Neuroscientist: 3 proven ways to HACK your dopamine - TJ Power

[@adadabroad]

Only one comment on this video! it is one of the best videos on youtube right now.. Thank you for this video

[@handle7956]

I am an adhd person who watched the whole video without distraction:) amazing content thank you !

[@jennifercheyne3465]

Ha! Me too!! I hadn’t realized.

[@kirstinsibley1530]

This is probably my favourite ADHD Chatter podcast/clip! The biochemistry behind our behaviours and the simple strategies for change ticked so many boxes for me. Facts, strategies, self awareness, and self compassion. I skipped out the house afterwards with new understanding, vim and vigour!

[@darrenwareing5715]

Im starting my morning watching this at 5am! haha great info. its raining but I will go for a walk soon.

[@RufMichAn88]

Buy yourself a daylight lamp for those days.

[@peterisaacmusic]

Wow, nailed it again! This is like a user manual for an ADHD brain. Maybe we need to leave the cities and head back to the forests where we belong.

[@meganmiller9640]

This was so insightful. This podcast in general is the most useful and relatable content on adhd and I am so happy I stumbled upon the channel.

[@pankajkhajouria1810]

This is amazing! i learned more in an hour than all of my life about ADHD. May be there can be a part 2!

[@AmyNugent-Heard]

Exactly, you took the words from my mouth!!! ❤This video Here’s to hoping for part 2!!

[@MaliYojez]

6:19 “And then we just use all of that dopamine up inside the phone”. Inside the phone. Damn. That’s a sentence I need to hold onto.

[@lisasophierb735]

Very interesting conversation with a look at DOSE (dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins). Now I know why I sleep so much better after a nice chat with a friend before bedtime.

[@ritcha02]

Absolutely loved the analogy with insulin to share with the ‘it’s not a real thing’ brigade. Such a helpful way to think about it.

[@DanjunaDJ]

Great episode.. I just wanted to clarify and correct something regarding your inability to remember your washing. It isn't mostly because you have a dopamine crash in the afternoon you forget. It is because you didn't encode it from your working memory to your long term memory in the first place. As Adhders we are rarely present. We are looking at and thinking about many things while completing an action, so anything related to that action such as a follow up anecdote to remember to hang it out, doesn't get stored. I self medicated for years with stress, which causes elevated cortisol and adrenaline and I had a bear photographic memory. U til I used cbd and destressed and now I forget heaps. . And when norepinephrine is present in the body, your brain retains everything prior to that spike, at an increased level of 30% or higher. As that spike is a spike in the threat response system, the fight flight of the amygdala. So anything that causes that spike is due to a threat and we need to pay attention to details as it aids in our survival. Next time you do the washing, really make an effort to repeat in your head 'in 1 hour hang this out. In 1 hour hang this out' then lunch drop an ice cube down your back or put your arm in the freezer and spike your adrenaline. And you will remember

[@forkyfork]

Or you could write the task down. But I do agree with you we forget because we are often multitasking.

[@mindfulbynature3418]

Discipline as an ADHD hack just tells me LACK OF UNDERSTANDING. People came to think a person with even severe ADHD can “just do it”? No. Not.

[@caddiranyard5564]

Me too. All my life I have been told to just do it, it's me being laziness.

[@pinkrose9049]

I actually said to my self, if I could just do these things, I wouldn't have ADHD lol.

[@desryan1603]

On one of these podcasts, the charity doctor (name?) explained that motivation is bootstrapping yourself into doing a task the first few times but discipline is where you have learnt to make it part of your routine. His example was of a morning walk. So you no longer think about it. Its just something you do. And of course if you let go of the discipline you gotta motivate the hell out of yourself again

[@yvonnes7412]

I could do it… for like 3 days 😂😂😂😂 or if I somehow convinced myself it was my new “thing” maybe a little longer 😂

[@stephencronin1080]

You're misreading it. Adhd peoplr can build discipline, it's just harder, takes more time and focus. Can be done though

[@readytoshift]

This was BRILLIANT - great guest and very helpful - thanks so much to you both. Lots of love

[@MysteryLimit333]

This is so good I only listened to it at 1.5x.

[@John-Dennehy]

I just can't fathom anyone with the challenges I struggle with having the willpower to do any of these things. These supposed 'hacks' seen like climbing Everest in order to get better at climbing the stairs. I just feel even more useless hearing this stuff.

[@juliepenney2683]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@MrSoyks]

One of the best episodes, thank you!

[@lucyjane2000]

“I’ll never let this podcast be sponsored by huel” has made me laugh out loud! 😂

[@lynnbishop9493]

What is huel, hi from New Zealand

[@KristaGray-gb1nz]

lol me too!!

[@jennkmetz7230]

I've been wondering the same thing! (American)

[@juliepenney2683]

Huel is a food supplement or drink being promoted

[@jbird7782]

So glad I found this podcast... Really helping to find the position for the last puzzle pieces. Self aware undiagnosed ADHD survivor. Putting a ton of things into perspective

[@WhatsinterestigToday]

This is a life changing moment

[@TraceyWarrener-NatureFix]

Genius and timely watch! Thank you.

[@miokjr6286]

Definitely in the top 3 for me. Along with the one with Jeanine Perryman and one of the ones with Matt Gupwell.😊👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@jeremyminns5627]

I can't thank you enough for all this information that's being coverd on this channel it's been extremely exhausting and emotional on the trail of tears that has beem attached to my internal blue print,but I have actually achieved so much along side this neo spicey flavour.all this talk has now armed me to go forward and have the tools available for me to cope,im undiagnosed .

[@roxanne_george]

Thank you. I'd like to add a word of warning though. I used to practice ice baths throughout my 20s and 30s and became really addicted to them. If for some reason I couldn't have one in the morning (like when traveling), I had strong withdrawal symptoms. Then at the age of 40-plus I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (which usually starts at a young age). That's when I started monitoring my blood sugar and discovered that ice baths give an insane spike in blood sugar! Taking one is the equivalent of munching on several lumps of sugar. Now whenever I wanted to take one I needed to give myself a shot of insulin first to counter the inevitable blood sugar spike! All this made me wonder if ice baths had essentially killed my pancreas by provoking powerful insulin response on a daily basis for over two decades. These days, I wouldn't be so eager to recommend them to anyone.

[@desryan1603]

Awww :(

[@juliepenney2683]

This should be pinned as top comment 🎯👏🏽 there’s reason for caution ⛔️ thanks for ur comment as I feel it’s like we’re almost peer pressured into taking ice baths!!

[@ariverdreaming]

One of my favorite episodes of the pod just based on how helpful and actionable these tips were! Also kuddos for live doing your first ice bath and staying in it for so long

[@TheGoofygirl67]

Brilliant, thank you !❤

[@Randomiz500]

38:40 this "Speech" should be it's own podcast/ motivational subject somehow ❤

[@Elijath]

Great video, much usefull information. Thanks appreciate your videos!

[@jennifercheyne3465]

2 other questions I would have liked to ask… (note first: This was super helpful to me. You ask such concise questions. You’re realllly good at this!) I was curious, re oxytocin, about introverts. I’d die having to cuddle and “take in” another person with me all the time. Also, I’m curious about what’s happening chemically when panic focuses me. Time running out, for instance. In school I had to wait for the adrenaline moment before every paper. So all I ever turned in were first drafts. It’s exhausting.

[@errorerror8700]

That was an interesting chat. Good questions, good answer. Hopefully this will have impact on my every Day life (cold shower 😊). Thx

[@littleowl22778]

Just had a shower, and I now end it with turning the water temperature cooler/cold. Mostly due to sensory issues, it helps me feel less clampy and to be more easily for me to dry off completely, no moisture at all left on my body before getting dressed. That's the tism, but it also helps because I have adhd and also prefer to last rince my hands with cold water after washing my hands for similar sensory issues.

[@WordsCanBeLikeXRays]

Great podcast. Thank you so much.

[@CorporateQueen]

Splashing your face with cold water/ice also has similar effects.😅

[@TheSyzygy333]

Yes,but not so intense

[@SabinaLamina]

Favourite episode!!!!!!!!!!

[@Linzetta]

Great podcast!

[@bringitbex]

Hooray hooray it’s ADHD Chatter podcast day 🎉

[@yvonnesokoll8790]

Learnt sth new....great stuff.....had a little cognitive brainstorming kick after my cold shower.....😊 now have to switch this thing off!

[@Blou-]

This was very helpful thank you 🙏 EARN the coffee that might actually help me ! ✌️ I’m going to try that ! 😊

[@LisaMarieB]

Was totally onboard with Power as a credible, likable, and understandable expert on all things Neuro. But how can he not have heard about Rejection Sensitivity?

[@renatapeters3681]

Wow. Haha that was fantastic! Thanks

[@DHunti]

TJ POWER FOR SURE 👨‍🚀👌✅✨

[@smol_nerdy_dwarf]

I love being outside without headphones when I can't go on a walk

[@jennifercheyne3465]

One more point I’d love help with… I have rejection sensitivity to the point that I won’t even try. I’m a writer who won’t submit work for instance. I just freeze about it. In a really natural-feeling way, I don’t try.

[@DarkCherri]

As an Aussie, sitting here at 33deg cels…. Am jelly of your ice bath!!! (Edit: With flies Driving Me Crazy!!!🥵🤬)

[@faescotland4174]

WHAAAAT? DO something BEfore the first coffee in the morning?! I get it though, if I dont leap into action, I just want more and more coffee. Good interview.

[@ryanhagge4090]

I just cleaned out my closet and re-organized it. Now my back hurts lol.

[@carolynredinger439]

Asking what "high-functioning" adhd-ers are doing right begs the question of are they the same as lower-functioning adhd-ers. We know there is no "standard" matrix for adhd. We are all on continuums and with different degrees of severity for different components. It's great to hear what works for some, but it's toxic to expect everyone to respond identically.

[@katzenbekloppt_mf]

So interesting for me to see the differences in men or woman with A(u)DHD, although we have so much similarities🤔 I cannot NOT do my bed and always have to have everything in a very precise order. But nooo way I end with a cold shower! Maybe the other way round. But to totally stress me out before I have to leave the shower and again change the body from wet to dry, put clothes on if finally my skin feels dry enough I can stand it (hate it sooo much!), nope, I'm out. And same with brushing teeth. This is a horrible experience and can make me easily vomit. Got EXTREMLY better since I changed to a banana-toothpaste without any menth. But to start my day with it? No way. Just imagining it would make me stay in bed. The coffee-thing is interesting, I have never planned that, but like to start my morning in peace tidying a bit up, it is a calming way for me to wake up slowly and kind of "glide" from waking up to be awake. And THEN I prepare my black tea (the last year or more I prefer this) or soymilk-coffee with a sweet snack, like a small piece of cake or a small cookie, when already hungry enough. bread with strawberry-jam. I know... It's not a big sweet breakfast, and I eat all vegan and mostly organic, but hey, I am half Latina and that's my morning snack and I want this for the rest of my life. And around ten (depends when I got up, here arround 6 a.m.) I have my salty breakfast, organic dark bread with tomatopaste, vegan cheese, fresh onions, cucumber, something like this. Then it depends, often I forget to eat or just have another bread, vegan salami, some small tomatos, things like that "to grab quickly" and in the evening I cook mostly every second day, so I can eat the rest next day (for one person it is easier this way). And I so much want to adopt my first OWN dog as I love doing walks, but much more wirh a dog as compagnon. I cared for some parttime.

[@TheBeatjunkee]

What should disabled people do who cannot walk for an hour to boost dopamine?

[@elinek5470]

I really like both your accents 😅

[@ilv1]

"3 simple ways to HACK dopamine" - video starts - alcohol, drugs, porn - oh, so I already know... Cool!

[@Sam-shushu]

Why does this guy look exactly like Peter Davison?

[@sarah2go]

I earn my morning coffee by having a cold shower first! ☕️😄

[@pinkrose9049]

Can anyone elaborate on behavioural ADHD and genetic ADHD. DSM-5 states that the symptoms have to have been present before the age of 12. The literature I have read always states that it is there from birth as it is a neurological developmental disorder?? Geniunely curious about this? Have i misunderstood what he said? And wouldn't genetic ADHDers have these behaviours anyway? So how do we know its the behaviours xausing ADHD and that they don't already have it undiagnosed?

[@jenniferhizzy6591]

I think its hilarious that he is conducting the interview while struggling in the cooler.

[@ashbriar5776]

Is there a discord Alex?

[@Peace-d6r]

Why do I not experience a rise in dopamine after completing things ?

[@mrb7660]

Because you're used to fast/cheap dopamine. It's like changing from a big Mac to a nutritious salad. It doesn't Taste like bac mac. It's not as "delicious". The taste doesn't tinkle ur taste buds. But do it for a week/2 or so (prolongued time period) and you will slowly find that you feel more energised after you eat the salad. Your body doesn't feel as slugish. Your skin is better. Your mental health starts improving. Try the big Mac again after a big while and it will Taste ofc but it will Taste differently now cuz you were so used to it before and saw it as "the meal"/"the thing"/"my treat". Now you see it as what it is. Something you can sometimes push into your eating schedule but not something you would eat everyday. What I mean is, stick with it, things only change with time. Days where I was flowing with dopamine were, when I came from my side job, did everything right, my back wasn't aching, I wasn't too tired, did a great job, socialised in a wished amount and felt like I could take on the world. So I started doing things like face routine, or writing on my assignment cuz I was flooded with dopamine. The part where I woke up without energy cuz I went to sleep so late is another Story. Right vibe, wrong time. Imagine you could get into this upon or some hours after waking. This is what happens when you do things right. Day after day. Not 100% of the things, but the majority, consistence is key. While there are protocols, things usually have to be adapted for your unique self, through trial and error. And this is not professional advice, I just struggle with procrastinatiom and lazyness. Maybe u do need pills, maybe not. Reach out to one or two doctors, watch more videos, read more articles about it and try things out. Also maybe start with the things that would bring you pleasure [( maybe u hate making ur bed first thing in the morning but if you go and have a shower, brush your teeth, (face routine), then you're clean and you'll also want a clean and organised place to live in. ] or with things that are a catalysator, things that put other things in motion. For example when I went to the gym, then I instantly was more cautios of what I ate and wanted to sleep early so my muscle will recover. Then you get this one side right which is the health/athlethic side and continue with the academic/housework/ etc side. You will have this! Good luck =)

[@simivongola538]

Maybe its cos youre understimulated, so ur dopamine is so low u dont notice it cos its not enough. Keep at it and over time maybe you'll start to see an improvement

[@DanjunaDJ]

And we also don't have the same amount of bacteria in our gut as neurons in our brain. The adult brain has around 86 billion neurons and our gut has well over a trillion bacteria. More bacteria then cells in our body.

[@stefal22]

Nothing makes sense anymore, reality is too complex, I’ve tried everything and only when I give up Ι see progress.

[@renatapeters3681]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@onegorgeouschick]

Accountability Oh dear such a pain

[@checosa777]

i don't think he understand that if i'd do my bed every day i'd get depressed just for the monotony of the action. doing my bed every day its not giving me any dopamine boost whatsoever. activities that gives me dopamine aren't monotonous. the problem here is the repetitivity of the task. how can i give myself a break on feeling that way every time i have to do something repetitive.

[@mackfin8869]

Cold water on the back of the neck

[@Peace-d6r]

I do so many of these and still got no dopamine my brain don’t work haha need meds I think

[@jorisbonson386]

Who with adhd can possibly watch a 1 hour long video??

[@work_in_progress161]

With breaks 😅 the video is a good exercise for delaying dopamine

[@GiddyRob]

I wizzed on bits of it… lol

[@PathToEnlightenment8]

Increase the playback speed.

[@jorisbonson386]

@@PathToEnlightenment8 To what, 60x?

[@PathToEnlightenment8]

@@jorisbonson386 funny 😆 I also searched for the 3 key points and ignored much of the rest because that’s what I clicked for. But this is coming from someone who listened to a video on 250 traps in life all the way through at 1.75 and 2x speed… because I was expecting 250 points to be made. The topic also engaged my hyper focus though I did stray a couple times. So for me, it depends on the content I’m consuming. Also depends on adhd type, I believe.

[@chechemokgosi324]

Is the guest on any medication?

[@m.m.6670]

Who tf wakes up full of dopamine? If anything, I wake up with low-ass dopamine and need to raise it before I can go on about my day. Maybe it's a male testosterone thing for him, because as a woman... no.

[@jamesb2166]

He’s not a neuroscientist I don’t know why he keeps being (self) described as such, he does not have a PhD

[@michaeldumouchel8245]

He's got a master's degree in neuroscience and has published articles on related subjects in peer-reviewed journals. He has also been a university lecturer in psychology for some time. How does that not make his neuroscientist claim at the very least legitimate? Most scientists don't have a PHD.

[@jenniferhizzy6591]

Umm chocolate.

[@Blinkybottom]

ADHD or Borderline Personality Disorder