Greg Fitzsimmons on ADHD & Drinking

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@jackkinsman8980 2 ай бұрын

This was almost exactly my experience to this point in life. I was an A student in school, because I forced myself to focus, out of fear that I'd fuck my life up. I fucked it up after I graduated college. It's nearly impossible to get medicated for ADHD. I've had it my whole life, along with major depression. I'm able to 'lock in' at points when fear kicks in, but otherwise, I'm not able to be present much in my life.

@linklovezelda 2 ай бұрын

Same

@corypruitt9534 2 ай бұрын

Yeah brother we are not the only ones

@Headhunter_212 2 ай бұрын

you are not alone. Keep looking for help, things can change

@avengemybreath3084 2 ай бұрын

What country are you in? In the US, they medicate a huge portion of kids for ADHD.

@bccsivxx-xxivvii 2 ай бұрын

@@avengemybreath3084 what is a "huge" portion? It may be over prescribed in some people's opinion, but "huge" implies a majority and that's not the case.

@bheathrow 2 ай бұрын

That... was more important to see than I thought it would be. Thanks Neal.

@1badombre82 Ай бұрын

I have adhd and I medicated every day with alcohol from 16 years. It worked very well but then life traumas happen and the last year of it I had to self medicated with it every 45 minutes. Eventually the pain it caused massively outweighed the pain it cured. I stopped just in time to save my life. Knowingly and intentionally getting that bad did something amazing that I wasn't expecting. I now live on gifted time and enjoy every day. I don't think I would ever have gotten to enjoy life the way I do had I not been an alcoholic and seen how the bottom of the bottom feels. My adhd has actually gotten bad since i got sober but it doesn't bother me anymore. I will not be getting medicated for it again because when i was getting meds for it i eventually started trading my medication for alcohol since it worked better. I don't need to repeat that cycle because i get to live a free life now.

@stephenholmgren405 2 ай бұрын

Alcohol should be legal - but 75% of people should not drink it. It's the one drug that isn't recommended for anything

@DirtyFrigginHarry 2 ай бұрын

I've got ADD out the ass and it wreaked havoc on me in school. I thought I was cured once I got out of high school, but in my mid 20s I just realized it was still hampering everything I did, it just manifested in different ways now that I wasn't in a rigidly structured environment. I can't take stimulants because of torrettes syndrome and I feel like I'm never going to be overcome the ADD, it's just always going to control my life. One thing I've found incredibly disheartening is that the world doesn't have a place for people like us as adults. Either you can obscure or overcome all the complications and struggles enough that people tolerate you, or you're just a burden that struggles to accomplish things that seem simple to everyone else. I'm 34 and I work food service, I've tried multiple different "careers" and adult educations and it's like I'm in middle school again. I can't focus, I'm disorganized, and the people around me think I just don't care or I'm not trying. Seems like you can luck out and find a creative thing to do that makes you happy and you can support yourself with like comedians or writers, but the vast majority of us are just gonna die misunderstood and miserable.

@bccsivxx-xxivvii 2 ай бұрын

I had a friend who couldn't take stimulants either. He ended up on wellbutrin/bupropion. It didn't work for me but it has for him. It took a few weeks before he really started seeing the full effect and benefits, but he's been on it for years now. I never knew it was an option before his doctor prescribed it. May be worth checking out.

@HettiedeKorteDiplomaat 2 ай бұрын

Such a great conversation and so helpful. Thank you.

@epic1761 Ай бұрын

This was a great clip, loved this convo

@ReaIistik Ай бұрын

I medicate almost every single day with alcohol. Not to get drunk, but just to get that quick, dopamine, rush, and relaxation that I need at the end of the day.

@1badombre82 Ай бұрын

Do you have adhd? I do and I medicated every day with alcohol from 16 years. It worked very well but then life traumas happen and the last year of it I had to self medicated with it every 45 minutes. Eventually the pain it caused massively outweighed the pain it cured. I stopped just in time to save my life. Knowingly and intentionally getting that bad did something amazing that I wasn't expecting. I now live on gifted time and enjoy every day. I don't think I would ever have gotten to enjoy life the way I do had I not been an alcoholic and seen how the bottom of the bottom feels. Sorry for being preachy. I just wanted to share that

@Fourestgump 2 ай бұрын

Helpful podcast. Thank you

@nycamm 2 ай бұрын

D student. How did you get into your university? High test scores. ADHD definitely checks out

@shadowsbruther Ай бұрын

Might be a denetor of high iq more than anything else. Public school curriculum is tired and objectively boring. That’s why private schools are a luxury and truly good teachers are a treasure

@timesize Ай бұрын

Also could have parents that grease the wheels at university. M0ron who does poorly in school, gets into great institution, and become successful comedian Doesn’t check out

@jasonsnyder7857 23 күн бұрын

I easily read 100 books a year in high school, a lot of crap but literature as well. Yet I got Bs at best in English and was engaged in constant battles with my teachers as to the “right” way to read and interpret. I was fascinated by science and history as well and struggled in those classes. Not sure if I needed therapy/medication or maybe just a more self-guided learning program. People are individual yet school didn’t tolerate individuation. I followed my passion to art school and it worked out pretty well.

@erinofarrell9601 2 ай бұрын

Unclutching it and letting it go❤ Thank you.

@BurnaBwoi 2 ай бұрын

I just got diagnosed with adhd at 32yrs old an almost cried the first time I was medicated because it was the first time I felt "normal" The black community specifically and all men in general don't prioritize (or sometimes acknowledge) mental health. I encourage anyone that relates to see a psychiatrist (not a general practitioner/family doctor) and get tested. Even without medications, just knowing how and why your brain works the way it does is life changing.

@eyeexaggerate7687 2 ай бұрын

There are 3 dosages for Concerta, the 2nd one was where I tapped-out. It felt like I could see through walls. Did the adhd meds for over a decade, things were somewhat better but I wanted to cut them out. I’m as close to natural as I can be, no adhd meds, no alcohol, the second life-saving surgery cut out any taste for alcohol that I had. Weird but I’ll take it. I gotta stop writing these novellas here, jeez.

@303mitch 2 ай бұрын

ACT (Acceptance and commitment therapy) is also a great practice for defusing negative thoughts.

@chadgrov 2 ай бұрын

I’ve had severe adhd since I was a kid, now 40. As bad as ever it’s actually ruined my life tbh. and our brains lack dopamine so badly that we have much higher rates of substance use and abuse. I can drink 10 beers and be fine. like I’ll be drunk but I won’t be fall down piss ur pants fight a cop slur ur words drunk. You’d almost not be able to tell. It’s bizarre. Tried anti depressants once and all it did was make me gain 50 pounds when I was never a fatty and it made my dick not work. and made me feel completely empty / grey / inhuman

@timesize Ай бұрын

Completely agree, Neil. There is no validity to the concept of being afraid of success. Also festivals give you a kind of exposure you would never get from audiences who know about you. Glad we could figure this all out together.

@Caperhere 2 ай бұрын

That behaviour he listed ( plus addiction)is also associated with children who experienced trauma, as well as babies who didn’t bond with their mother, from babyhood through their formative years I wonder if the early trauma is considered a cause of ADHD.

@WILIGUTPROPHECY 2 ай бұрын

ADHD is a name to put on the symptoms of early childhood trauma. I don’t believe it’s its own “disease” or “ailment.”

@shadowofbosstown 2 ай бұрын

Some people are just morons or have personality disorders they avoid.

@mrshou112 2 ай бұрын

ADHD isn't something you can develop spontaneously . It's a brain chemistry disorder, it's not a personality disorder or maladaptive coping mechanisms that youve learned.

@amaanhussain3094 2 ай бұрын

greg has a joke that his father beat him "just enough."

@Caperhere 2 ай бұрын

@@mrshou112 It didn’t even exist in the seventies. Before that, the pharmaceutical speed used to treat it was nicknamed “ Mommy’s little helper” and was prescribed to women who felt overwhelmed. Just as tranquilizers were prescribed to women who felt anxious. Funny how pharmaceutical companies develop a chemical, then a condition needing that chemical appears.

@pf6797 2 ай бұрын

“Every room has a person you e been avoiding for a year and a half” 😂😅😊

@AcousticJuice93 Ай бұрын

I remember one of the last days of high school getting high in the middle of the day with some friends for some reason. I smoked a lot generally at nights but had never been high at school before. I remember walking around the school that I'd spent the last 5 years at and feeling like I barely even recognised the place because it was the first time I had actually felt genuinely present in that location and not with my head in the clouds. It was absolutely bizarre

@Joseph-no9yr 2 ай бұрын

cognitive behavioral therapy help me a ton

@vanillabeans32087 2 ай бұрын

Not saying anything negative about Greg, he's just generally not for me so I 'skipped' this episode when it came out. But this was actually a very helpful chat from my end - thanks!

@ATRTAP 2 ай бұрын

I was medicating with sexual-harassment ,shoplifting and second-degree murder.

@jasonsnyder7857 23 күн бұрын

Same generation, and I check off a lot of ADHD boxes as well apparently - couldn’t focus in school, chronic “underachiever” despite high test scores. It forced me to laser in on the things I could concentrate on and I built a pretty good career around it. Other aspects of life… mixed bag. Greg describing Gen X teenhood… fake id from Times Square, no (or lenient) curfew, benign neglect otherwise. Not sure if it was better or worse than the helicoptering that happens today but I can’t imagine any other way.

@yunlien8267 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for making videos like this, maybe CBT is the way to go

@relaxedanchored 2 ай бұрын

I don't drink alcohol anymore as a matter of principle because it often doesn't mix with the medication

@shadowsbruther Ай бұрын

Yeah I’ve been drinking every day for a few years. The combination will destroy you and your brain

@shadowsbruther Ай бұрын

I’ve slowed down recently and plan on stopping

@Ruben-x2w Ай бұрын

Thank you neal,

@hyvsan9425 2 ай бұрын

Interesting podcast

@JonathanJollimore-w9v 2 ай бұрын

Same I did the same

@jonvia 2 ай бұрын

THC > Booze

@letsgocards0421 2 ай бұрын

Junkie

@matthewxcampbell 2 ай бұрын

Grapefruit Simmons!

@marcd2743 Ай бұрын

'I was high a lot and my father was an alcoholic and I was out on school nights drinking'....hmmm maybe it wasn't just the "ADHD?"

@bubz4196 2 ай бұрын

adderall makes me a fiend for alcohol. I can drink half a bottle of whiskey and feel sober

@PriusTurbo Ай бұрын

It has always made me able to drink a lot but the key is to stop drinking for a while first and then try the medication. I've found it very helpful but I think it's important to take breaks from it periodically.

@timesize Ай бұрын

That part of your brain doesn’t “want you to feel bad”. It wants you to acknowledge reality, so you can find a solution to an issue