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Podcast: It's Not About the Alcohol
Episode: Ep116: Why the ADHD brain is more susceptible to addiction with Eric Trivers
Description: 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 prope...