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Adult ADHD ADD Tips and Support – Episode 4 – The Brain Chemistry of ADD / ADHD

Adult ADHD ADD Tips and Support

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Dopamine and Serotonin in the Hunter Type Brain

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter and it has to do with having genetically lower levels of dopamine receptors in the brain. Dopamine affects learning, focus and motivation. The other neurotransmitters which everyone should know about and understand is serotonin. And when people are depressed and they go through long, those dark clouds of depression, that is serotonin primarily. So understanding serotonin is extremely important because this is, it's an epidemic. Depression is an epidemic. Even if you're not a hunter type, understanding what you need to do to keep your serotonin levels up. You don't have to take any depressants which have exponential side effects that I've watched it really harm people.

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