhdguide Want more thriving with ADHD? Come hang out with me on Instagram! Get out of paralysis, be more productive, and enjoy your life again! Join an upcoming group!

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79: 4 Reasons Behind ADHD People Pleasing

79: 4 Reasons Behind ADHD People Pleasing

You keep saying yes when you mean no, then spend the rest of the day resentful about something you agreed to in the first place. If you've been told your ADHD people-pleasing is a boundaries problem, ...

28 Syys 23min

78: How to Regulate with ADHD When Tips and Tricks Don't Work

78: How to Regulate with ADHD When Tips and Tricks Don't Work

You've been told to take a deep breath and get regulated, and it didn't stick, so you're stuck wondering what you're missing. If tips and tricks have stopped working, this episode is for you. I get in...

21 Syys 26min

77: ADHD Time Blindness: How to Stop Fighting the Clock

77: ADHD Time Blindness: How to Stop Fighting the Clock

Your relationship with time feels broken, and you've probably filed it under ADHD time blindness and left it there. If rushing, scrambling, and never having enough time has started to feel permanent, ...

14 Syys 19min

76: 3 Reasons to Set Your ADHD Diagnosis Aside

76: 3 Reasons to Set Your ADHD Diagnosis Aside

You know the label. ADHD, anxiety, OCD, autism, whatever you have been diagnosed with. You know the symptom, and it still hasn't changed anything. If a diagnosis has started to feel like a wall instea...

7 Syys 18min

75: Scarcity Mindset in ADHD: Why Nothing Feels Like Enough

75: Scarcity Mindset in ADHD: Why Nothing Feels Like Enough

You've screenshotted the same tip four times and still feel like you're behind. Or you finish the whole to-do list, and your brain zeroes in on the one thing left undone. If that constant sense of not...

31 Elo 16min

74: Stop the Confusion Between ADHD Emotions and Reactivity

74: Stop the Confusion Between ADHD Emotions and Reactivity

You've been calling it "being emotional" for years, and it's kept you stuck. Or you're a clinician who lumps every client reaction into the same emotional bucket without separating what's really drivi...

24 Elo 24min

73: 3 Mistakes in ADHD Therapy That Stall Progress

73: 3 Mistakes in ADHD Therapy That Stall Progress

You've been seeing an ADHD therapist for months, and something's off, or you're the clinician sensing your ADHD clients aren't getting where they hoped to go. Either seat you're sitting in, the patter...

17 Elo 23min

72: Interrupt ADHD and Perfectionism Patterns for More Freedom

72: Interrupt ADHD and Perfectionism Patterns for More Freedom

You spend three weeks fussing with a work project that was technically done two weeks ago. A two-line email took 40 minutes because you rewrote it 4 times. You can't start the errand list until you've...

10 Elo 19min

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