@ranfordgallus: what lack of dopamine does to an individual

Nana Bee🍉 :

that post about 'restraint collapse' came across my twitter feed yesterday and I've been mad as hell since then

sirius :

so adhd is kind of caused by a dopamine disregulation/weak frontal lobe neural connection. everyone has dopamine that carries them through their tasks, even boring ones. it’s so that we keep doing the things we need to do, even if we don’t really like it. the output is even and controlled. with ADHD, this output is disregulated and uneven. you hanging out with your friend just unloads all this dopamine that it can’t regulate, so you feel this sadness because…well. you don’t have anything left to feel. you used all your dopamine and your body needs time to make more/reallocate. think of a sponge, and the water is your dopamine. being with your friend squeezes this sponge really hard, so all the dopamine spurts out. idk why i felt the need to explain this on a chemical level but i’m here lol

StingRay :

wait that's an ADHD thing and not just a normal thing people get

skysareblu3 :

ADHD, anxiety, and depression THE BIG THREEE

Bean 🫘 :

Oh so its real and I'm not the only weird one ok😭😭😭

glonch🇨🇦 :

Does anyone else get that mid-day slump? I’ve always been a night person, and even a morning person, but I’ve never been a day person. I always get struck with a wave of anhedonia and boredom in the afternoon. Especially when the sun is out for some reason too.

🎀Autumn🎀 :

To anyone reading with adhd: we often have very high anxiety due to constantly thinking and therefore overthinking. We can get depressed easily for even very short periods of time due to lack of stimuli and dopamine. The distractions and being overwhelmed can contribute to a bad mindset bc we feel useless when we can’t do things “normally”

ibn battutah :

that feeling after doing something good or helping someone and getting a huge dopamine else, then your brain releases the opposite chemical and feel rlly rlly horrible

hiphaploplol :

and then people are like 'aww no tell me!!!' and like really no the more I talk about it the worse my mood gets I promise just give me a minute and I'll bounce back

♤𝓚𝓔𝓞 🧟‍♂️🪽 :

... dude what is this oc?❤️😀

Faker :

Wait this is normal for ADHD? I thought it was just me being weird

Tabbyslime123 :

Wait damn is that why that happens 😭

🎨🫧☘️✧!FinF☻rk!✧☘️🫧🎨 :

And then it leaves as quickly as it came so you get really confused on why you just randomly thought about how your getting closer to death every day then immediately swing back into “.. im hungry I wonder what im gonna eat for dinner” and then 20 minutes later you start freaking out over something really small then go back to normal

☆ M3!0DY ☆ :

THATS AN ADHD THING????

🍊 casey :

having a hyperfixation fade is like actually the worst thing ever it's like the happiness is sucked out of me

ZCKaTron :

Your persona oc thing reminds me of a powerpuff girls villain

Basilisk :

Sometimes I feel like an alien wearing my own skin. Like I'm still moving & going through all the motions but I'm not really me.

bella ☆ :

when you do some crazy infodumping and feel super happy the other person is listening and then all of a sudden you just hate yourself. like what is that why can’t i just be happy

Jade / Jer ! :

the wave of emptiness and anxiety is the worst thing ever

𓋹 :

no because actually what is this and why does it happen

Certified Moldcerin | ⭐🧴 :

happens when im out with friends and we havent been doing anything for a moment too long 😭

TheGrimDreamer :

How it feels creeping in

datura🪶🍁 :

Why does this happen tho

JoeyDaGoat :

wait that's what this is...

𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐋 ♡’𝐬 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 :