Ep116: Why the ADHD brain is more susceptible to addiction with Eric Trivers

It's Not About the Alcohol

Are you the type of person who tends to over-do it, because if one is good, ten is better?

The inability to self-regulate is a hallmark symptom of ADHD. Because the ADHD brain does not regulate dopamine well. Which makes it hard to get started when a task seems boring, and hard to stop when you’re feeling good.

Typically perceived as a learning disability in school-aged boys, the ADHD diagnosis for women ages 30-49 has doubled in the last few years.

Which is good…because without a proper diagnosis, most ADHDers attribute their struggles to a lack of integrity and discipline. But feeling like a failure only compounds the emotional energy required to function. And further increases your risk of addiction.

Eric Trivers is a licensed clinical social worker, certified ADHD service provider and host of the hit podcast ADHD Rewired. In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How ADHD impairs executive function and drains your emotional reserves

• How menopause affects the symptoms of ADHD in women

• Why undiagnosed ADHD makes you more susceptible to addiction

• How stimulant medications support the ADHD brain when overcoming alcohol use disorder

• Why the primary coping strategies for ADHD are awareness and self-compassion

Find more with Eric Trivers @ADHDreWired on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.

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