Is your focus actually broken, or is your dopamine depleted?

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[00:00:00]he thought he had ADHD. They were starting to treat it as as ADHD. And certainly, there are people out there who have ADHD, but what he found was that his levels of concentration are back. He does not need to be treated for ADHD. And actually, the psychiatrist wondered if he did prior to this video game social media fast.

[00:00:17]He's feeling good. He's exercising again. I'm not making this up. This is really a a very specific, but very relevant example of how the dopamine system can replenish itself.

[00:00:30]Of course, if there's a clinical need for ADHD treatment, by all means pursue that. But I think a lot of ADHD does go misdiagnosed because of this depletion in dopamine that occurs because of overindulgence in other activities and the drop in baseline.