When Expectations Meet Your ADHD Reality: Finding Success in School and Life with Aron Croft
Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast
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Dopamine Overstimulation - Number Three
"I was drinking a ton, then I started smoking cigarettes and then I started using pot," he says. "One of the things that I always work with my students now on is that we need to cut back on the amount of artificial dopamine overstimulation ... because our brains can't appreciate the dopamine from achieving something personally meaningful." He adds: "Without it, it was just like, cool. So you want me to work my butt off, manipulate my way into finding out what's on the test?"
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