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You really described how being drunk with power works from an addiction standpoint in a great way and that's obviously at least in part why some people, especially younger folk, ultimately manage this kind of attention and constant mass scale validation so poorly.
Lmao no dude. I quite literally apply oil to my scalp and face on purpose to thwart seborrheic dermatitis. I have no qualms with having a shiny head or even face for that matter.
That might be true. His descriptions and symptoms of ADHD medication is really strange. Can't fathom getting addicted to vyvanse and taking it to feel normal. Although every human body reacts differently to medication.
I feel He describes them all wrong. I Take them for years now and when you get a Rush you have too much. If you constantly have to increase your Dosis you have to Take more Breaks. For me the meds feel Like Waking up Not Like any high. I dont get sidetracked constantly I am more productive I m in Control of myself. But I have to say the standard Dosis feels crazy high to me I only take 2/3 of the Minimum Dosis for an adults. (Yeah I have adhd I m Sure I got diagnosed twice)
I was thinking more along the lines of, one gets hooked because it is a great way to stay focused, but its also an amphetamine. People without ADHD can get addicted quite easily. That was just my thought tho, who could ever know.
One of the scariest things I learned about social media is that 2010 was the first year where more teens died from suicide than homicide and it has not changed since
@@revenant_renesis6439 come on now.. you should know.. imagine having 51 friends on facebook. you look at your friends and they all have 600+ friends each. they get hundreds of likes and ur posts get 0. you start thinkin you are a loser and slowly you become more and more depressed. then you think killing yourself is a good idea because you think life isn't worth living. the rise of social media allowed for easy sharing of info whether it is bullshit lies or whatnot, whatever you read can heavily influence you. for example, someone watches a conspiracy theory video and starts thinkin they are woke. they start looking down on people who deny it and become even more complex and fucked in the mind. these stupid hardcore left/right political people just circlejerk each other with their posts and become rotten in the mind also cyberbullying. big problem. how could you miss that. "lmao fr" are you kidding me
This is damn near Adams Final Form. Not just physically. Been watching for YEARS and this Adam is well spoken, intelligent, compassionate, and FUNNY. Making great metaphors and making complex ideas digestible, fun to listen to, and funny. Holy shit. The path YOURE on now, keep following it. This is the one. Thank you ♥️
your presence is healing, grounding while also sparking my curiosity and creativity. remembering the sense of tripping/oneness just by watching you. you're a powerful person and I wish you the best!
The ADHD thing is really, really weird. I had all those issues before I started, and they were helped immensely by my ADHD meds. They saved my marriage, my job, everything. Oddly, weed caused me so many memory issues I had to stop smoking it.
Sadly, cannabis done to excess can have effects on memory. I would like to do it less, but I still have this undercurrent of anxiety running through my ADHD and it helps with that. Personally, I find Adam's account of his experience with ADHD meds to be ... a little unusual. I don't want to invalidate his experiences, but when he talks about the negative effects he experienced on stimulants, he seems to often list SYMPTOMS of ADHD. It reminds me very much of the countless ADHD patients who become aware of their symptoms in full for the first time because the meds provide them with the first time they experience anything different. Mixing them with other substances can also be a confusing experience.
ADHD meds helped me of course, but at the same time I to this day (but not that much) experience these things too. Ive taken them as a child, because of my parents and I really regret it and there would be better ways to help my diagnosis.
the social media part is spot on. whenever i delete a social media, i either relapse or just get addicted to another social media. just an endless cycle that i dont even wanna partake in. never really saw it as a drug til rn, my ego needed that adam, thank you
it's true, when i uninstalled my social media apps 2 years ago or something like that, i found myself scrolling down the google homepage that contains news.... sometimes i scroll down the youtube without openning any video until i found some that interrest me, glad i becoming less and less tunned to this
I see what you mean ,I deleted all my social media except youtube for videos like these ,personally I've benefited immensely, I'm never bored despite having less to spend my time on and more fascinated by small daily things
This is true. Social media was created with the idea of being addictive. To spend big part of your day watching stupid stuff. This is really problematic and dehumanizing. I deleted my social media in October 2020 and my life had change completely and my self-love too. Sorry for my English, I'm not a native speaker 😁😸
On the other side of the fence, I'm going on 5 years of no social media. It's super nice other than the fact I feel like a social hermit. And it makes people your getting to know on tinder and shit anxious af when you have no internet footprint like I'm a serial killer or catfish or something. But it is nice not wasting my time scrolling through every garbage thought of humanity's sheeple, even if every once in a while you find a fleck of gold in all that shit :/
Ayahuasca was mind blowing for me. I found myself in a world where swirling colors created a mesmerizing kaleidoscope. Time stretched as I explored cosmic landscapes, feeling a profound connection to everything. It left me with a deep sense of peace and wonder, realizing the limitless potential of the mind.
Yo I love how transparent Adam is with his viewers. He actually opens up and lets us know what his headspace has been like. Really refreshing because it shows his human struggles.
11 months into the kratom use, and there are moments where I just want to be myself again and feel authentic. No kind of "high" is worth it if the price is that you feel like a stranger to your own self..
I hope you get back to feeling like yourself. Drugs can take that away from you - been there. They can also make you feel like your true self again. Get some help, reach out to loved ones, and keep working towards your goal.
I've been using kratom for a few months straight now and it barely even works anymore it just makes me feel normal. If I stop I don't get sick as in opiate withdrawal but I get really lethargic and tired. Kind of similar to an amphetamine withdrawal. I'll probably stop after this last batch since it's getting expensive and there's not much benefit anymore, but it did help me stop getting blackout drunk every night. So there's that.
RUclips is a massive addiction, There are times where i have decided that i don't want to watch youtube for a while, and then find myself subconciously looking for NEW videos. I think the addiction is really to the NOVELTY of new videos YT can give you.
That's TRT?!?! He looks great. He looks naty. I've found that usually TRT guys tend to have exaggerated shoulders and traps. That's encouraging because I'm thinking about TRT but I don't wanna look too muscular.
First world problems are: disconnecting from the natural world, reveling in material wealth, and forgetting to be mindful and appreciative of what you already have. The list goes on, but if we can't realize that we're isolating a sense of happiness instead of sharing it in physical memories, then the intrinsic value of connection is being lost at a large scale. Really appreciate this, just puts into perspective the effects of intense dopaminergic exploits, and why you should stop to look at its impact. Thank you!
“Their is a ceiling to the high. There has to be, what goes up must come down. If their was no ceiling to the highs then that means there is no ceiling to the lows and that’s ducking scary.” That is one hell of a perspective and absolutely eye opening. I’m amazed lol, blew my mind.
@@tf2oshaaa not true can only get so bad eventually you have to reach a plateau whether that be death or rock bottom. Either way hope you’re not talking about yourself, if so hope all is well.
Ever heard of temperature? Has high and lows. The lowest low is „0 Kelvin“. The maximum high, is when matter is almost at c. Even though, there is a lowest low, there isn’t really a highest high.
Very refreshing hearing someone with this platform talk about the consequences of being successful online, so many kids these days idolise youtubers and want to be them which I think is ptetty dangerous.
Adam the cigarettes part! I've never heard anyone explain it like that and it's exactly how I feel. I would get anxiety right after I smoked and always be like "why the hell did I smoke that". So glad I kicked that Garbo finally.
I been smoKING for 6 years now. I honestly have no effing clue what u guys are talking about. What anxiety? What calmness? I never felt anything like that from cigs. I just smoke cause the smoke feels good in my lungs and mouth and it gives me something to do.
@@davidfuturissimo467 Smoke always felt like absolute shit in my mouth and lungs, I smoked for the head rush at first and then just because I felt some kind of need to do it and it was fun. Good thing it doesn't feel the same for you, it's a shitty draining feeling.
@@gmorkins6006 Im weird like that, I respond pretty different than most people to substances and medicine. But hearing you talk about a ,,head rush" ...well, almost makes me envious )) . Omg..imagine cigarettes having mild psychotrophic effects for you. Jesus..that'd be awesome
@@davidfuturissimo467 Haha yeah they effect me different too, I'm OVERLY sensitive to most substances, I get drunk really easy, cigarettes kick my ass and drain all my energy, it's pretty weird how things effect people differently. If I didn't smoke for a while and then I had one I would get major spins, hell the first time I chewed tobacco I almost passed out haha.
This video is absolutely amazing and so fucking true for me as a RUclipsr. I remember after my fall of my success because of mental health issues and other addictions I found my drug of choice which was heroin. In the end it became a major habit with benzos lots of kratom and other potentiators. I can honestly say psychedelics and your videos helped me to get to a place with myself where I wasn’t using super hard things. Luckily now I’m completely sober and on a better path thank you bro!!
Nice dude sobriety is good once you get used to it. I'm 8+ years sober from opiates. All because I made a big batch of DMT instead of meth one night. Lol. My first DEEMSTER trip showed me that if I kept putting needles in my body I would die in a crackhouse in the middle of nowhere with no one around me that cared. On the come down I had visions of the nastiest trap house you could imagine and I blocked a door with a 2x4 then I shot up and watched myself die from above like I was a camera on the cieling fan.
@@trippsmclovin Self reflection is one of the scariest things, but it is the real discipline that we might need sometimes. Glad you are out of that. How do you deal with accepting what happened in the past? I am still struggling with resentment, regret you know.. it does hold me back when I want to smile for no logical reason. Have a good day friend :)
Your story about being young, not rich and making the most of old toys was super relatable. I used to build whole cities from second hand toys we had lying around.
First world problems are: disconnecting from the natural world, reveling in material wealth, and forgetting to be mindful and appreciative of what you already have. The list goes on, but if we can't realize that we're isolating a sense of happiness instead of sharing it in physical memories, then the intrinsic value of connection is being lost at a large scale. Really appreciate this, just puts into perspective the effects of intense dopaminergic exploits, and why you should stop to look at its impact. Thank you!
From someone who also tried Kratom, I wholeheartedly agree with this. Honestly, I feel like that should be less legal than marijuana, yet we see kratom sold on every corner in my city. I feel like I have experienced more aggression out of people on Kratom than thc and hated how anxious it made me feel.
In terms of ADHD medication each person would have different experiences, even when taking dopamine or serotonin based medication you can feel extremely depressed and not dependant on it for happiness but quite the opposite. Thus being said, there are many cases where this medication coupled with therapy has helped so many people improving the quality of their lives. Adam is only speaking of his own experience so do not be scared away from getting help if you need it.
Methylphenidate saved my life. Adhd medicine was the best thing that happened to me. And it did cure me for a long time until I took anti convulsants which took me back to my first adhd state before adhd medication. Now that I'm an adult it doesn't help me this much, but as a teen it truly helped my memory and concentration, my sleeping and my eating habits. It was amazing, I wish I never took anticonvulsants because how I was before that was great due to fucking concerta (in us ritalin)
yeah even tho I cant try adderall as it doesnt sell in brazil, I take vyvanse and it has helped me tons. I thought of stopping it a few times, but I can definitely say I'm objectivelly in a better place atm, despite the occasional side effect.
I was put on adhd medication as a child don’t know when it started but I took it until half way through last year because my paediatric was for kids only obviously and I haven’t made the venture yet to go to a psychiatrist but I will because without my adhd medication which was concerta I am extremely impulsive and lose focus often but I’m glad to have had the time without it as I learn how to live without it
Thank you sooo much for bringing up social media. I’m an addict in recovery (been clean for years) but still struggle with staying off social media. That ugly cycle of ditching it then returning is spot on.
Dude, you’re not an “addict in recovery”, give me a fucking break. Just don’t download the app. The fact that you’re lumping yourself in with all the people that have struggled with real addictions, with the flu, the cold sweats, the restless legs, the puking, the shaking, the depression, and a whole host of other sides, the fact that you’d call yourself “in recovery” and “clean” is pathetic and disgusting. If you consider yourself addicted to social media and that’s your big problem, you’ve never struggled in your fucking life.
Hey man hear me out, kids should watch this and actually learn because forever they’ve been told things like “weed is the devil” and see that’s not the case, they get curious to other things and make bad decisions. Your way of explaining things is super interesting and gives a fair interpretation of the risk/reward altering experiences from someone who’s actually used these substances. From someone who’s done “it” to say something is overhyped or an underwhelming ‘potentially regretful experience’ is a much more powerful education approach..
100x better than the fear mongering they used to do. Best to be as educated as you can and always keep an open mindset since when it comes to the kids its usually split between whether you become braindead after smoking weed or that there are no negative effects.
people's best arguement to weed, is that weed makes you feel stupid, but that's every exciting expirement you don't use everyday, but once you use weed everyday, you soon realize it becomes part of our health because it is part of our health... our system... it's like taking a supplement of our own bodies nutrients you can't say that about anything else, because it is what it is
adam please start a podcast your wisdom and inspiration is absolutely unfathomable,your an amazing soul who deserves more then you get,some of the things you said made me open my eyes in pure awh,i can’t believe how blind ive been to my everyday life,thank you
You could not be more right about what you said about social media addiction, I've been saying for years that social media is a powerful drug that affects the mind exactly the same ways actual drugs do. You hit the nail on the head with that
I love these style of videos honestly. Not just talking about teir lists, but where you go on random rants. It's interesting to hear other perspectives on things, but it's even more interesting where the person gets so into it to where sort of "side quest" rants happen.
Watching RUclips is a crazy addition for me. Taking acid helped me to get off RUclips for about 6 months, but now I'm back to it mostly. I wish I never started watching RUclips. I'm watching a ton of educational videos, but for topics I'd never need in my life, like physics, civil engineering, electrical engineering, etc. It consumes a huge chunk of my free time, and I do it instead of doing stuff I actually enjoy, to the point I don't even remember what I actually enjoy to do in my free time. Be careful with RUclips, people.
Quite literally the most intelligent, selfless, connected, justified pieces of content on the internet. This video has transcended many morals and values that can be compromised by these EXACT facets of mind-alteration, dopamine-engineering. Wonderful, amazing, raw, intimate, revealing look at standards & parameters of modern society. Thank you
Dear Adam! This is a peak speak of you. It somehow feels like a flow together of all your recent studies. A lot of things are thought through and you found the right words for it. If you want a new level than just write this down sent it to a publisher and see what happens. I would buy it! Wish you luck!
I can definitely attest to social media being a drug. Growing up, I was never exactly popular. At the start of the pandemic, I started joining some online communities and making friends. I had posted some selfies and received some praise and validation for them, which would result in a dopamine spike. So I kept on doing it. As the attention wore off, I wanted it to continue. It left me wanting more. So I started making my pics a little more suggestive, which got me some attention and compliments. I started posting thirst traps, which would result in even more attention. It got to the point where I was almost addicted to the attention. I’d post, get a massive dopamine spike for a short period of time, when the attention wore off, I’d crash. It stopped being about posting for fun, and became about desperately trying to get as much attention as possible from these strangers as I could. I was validating my worth, through what others said about my appearance, just for the dopamine. I was finally getting the attention I craved, but with a crash
That’s a little different than the typical addiction. That is much more based on your ego. If you can know your self worth without needing other’s validation, you won’t seek validation from strangers. Idk I might be wrong
@@bigchungus4215 dude that's exactly what adam was talking about social media and it's happening to a lot of women, i get it cause i'm a guy and my ego boost used to came from playing competitive videogames and being good at them, it's like the counterpart for males
Adderall has had the exact opposite effects for me- it doesn’t make me happy/euphoric (i feel it actually flattens my moods a bit), it kills my sex drive, and it increases my memory & attention to detail. it’s helpful because i use it when i feel i must/should, but if i don’t need it im not driven to take it. what sucks the most is the way i think it may affect sleep
Same for me. The sleeping and eating are sometimes issues but usually when I take it less frequently and my tolerance to my usual dose is decreased. The difference between the euphoria other people describe from adderall and the general normality i feel is how I figure I really have ADHD
@@mikemade1211 even the thought of food on my meds makes me lose my appetite. The worst thing tho is the sweats, whenever I'm on my aderall my pits sweat like CRAZY.
@@x_x_6__ interesting... I do feel far more research should be devoted towards addictions of all kinds and how they specifically target what areas and chemicals of the brain how they alter it's chemistry and what can be done to help change and divert those pathways away from addiction. And addictive tendencies in general
@@seraygursoy4563 that too is interesting and makes me want to be more aware and kind of want to observe if that is a an effect I experience with nicotine
i recently got into the drug scene and had a bad trip first time, after watcing you and how u explain it all i havnt had a bad trip since. i love how you dont do this for the money and u are here to help and educate people its genuinely inspiring
Great video. After spending 10 years addicted to alcohol and being sober almost a year now, I'm not sure if that void will ever be filled. Some of us no matter what we do will always feel like addicts even when we are completely sober. The itch that can never be properly scratch. I think the hardest addiction to kick when you get down to it is short term gratification.
Facts and I myself am a occasional drinker and I’m away interested to hear about alcohol addiction stories cause I myself have never been addicted to alcohol even though I’m an occasional drinker I just think that people who don’t have self control usually are the ones getting addicted to things because they do so often that they build tolerance hence they get addicted but me personally I don’t have a problem with alcohol so I’ll drink here and there and also cause I’m Punjabi and it runs In my bloodline 😭😂
I would have said the same thing several years ago. I truly believed I was broken beyond repair, even worse still, that I was just made that way, defective, and then broken on top of it all. If you read or listen to Gabor Mate explains very well how childhood traumas and events can play a fundamental role in many if not most of the issues that we deal with every day as adults, with trauma on top ot trauma, mostly we don't actually know the issues that really lie underneath the layers of issues and developmental disruptions, and more often than not, the things we would have in mind as the most damaging or changing events in our lives and upbringing are usually after the fact events that happened because of some damage already done that set us up for a bigger fall down the line. Of course we remember the fall but maybe not the initial point of origin. He states that working for years with addicted individuals in the Downtown Vancouver he learned that most if not all of the patients were victims of some form of serious childhood abuse/neglect. Basically these people were addicts waiting to become addicted in a sense, just like you said, you always feel like an addict, and I can relate, as the problem existed before the drugs, the drugs came because of the issues, not the other way around. The drugs are generally a self medication for deep seated issues that we don't know how to or can't manage. Something that I did several years ago changed my life completely, I was in terrible health, my mental and emotional pain was causing me so much distress that my sleep, my diet, everything was suffering, and the anxiety and stress hormones were literally wearing me out. I was suffering immensely, more than I even realised, no matter how hard I tried to be healthy, no matter what I did nothing seemed to help, and so I had to just "get on with it". A friend of mine contacted me one day telling me of something he had done in the Netherlands, and "I had to do it" and something about the way he said it, just struck me right in the heart and soul. He had travelled to the Netherlands to partake in an iboga ceremony, which is the root of an African shrub, historically taken in extremely large doses by all tribe members when they come of age (around 14 or so) it is the "coming of age" or "rite of passage" ceremony, to symbolise becoming your own person, and adult respected as such by the other tribal members. The whole tribe gets together and sings and dances all night and everyone takes a small amount while the ones who are coming of age take a whole plate full of the extremely bitter wooden shavings. When you take it you generally purge, and vomit for a minute or two until you are empty, then lay down for several hours and don't really move a lot for the night at all. You then begin to journey into your mind, as if there was a screen behing your eyes when you close them and it will take you through the things in your life that you need to go back to to figure out and to kind of unstick them. You feel an unimaginable sense of emotional release and you come out the other side very tired, but lighter as if you just took the world off your shoulders. I was a long time awake from the experience and when I eventually got some rest I woke up like a new person. I will say this you really don't know how sick you are until you get better. My mind felt clear, along with my eyesight and all my senses were amped up, in fact they were working perfectly, everything was, and I felt half my age. It took a while to get used to having such a clear head, I never realised how much fog and chatter was in my mind until it cleared. Not that I could hear it audibly, but it was there. I still have that clarity to this day, and that was about 5-6 years ago now. It was the best thing I ever done for myself, for my health, and for my mental/emotional state. I have found iboga to be the most healing substance I ever came across, and I have heard that ayahuasca is also a healing plant along with DMT, Kambo, and other entheogens/psychedelics, . That's great that you are sober, and that can't be an easy feat when you still feel that way to this day, it's a real testament to your character and I hope you manage to work things out so that you can finally have the happiness and peace of mind that you deserve. I really wish you the best in health and happiness, in body, spirit and in mind
@@aodhokelly8811 iv done some reading on iboga and ayahuasca before and I belive it can work for some people like me especially. I have experimented with mushrooms quite a bit in the past and always found they had something to teach. They helped a lot with a very deep-seated restlessness and hypervigilance in the short term. Just made it disappear and I would be at peace. I took away that Psycadelics can definetly treat trauma if used correctly. I was diagnosed bipolar 1 with general/social anxiety while being treated for alcoholism by a psychiatrist, and by another psychiatrist outside facility shortly after. It was a long time comeing since I had my first psychotic break 13 years ago in the farm of a manic episode. Mania is a amazing state to be in but also very unpredictable and possible dangerous. Take the best mood you have ever been in and triple it. The euphoria and sheer awe struck nature of it eventually drives one to insanity. Its a very jung esk sort of experience of archetypes and feeling as if one has been "chosen" for some sort of divine mission. Unfortunately or fortunately it only happened once lasting 2 weeks. The other half is crippling depression that waxes and wanes. So the question is how dangerous is it for someone that is prone to altered states naturally to partake in a ceremony of what is basically induced short term psychosis (iboga, ayahuasca, mushrooms)? Its a question I ask myself quite a bit, Haveing seen both sides and come back (mostly) intact. Iv left more than a few bits of my mind scattered on the trail behind me haha. Often times I do think it would be beneficial to take a break from the meds and have a ceremony again.
I've had a vastly different relationship with my ADD meds. Memory-wise, I was/am a goldfish without them. They don't give me any kind of addictive rush. They feel like they sober me up and let me pull my head out of the chaotic fog within my own mind. I have never, ever abused them in over 40 years time and I never feel like they've damaged my cardiovascular fitness or health. They let my mind slow down enough that I'm able to exert control over the executive functions within. They don't act like speed does when used by neurotypical people. They literally act like the opposite of that for me. They slow me down to where I can take control. Your experience, as described seems like it GAVE you ADD brain rather than removing it. That being said, I question why you, or any of the medical practicioners who prescribed it to you didn't discontinue it's use for you long ago if it was having the effect you're describing. Because frankly, it's not supposed to do that if you actually have ADD/ADHD.
yeah, same. i was really surprised when he talked about all the negative things he experienced while using adhd meds. because like adderall is the only reason why i was able to get my doctorate in the first place. i think he may have been misdiagnosed
Sounds like someone convincing themselves that they need to rely on a drug daily. ADD meds shouldn't be taken for 40 years, you have a problem that I feel you realize, but are obviously in denial about. You are basically a coke addict... and I'm saying this as a formerly prescribed ADD med user...it's not doing you any favors, you only feel and think it is and you are scared to get off it.
ADAM you should put time stamps on these kind of videos. For example when you talk about 5 things put 5 time stamps for each thing on the video this makes it easier to know when you talk about it in the video! Edit: aye sometimes we ain’t got time for all this lol
Social media is DEFINITELY a real addiction… thanks for mentioning it Adam , bc I definitely do struggle with this and we really just don’t talk about it enough. It’s poisoning us all
This video literally made me realize how i hide from my responsibilities in social media… seriously thank you, now that i realize theres an addiction there i can actually attempt to correct it.
For me, having ADHD I have tried almost every ADHD drug in high school. Vyvanse, Concerta, Ritalin and some others. At low doses I never noticed much of a difference but at higher doses I would see some CRAZY changes: 1. In the start and middle of the day I would go into a creative, productive frenzy. My brain would be very fast moving as always but suddenly I found myself randomly cleaning and writing pages and pages of notes for school. I was able to achieve so much in a day it honestly shocked me. 2. At the end of the day however, I would CRASH. And I mean CRASH. I'd start getting very depressed for no good reason, crying and feeling overall shit. I couldn't sleep well when I took them either. This is why I stopped taking them.
I had that with ritalin, but with vyvanse I don't, like I get tired for sure, lose the effects of the drug at the end of the day but the depression SLAP that ritalin gave me fortunately doesnt come.
I dont know whether you will respond, I have been using Vyvanse for over a year now and I am just wondering how i can stop using it, I only realized recently that i depend on it so much to do any work and it has fucked with me so much but if i stop taking it i am worried my marks for school will be in jeporady. Any suggestions on how to slowly stop?
@@junktin1750 Of course! I would say try for a week or at least a few days off it and see if your marks decline. But ultimately, your health is a lot more important than studies (despite what people want you to believe). It is better to be alive with no degree than sick, depressed or even dead with one 😂 I think the issue in your case is simply your depedency on the drug to function. I totally get it, because I have the same thing haha but its about weighing up how much it affects you healthwise, as well as your life. If I were you bro, I would speak to my doctor about maybe lowering the dosage gradually before even considering cutting it off. But from my experience, I can't say I was ever "addicted" to the drugs per se, more just found them helpful but at a cost. Ultimately, just weigh up whether you feel like Vyvance is helping you or not and if the answer is no, try either lowering the dose, quitting completely for a while to see how you operate without them or trying a new ADHD medication like ritalin/concerta etc. Hope this helps and I can absolutely answer any other questions you have from my personal experiences too. I'm 22 and have been off them for a few years but am considering getting back on them for work and uni :)
Check out Leo & Longevity's videos on how dopamin works. He got very much out of his adhd medication by how he aporoached it. He is dead now but he really understood adhd meds
I'm saving this for the reminder. Your social media bit is so true and really resonates, as someone with adhd, depression and c-ptsd. It's gotta go somehow. I spend hours of every day in bed, not working & socialising, literally just hiding in there... have been in a pit for 2 years now. I think phone addiction has been a catalyst in ruining my life lol. Soooo yes it's keeping me stuck in depression. Also thanks for the existential crisis 😅
This is such an informative video. Thank you! Dopamine is wild. Throughout the past few years i've been stumbling through life trying to find a sense of direction but getting distracted with short term dopamine rushes. Things like drugs and videogames have been distracting me from actually bettering myself. About four months ago I started telling myself "learn to enjoy doing hard things," and have been pushing myself to learn how to program. I enrolled in the hardest class i've ever taken and came out the other side a full stack software engineer. I still smoke weed and I still play videogames, but I get much more enjoyment coding. It's kind of the same thing. I still get short term dopamine releases, and I'm definitely addicted to them, but now they're connected to something tangible and productive. Though I don't yet have a job, I now have a marketable skill that pays well and makes me feel good about what I'm doing. I finally have a sense of direction and it feels amazing. There's a lot to be said for playing the long game, but for some of us there's quite a steep learning curve in figuring out how to do so.
The problems you described having while on ADHD meds are the problems that go away when I take my ADHD meds. If I don't have my meds I'm unbelievably forgetful and will be so distracted that I'm lucky to finish a task like the laundry or the dishes in a timely manner without interrupting and starting something else.
That means your dopamine is very very low because of the amphetamine salts you take better known and advertised as "adhd meds". They increase the problem, since they release high amounts of dopamine not naturally, so your brain depends on meds and literally becomes dumb since it forgets how to create dopamine waiting the med.
@@radicaldradcliffe4201 hey i read well, i was just giving my opinion on the problem since i have adhd too and never take meds, maybe im a moron but not ignorant, much love and peace, good vibes 💯❤
Imagine all the drugs you have tested yourself with and putting alcohol and social media in the top 5 worst drugs. People should take serious your advises, the waste of time in the present will be the biggest regret in some years for everyone. The only thing you cant achieve is time, but you can make the time productive. Very interesting video
It's funny that social media was on this list, because I feel like I've never been addicted to my phone, but I still use it way too much, but when I'm not using it it's not hard or stressfull
i’m a 15 year old who has been taking vyvanse since kindergarten and adderall until 8th grade. hearing how you feel after taking the same meds for as long as you were is scary to me. i never realized that the medicine the doctor told me to take could ruin my life in the future
working in IT - earning too much money and becoming bored with my job led to self destruction. now im completely poor doing my first year of university at age 37
You kinda blew my mind with some of your rants. I understand why you have to keep your videos short and on topic but at the same time i really wouldn't mind listening to more of your philosophy~ 💜
i’m currently dealing with covid 19 and siting in my bed watching all your videos and i just want to thank you for keeping me in good spirits just by having good content to keep me occupied
I love reading books !!! It’s a common thing now when I’m out in public reading I get looks . And weird stares . Sometimes friends will walk up to me and say “wow you read?”
the more videos you watch, the easier you can identify when he’s doing a video high or was high when he started making notes. push through Adam, push through.
Adam! Just wanted to say that you touched on social issues fantastically. I thought this was just going to be a video about the substances itself but you touched on way bigger issues in society and connected them back to the substances you listed. Hats off! Great video, you’re actually quite a good motivational speaker! Keep it up 😊✨
@Phoenix 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE I quit using FB and I only use RUclips. But it’s hard at first but then you realize you don’t need FB or the people you think you need in your life
I’ve heard that adhd medication usually feels the opposite of how it’s supposed to when people who don’t have adhd take it, I’ve had the memory of a goldfish my entire life; and I can never remember where I put anything, or remember when something is supposed to be, or remember what day it is, or remember to eat or drink water, and that’s my experience of life without any drugs
Funny that social media was mentioned, I completely withdrew from all of the toxicity a few days ago, once you stop you really realize how bad it is. Constant dopamine fiending all day is never good.
@@kuro.editzzz I deleted everything. I still think about starting new every day (addiction), but nah, I'm out. Just get rid of everything and resist the urge to make new accounts. Spend your time usefully, read a book, learn, whatever, instead of wasting your time with social media. Replace it with something healthy and you should be fine. I still get urges, which aren't bad compared to substance addiction but they're pretty annoying.
@@世界樹-b4k thank you so much! I'll give it a shot. I get this dopamine hit or whatever when posting on Instagram but lately I haven't been so active because of college exams and it's really taking a toll on me because I'm so anxious about losing followers due to me not posting. And this is affecting studies. After watching this video I realize what's happening and I need it to end as soon as possible
@@kuro.editzzz Yeah, you'll feel disconnected for a bit but I find that therapeutic. This stuff is really addictive, so use the time usually spent on social media for something positive, that'll satisfy the dopamine fiending in the beginning.
I am 5 years sober now. From an early age (I think I was BORN addicted to alcohol) I got drunk EVERY SINGLE TIME! I went to rehab,and stayed clean for a few years,but my RELAPSE was HORRIFIC! I was downing a 750ml of vodka a day with a 12 pack chaser. I seriously don’t remember a few years. I was a DAILY blackout drunk…I seizured in my sleep a few times,and almost bit my tongue off during one of these drinking episodes,and the hangovers were EPIC! And the only thing to fix THAT was a 9am trip to MotoMart for more booze. I don’t know HOW I got out of that cycle…but I did.
Well…I didn’t do it the SMART way. I “White Knuckled” and then got down on my knees and PRAYED to get me out of this deadly spiral I was in. It was the WORST TWO WEEKS OF MY LIFE! I SHOULD have gone in an detoxed. I seriously thought I was going to die.
Hearing you talk about your experience with amphetamine ADHD meds is by far and away the most accurate depiction of what I’m struggling with right now. My working memory has been bad the past couple years and the porn and masturbating has gotten to actual physically dangerous levels. Fortunately, I can stop taking them whenever I’d like, however when it’s available I just want to keep taking them. Of course, I’m just talking about the negative side effects when I find there to be such great, positive ones as well. But to see it listed here as one of your biggest drug regrets surprised me and is maybe a wake up call.
Do some research on Iboga/ibogane, it’s a powerful psychedelic as well as helps your body completely detox from chemicals in the body, I’ve heard many accounts the trip teaches you why you shouldn’t be abusing the substances and when you’re sober you do not physically crave it either, haven’t tried it myself but planning on growing it this spring
Fuck I am having exactly same issues, I take Vyvanse and I think this video finally made me realize just the toll it's had on me. I rely on it for schoolwork but to point where I know NEED it for school. I need help getting off this shit. do you have any advice to stop taking this and quit relying on it by chance?
@@junktin1750 hey, I’ve ever took vyvanse just adderall, but before coming off it, I recommend first lowering the dose and see if that helps. If you tried that and still want to get off it, look for another substitute. There’s info online or talk to a psychiatrist. For me, caffeine’s helped me been off addy for a month now. Good luck.
This is so relatable. I find myself reflecting on how THIS is the future and how wild it is when you really think about everything as a whole. It's difficult to find other people to discuss these thoughts & feelings with bc I tend to feel alienated when I try to bring it up. Maybe it's bc it's an uncomfortable topic for some, but it needs to be addressed or it'll never change. Tysm for thissss. 🖤 You're just wholesome and we appreciate you.
I've definitely had bouts where I was dependant on kratom, but after facing my own personal depression and anxiety head-on, I naturally became less dependant on kratom to the point where I'd forget to take my daily kratom dose. I went from about 12g a day to one 3 gram dose every other day or so. Now instead of trying to fix my mood, I use it purely for recreation to feel good and stimulated for homework, skateboarding, going out, etc. Then again I'm also someone who would not withdraw when i took a break from kratom, but I know many people get powerful withdrawal symptoms when quitting it. I used to work in a kratom shop so I've seen the VERY vast range of how it can affect individuals
I sorted through so many comments and I can thank the lord when I say that not one person went ape shit the second they heard imposter over 4 times in a row
What he says about the Kratom is so true. I’ve been taking liquid concentrate shots 2-3 times a day for the past 3-4 years and the anxiety I get before I take it is insane then it all goes away when I dose. Then an hour or 2 after I’m anxious asf. It’s a cycle that’s driving me insane tbh. And I don’t even want to think about the money I’ve spent. $20 a dose 2-3 times a day. It’s sick.
liquid concentrate shots wtf didn't even know that existed, jesus fk I took kratom for like 2 weeks due to probation, and it was alright the first like week then after that I would have some weird ass withdrawals, I would get mad at literally anything. If someone was breathing near me I got mad. I threw that shit in the garbage. Glad I never got on that shit badly.
Yeah, I hear ya. I don’t like the powder or pills. I sometimes take the concentrate shots to go to sleep. They’re pretty powerful. Each one costs $20, and I take 3. So I don’t take them often
I started smoking again when I started a stressful job 4-6 months ago. I found it so anxiety-inducing for me to even walk into work (for a plethora of reasons). I would have a cigarette before work to calm myself down, and it worked. But I think I find going into work anxiety inducing (mostly) because I KNOW I will have a cigarette. You just enlightened a little curious part of my brain
He has been dosing actual doses not microdose an actual dose of mostly shrooms and some days acid for moths just for science so yes probably he is on a comedown of acid
It was so interesting hearing you talk about your adhd medication because that feeling of not knowing where I put things or constant lapses in memory is actually just a result of my adhd, and my medication (I’m on concerta) actually helps with it quite a lot. Really interesting how drugs effect people so differently
Adam, this was such a great video! I'm sitting here by myself and you had me laughing out loud multiple times. Long time fan brotha. Keep at it!! And keep making videos with Derek from mpmd!!!!!!
Consider trying loperamide (Imodium) 4x 2mg a day and watch your digestion, get some psyllium husk if you start to get constipated. Even though loperamide is not psychoactive, people have successfully used it to wean themselves off potent opiates/opioids, even heroin. Definitely worth doing some research and maybe giving it a try
Just a little correction. Mitragyna speciosa actually is the scientific name of the kratom plant not the name of its main active alcaloids. Those would be mitragynine and 7-HO-mitragynine. (pls correct me, if I got the English spelling wrong)
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Time stamps for the 5:
3:15 - Obvious 1st choice
7:42 - Obvious 2nd choice
8:54 - Even more obvious
12:21 - Super unexpected
23:34 - Unexpectedly expected
I watched this entire video only because you timestamped 😂
What happened to your hand bud?
You really described how being drunk with power works from an addiction standpoint in a great way and that's obviously at least in part why some people, especially younger folk, ultimately manage this kind of attention and constant mass scale validation so poorly.
Amazing what 240mg of test can do for a physique isnt it
social media is brutal. the sense of validation. the false sense of moral high ground. the dopamine spikes. it's so unhealthy
Looking like a house
my favorite bromance
When Derek, Sultan of Deltoid, says you look like a house, you can take that shit all the way to the motherfucking magical whey protein factory
@@Dxck the best duo honestly
Hoos*
Sauced to the gills
I pointed out how shiny Adam's head was last episode and now he's wearing a hat. I'm sorry, Adam.
There is a difference between a shiny head and a bright head, but one can have both :D
🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
He was like a white milk dud
don’t think too much jus do you
Lmao no dude. I quite literally apply oil to my scalp and face on purpose to thwart seborrheic dermatitis. I have no qualms with having a shiny head or even face for that matter.
Haven’t watched this dude in like a year and HOLY SHIT… fucking ripped my god. Congrats.
TRT did it’s job
It happened in literally like 2 weeks. He wasn’t ripped a month ago haha
@@elliottbestt3238 he said when he was younger he was in good shape so he probably has genetics
@@elliottbestt3238 but also trt
Literally same here
Maybe this is a bit presumptuous, but if Adam’s forgetfulness is CAUSED by ADHD meds instead of relieved by them, he might not really have ADHD
That might be true. His descriptions and symptoms of ADHD medication is really strange. Can't fathom getting addicted to vyvanse and taking it to feel normal. Although every human body reacts differently to medication.
yup, most overdiagnosed and underdiagnosed disease.
what he described just sounds like normal adhd
I was thinking the same thing.
I feel He describes them all wrong. I Take them for years now and when you get a Rush you have too much. If you constantly have to increase your Dosis you have to Take more Breaks. For me the meds feel Like Waking up Not Like any high. I dont get sidetracked constantly I am more productive I m in Control of myself. But I have to say the standard Dosis feels crazy high to me I only take 2/3 of the Minimum Dosis for an adults. (Yeah I have adhd I m Sure I got diagnosed twice)
I was thinking more along the lines of, one gets hooked because it is a great way to stay focused, but its also an amphetamine. People without ADHD can get addicted quite easily. That was just my thought tho, who could ever know.
One of the scariest things I learned about social media is that 2010 was the first year where more teens died from suicide than homicide and it has not changed since
What’s that got to do w social media?
@@revenant_renesis6439 lmao fr
@@revenant_renesis6439 come on now.. you should know.. imagine having 51 friends on facebook. you look at your friends and they all have 600+ friends each. they get hundreds of likes and ur posts get 0. you start thinkin you are a loser and slowly you become more and more depressed. then you think killing yourself is a good idea because you think life isn't worth living.
the rise of social media allowed for easy sharing of info whether it is bullshit lies or whatnot, whatever you read can heavily influence you.
for example, someone watches a conspiracy theory video and starts thinkin they are woke. they start looking down on people who deny it and become even more complex and fucked in the mind.
these stupid hardcore left/right political people just circlejerk each other with their posts and become rotten in the mind
also cyberbullying. big problem. how could you miss that.
"lmao fr" are you kidding me
@@revenant_renesis6439 it's explained in the video man
So social media lowered the homicide rates, awesome!
Diagnosed with stage 4 non smoking lung cancer 6 years ago and Kratom has been instrumental in helping my fatigue and mood. So glad I found it.
Glad it's helping you man, stay strong
just a plant bro
Life saver x 10000000
Do you still have cancer
Where do you even purchase it?
Glad it is helping you, and you're finding some relief 🤎
This is damn near Adams Final Form. Not just physically. Been watching for YEARS and this Adam is well spoken, intelligent, compassionate, and FUNNY. Making great metaphors and making complex ideas digestible, fun to listen to, and funny. Holy shit. The path YOURE on now, keep following it. This is the one. Thank you ♥️
Lmao just read what his shirt says
I agree.
Cant agree more, its very inspiring!
i came here to say the same thing. low key proud of my boy
it was the TRT
your presence is healing, grounding while also sparking my curiosity and creativity. remembering the sense of tripping/oneness just by watching you. you're a powerful person and I wish you the best!
The ADHD thing is really, really weird. I had all those issues before I started, and they were helped immensely by my ADHD meds. They saved my marriage, my job, everything. Oddly, weed caused me so many memory issues I had to stop smoking it.
Sadly, cannabis done to excess can have effects on memory. I would like to do it less, but I still have this undercurrent of anxiety running through my ADHD and it helps with that.
Personally, I find Adam's account of his experience with ADHD meds to be ... a little unusual. I don't want to invalidate his experiences, but when he talks about the negative effects he experienced on stimulants, he seems to often list SYMPTOMS of ADHD. It reminds me very much of the countless ADHD patients who become aware of their symptoms in full for the first time because the meds provide them with the first time they experience anything different. Mixing them with other substances can also be a confusing experience.
@@ems7623 yeah, its annoying how weed strains are being bread to have higher levels of thc and lower levels of cbd. Shit really fucks with you
Yeah exactly the same here man.
maybe this guy was just accidentally diagnosed?
glad to hear because yeah same, literally the exact opposite experience than this guy, it's literally saving my life lmao
ADHD meds helped me of course, but at the same time I to this day (but not that much) experience these things too. Ive taken them as a child, because of my parents and I really regret it and there would be better ways to help my diagnosis.
the social media part is spot on. whenever i delete a social media, i either relapse or just get addicted to another social media. just an endless cycle that i dont even wanna partake in. never really saw it as a drug til rn, my ego needed that adam, thank you
it's true, when i uninstalled my social media apps 2 years ago or something like that, i found myself scrolling down the google homepage that contains news.... sometimes i scroll down the youtube without openning any video until i found some that interrest me, glad i becoming less and less tunned to this
I see what you mean ,I deleted all my social media except youtube for videos like these ,personally I've benefited immensely, I'm never bored despite having less to spend my time on and more fascinated by small daily things
This is true. Social media was created with the idea of being addictive. To spend big part of your day watching stupid stuff. This is really problematic and dehumanizing. I deleted my social media in October 2020 and my life had change completely and my self-love too.
Sorry for my English, I'm not a native speaker 😁😸
I avoided installing social media but now yt has shorts..
On the other side of the fence, I'm going on 5 years of no social media. It's super nice other than the fact I feel like a social hermit. And it makes people your getting to know on tinder and shit anxious af when you have no internet footprint like I'm a serial killer or catfish or something. But it is nice not wasting my time scrolling through every garbage thought of humanity's sheeple, even if every once in a while you find a fleck of gold in all that shit :/
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3:16 Kratom
7:42 Alcohol
8:55 ADHD Meds
12:22 Social Media
23:35 RUclips
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Ayahuasca was mind blowing for me. I found myself in a world where swirling colors created a mesmerizing kaleidoscope. Time stretched as I explored cosmic landscapes, feeling a profound connection to everything. It left me with a deep sense of peace and wonder, realizing the limitless potential of the mind.
Psychedelics have the ability to induce profound altered states of consciousness
@@AnnaThompsonWilliamsI've been looking to try shrooms. Can someone direct me to a source?
@@MilitaryBase-yk8vryeah , he's Dr jeffshrooom he got magic mushrooms , DMT , LSD and other psychs
@@FranklinDiverse-lm6mjHe's on instgram??
@@RubysylviaYes, dude is excellent
Yo I love how transparent Adam is with his viewers. He actually opens up and lets us know what his headspace has been like. Really refreshing because it shows his human struggles.
If only he did real drugs 😂
@@hardknockfitness1336 wdym by that lol he does real drugs
@@hardknockfitness1336 sweet summer child
11 months into the kratom use, and there are moments where I just want to be myself again and feel authentic. No kind of "high" is worth it if the price is that you feel like a stranger to your own self..
Do it !
Well said brother
I hope you get back to feeling like yourself. Drugs can take that away from you - been there. They can also make you feel like your true self again. Get some help, reach out to loved ones, and keep working towards your goal.
how many gpd are you on?
I've been using kratom for a few months straight now and it barely even works anymore it just makes me feel normal. If I stop I don't get sick as in opiate withdrawal but I get really lethargic and tired. Kind of similar to an amphetamine withdrawal. I'll probably stop after this last batch since it's getting expensive and there's not much benefit anymore, but it did help me stop getting blackout drunk every night. So there's that.
one of the best videos i’ve seen on this platform
MY FAVORITE MEXICAN RAINCOAT
@@htx.flacoo 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Didnt expect to see my favorite mexican raincoat here
OMG IS THAT MY FAVORITE MEXICAN RAINCOAT?!
Not rly when 2/3 of the vid arent drugs but ok😂
RUclips is a massive addiction, There are times where i have decided that i don't want to watch youtube for a while, and then find myself subconciously looking for NEW videos. I think the addiction is really to the NOVELTY of new videos YT can give you.
Derek out here savings lives. Adam looks reborn now that he's on trt.
Fr😹
Beast mode
That's TRT?!?! He looks great. He looks naty. I've found that usually TRT guys tend to have exaggerated shoulders and traps. That's encouraging because I'm thinking about TRT but I don't wanna look too muscular.
Noticeable gains each video lol Jesus dood
Hey I’m in the RUclips trip telling community too
First world problems are: disconnecting from the natural world, reveling in material wealth, and forgetting to be mindful and appreciative of what you already have. The list goes on, but if we can't realize that we're isolating a sense of happiness instead of sharing it in physical memories, then the intrinsic value of connection is being lost at a large scale. Really appreciate this, just puts into perspective the effects of intense dopaminergic exploits, and why you should stop to look at its impact. Thank you!
Beautifully said!
Profound words
Beautifully written
so true
“Their is a ceiling to the high. There has to be, what goes up must come down. If their was no ceiling to the highs then that means there is no ceiling to the lows and that’s ducking scary.” That is one hell of a perspective and absolutely eye opening. I’m amazed lol, blew my mind.
@@tf2oshaaa not true can only get so bad eventually you have to reach a plateau whether that be death or rock bottom. Either way hope you’re not talking about yourself, if so hope all is well.
@@tf2oshaaahope you are in a better place today, buddy
Ever heard of temperature? Has high and lows.
The lowest low is „0 Kelvin“. The maximum high, is when matter is almost at c.
Even though, there is a lowest low, there isn’t really a highest high.
Very refreshing hearing someone with this platform talk about the consequences of being successful online, so many kids these days idolise youtubers and want to be them which I think is ptetty dangerous.
Adam the cigarettes part! I've never heard anyone explain it like that and it's exactly how I feel. I would get anxiety right after I smoked and always be like "why the hell did I smoke that". So glad I kicked that Garbo finally.
i agree, i smoked since i was 12 and its just nasty after about 15+ years and brings that similar anxiety fatigue blah feeling
I been smoKING for 6 years now. I honestly have no effing clue what u guys are talking about. What anxiety? What calmness? I never felt anything like that from cigs. I just smoke cause the smoke feels good in my lungs and mouth and it gives me something to do.
@@davidfuturissimo467 Smoke always felt like absolute shit in my mouth and lungs, I smoked for the head rush at first and then just because I felt some kind of need to do it and it was fun. Good thing it doesn't feel the same for you, it's a shitty draining feeling.
@@gmorkins6006 Im weird like that, I respond pretty different than most people to substances and medicine. But hearing you talk about a ,,head rush" ...well, almost makes me envious )) . Omg..imagine cigarettes having mild psychotrophic effects for you. Jesus..that'd be awesome
@@davidfuturissimo467 Haha yeah they effect me different too, I'm OVERLY sensitive to most substances, I get drunk really easy, cigarettes kick my ass and drain all my energy, it's pretty weird how things effect people differently. If I didn't smoke for a while and then I had one I would get major spins, hell the first time I chewed tobacco I almost passed out haha.
This video is absolutely amazing and so fucking true for me as a RUclipsr. I remember after my fall of my success because of mental health issues and other addictions I found my drug of choice which was heroin. In the end it became a major habit with benzos lots of kratom and other potentiators. I can honestly say psychedelics and your videos helped me to get to a place with myself where I wasn’t using super hard things. Luckily now I’m completely sober and on a better path thank you bro!!
Holy shit i would truly enjoy a complete story of your journey
Nice dude sobriety is good once you get used to it. I'm 8+ years sober from opiates. All because I made a big batch of DMT instead of meth one night. Lol. My first DEEMSTER trip showed me that if I kept putting needles in my body I would die in a crackhouse in the middle of nowhere with no one around me that cared. On the come down I had visions of the nastiest trap house you could imagine and I blocked a door with a 2x4 then I shot up and watched myself die from above like I was a camera on the cieling fan.
Fuck kratom Adom just do bags of dope if it's all that complicated. Easy to kick and does not even bring you to nod
@@trippsmclovin Self reflection is one of the scariest things, but it is the real discipline that we might need sometimes. Glad you are out of that. How do you deal with accepting what happened in the past? I am still struggling with resentment, regret you know.. it does hold me back when I want to smile for no logical reason.
Have a good day friend :)
big respect
Your story about being young, not rich and making the most of old toys was super relatable. I used to build whole cities from second hand toys we had lying around.
First world problems are: disconnecting from the natural world, reveling in material wealth, and forgetting to be mindful and appreciative of what you already have. The list goes on, but if we can't realize that we're isolating a sense of happiness instead of sharing it in physical memories, then the intrinsic value of connection is being lost at a large scale. Really appreciate this, just puts into perspective the effects of intense dopaminergic exploits, and why you should stop to look at its impact. Thank you!
From someone who also tried Kratom, I wholeheartedly agree with this. Honestly, I feel like that should be less legal than marijuana, yet we see kratom sold on every corner in my city. I feel like I have experienced more aggression out of people on Kratom than thc and hated how anxious it made me feel.
In terms of ADHD medication each person would have different experiences, even when taking dopamine or serotonin based medication you can feel extremely depressed and not dependant on it for happiness but quite the opposite. Thus being said, there are many cases where this medication coupled with therapy has helped so many people improving the quality of their lives. Adam is only speaking of his own experience so do not be scared away from getting help if you need it.
Methylphenidate saved my life. Adhd medicine was the best thing that happened to me. And it did cure me for a long time until I took anti convulsants which took me back to my first adhd state before adhd medication. Now that I'm an adult it doesn't help me this much, but as a teen it truly helped my memory and concentration, my sleeping and my eating habits. It was amazing, I wish I never took anticonvulsants because how I was before that was great due to fucking concerta (in us ritalin)
yeah even tho I cant try adderall as it doesnt sell in brazil, I take vyvanse and it has helped me tons. I thought of stopping it a few times, but I can definitely say I'm objectivelly in a better place atm, despite the occasional side effect.
I came to say this.. I also have so much help from Methylphenidate.
dexanphatamenine has helped me so much
I was put on adhd medication as a child don’t know when it started but I took it until half way through last year because my paediatric was for kids only obviously and I haven’t made the venture yet to go to a psychiatrist but I will because without my adhd medication which was concerta I am extremely impulsive and lose focus often but I’m glad to have had the time without it as I learn how to live without it
Thank you sooo much for bringing up social media. I’m an addict in recovery (been clean for years) but still struggle with staying off social media. That ugly cycle of ditching it then returning is spot on.
This^^
Dude, you’re not an “addict in recovery”, give me a fucking break. Just don’t download the app. The fact that you’re lumping yourself in with all the people that have struggled with real addictions, with the flu, the cold sweats, the restless legs, the puking, the shaking, the depression, and a whole host of other sides, the fact that you’d call yourself “in recovery” and “clean” is pathetic and disgusting. If you consider yourself addicted to social media and that’s your big problem, you’ve never struggled in your fucking life.
Thank you so much for the social media part, it’s probably the best round up of how real the harm of social media is.
This is literally the only channel that I have the notifications on for lmao
Hey man hear me out, kids should watch this and actually learn because forever they’ve been told things like “weed is the devil” and see that’s not the case, they get curious to other things and make bad decisions. Your way of explaining things is super interesting and gives a fair interpretation of the risk/reward altering experiences from someone who’s actually used these substances. From someone who’s done “it” to say something is overhyped or an underwhelming ‘potentially regretful experience’ is a much more powerful education approach..
100x better than the fear mongering they used to do. Best to be as educated as you can and always keep an open mindset since when it comes to the kids its usually split between whether you become braindead after smoking weed or that there are no negative effects.
Agree, I wish could have watched this when I was a young teen
@Starlight Harrison why you plugging dr.mycology so hard
Weed realy can be dangerous for kids, trust me
people's best arguement to weed, is that weed makes you feel stupid, but that's every exciting expirement you don't use everyday, but once you use weed everyday, you soon realize it becomes part of our health because it is part of our health... our system... it's like taking a supplement of our own bodies nutrients
you can't say that about anything else, because it is what it is
adam please start a podcast your wisdom and inspiration is absolutely unfathomable,your an amazing soul who deserves more then you get,some of the things you said made me open my eyes in pure awh,i can’t believe how blind ive been to my everyday life,thank you
His microphone quality is so relaxing
You could not be more right about what you said about social media addiction, I've been saying for years that social media is a powerful drug that affects the mind exactly the same ways actual drugs do. You hit the nail on the head with that
I’m honestly glad he has this channel, his honesty and his straightforwardness is really moving and interesting 🙂
I love these style of videos honestly. Not just talking about teir lists, but where you go on random rants. It's interesting to hear other perspectives on things, but it's even more interesting where the person gets so into it to where sort of "side quest" rants happen.
Watching RUclips is a crazy addition for me. Taking acid helped me to get off RUclips for about 6 months, but now I'm back to it mostly. I wish I never started watching RUclips. I'm watching a ton of educational videos, but for topics I'd never need in my life, like physics, civil engineering, electrical engineering, etc. It consumes a huge chunk of my free time, and I do it instead of doing stuff I actually enjoy, to the point I don't even remember what I actually enjoy to do in my free time. Be careful with RUclips, people.
I don't know if this is a joke, but I actually feel the same
Quite literally the most intelligent, selfless, connected, justified pieces of content on the internet. This video has transcended many morals and values that can be compromised by these EXACT facets of mind-alteration, dopamine-engineering. Wonderful, amazing, raw, intimate, revealing look at standards & parameters of modern society. Thank you
I love this. I love to hear you expressing your thoughts like this. Adam, your creativity is showing.
Dear Adam! This is a peak speak of you. It somehow feels like a flow together of all your recent studies. A lot of things are thought through and you found the right words for it. If you want a new level than just write this down sent it to a publisher and see what happens. I would buy it! Wish you luck!
It would actually be so sick to read a book by Adam!
I can definitely attest to social media being a drug. Growing up, I was never exactly popular. At the start of the pandemic, I started joining some online communities and making friends. I had posted some selfies and received some praise and validation for them, which would result in a dopamine spike. So I kept on doing it. As the attention wore off, I wanted it to continue. It left me wanting more. So I started making my pics a little more suggestive, which got me some attention and compliments. I started posting thirst traps, which would result in even more attention. It got to the point where I was almost addicted to the attention. I’d post, get a massive dopamine spike for a short period of time, when the attention wore off, I’d crash. It stopped being about posting for fun, and became about desperately trying to get as much attention as possible from these strangers as I could. I was validating my worth, through what others said about my appearance, just for the dopamine. I was finally getting the attention I craved, but with a crash
That’s a little different than the typical addiction. That is much more based on your ego. If you can know your self worth without needing other’s validation, you won’t seek validation from strangers. Idk I might be wrong
@@bigchungus4215 dude that's exactly what adam was talking about social media and it's happening to a lot of women, i get it cause i'm a guy and my ego boost used to came from playing competitive videogames and being good at them, it's like the counterpart for males
@@OP-lk4tw yeah not a drug though waste of a video
@@dagotowka9191 they're addictive and their use produce endogenous drugs in our brains so..
@@OP-lk4tw anything that you enjoy can become addicting from social media to sugar doesnt make it a drug just something you abuse
I love how every ad is put right after Adam says “so what I’m trying to say is…” and then it sounds like he’s taking about the ad
Adderall has had the exact opposite effects for me- it doesn’t make me happy/euphoric (i feel it actually flattens my moods a bit), it kills my sex drive, and it increases my memory & attention to detail. it’s helpful because i use it when i feel i must/should, but if i don’t need it im not driven to take it. what sucks the most is the way i think it may affect sleep
Same for me. The sleeping and eating are sometimes issues but usually when I take it less frequently and my tolerance to my usual dose is decreased. The difference between the euphoria other people describe from adderall and the general normality i feel is how I figure I really have ADHD
@@Alsyoutubeaccount yeah, it sounds like he may not have clinical ADHD
You nailed it, only thing you didnt mention is the part where you have to force feed yourself
I find appetite, sleep and headaches to be a problem
@@mikemade1211 even the thought of food on my meds makes me lose my appetite. The worst thing tho is the sweats, whenever I'm on my aderall my pits sweat like CRAZY.
Man the whole nicotine anxiety thing you mentioned is soooooo true. And I've definitely noticed it but I have never really thought about it that much.
Also when I vaped I had more addictive tendencies in general. I craved food, sugar, weed, etc way more then I do now.
I personally think it’s addiction in general. For example i’ve reacted to porn addiction in a very similar way.
@@x_x_6__ interesting... I do feel far more research should be devoted towards addictions of all kinds and how they specifically target what areas and chemicals of the brain how they alter it's chemistry and what can be done to help change and divert those pathways away from addiction. And addictive tendencies in general
@@seraygursoy4563 that too is interesting and makes me want to be more aware and kind of want to observe if that is a an effect I experience with nicotine
Cigarettes are definitely the one thing I wish I never tried super hard to kick the habit
i recently got into the drug scene and had a bad trip first time, after watcing you and how u explain it all i havnt had a bad trip since. i love how you dont do this for the money and u are here to help and educate people its genuinely inspiring
Bro some of the stuff you said is so eye opening. Don’t just think about the money, it’s so amazing what you do. A true hero
Awww Adam I’m sorry it’s been a pleasure watching you grow over the years I hope you can find peace from the stress of the tube my dude
Thank you man, this was just therapy not even related to drugs just life.
Great video. After spending 10 years addicted to alcohol and being sober almost a year now, I'm not sure if that void will ever be filled. Some of us no matter what we do will always feel like addicts even when we are completely sober. The itch that can never be properly scratch. I think the hardest addiction to kick when you get down to it is short term gratification.
Time will heal you ❤
Facts and I myself am a occasional drinker and I’m away interested to hear about alcohol addiction stories cause I myself have never been addicted to alcohol even though I’m an occasional drinker I just think that people who don’t have self control usually are the ones getting addicted to things because they do so often that they build tolerance hence they get addicted but me personally I don’t have a problem with alcohol so I’ll drink here and there and also cause I’m Punjabi and it runs In my bloodline 😭😂
The itch gets weaker and weaker over time
I would have said the same thing several years ago. I truly believed I was broken beyond repair, even worse still, that I was just made that way, defective, and then broken on top of it all.
If you read or listen to Gabor Mate explains very well how childhood traumas and events can play a fundamental role in many if not most of the issues that we deal with every day as adults, with trauma on top ot trauma, mostly we don't actually know the issues that really lie underneath the layers of issues and developmental disruptions, and more often than not, the things we would have in mind as the most damaging or changing events in our lives and upbringing are usually after the fact events that happened because of some damage already done that set us up for a bigger fall down the line. Of course we remember the fall but maybe not the initial point of origin.
He states that working for years with addicted individuals in the Downtown Vancouver he learned that most if not all of the patients were victims of some form of serious childhood abuse/neglect.
Basically these people were addicts waiting to become addicted in a sense, just like you said, you always feel like an addict, and I can relate, as the problem existed before the drugs, the drugs came because of the issues, not the other way around.
The drugs are generally a self medication for deep seated issues that we don't know how to or can't manage.
Something that I did several years ago changed my life completely, I was in terrible health, my mental and emotional pain was causing me so much distress that my sleep, my diet, everything was suffering, and the anxiety and stress hormones were literally wearing me out. I was suffering immensely, more than I even realised, no matter how hard I tried to be healthy, no matter what I did nothing seemed to help, and so I had to just "get on with it".
A friend of mine contacted me one day telling me of something he had done in the Netherlands, and "I had to do it" and something about the way he said it, just struck me right in the heart and soul.
He had travelled to the Netherlands to partake in an iboga ceremony, which is the root of an African shrub, historically taken in extremely large doses by all tribe members when they come of age (around 14 or so) it is the "coming of age" or "rite of passage" ceremony, to symbolise becoming your own person, and adult respected as such by the other tribal members.
The whole tribe gets together and sings and dances all night and everyone takes a small amount while the ones who are coming of age take a whole plate full of the extremely bitter wooden shavings. When you take it you generally purge, and vomit for a minute or two until you are empty, then lay down for several hours and don't really move a lot for the night at all.
You then begin to journey into your mind, as if there was a screen behing your eyes when you close them and it will take you through the things in your life that you need to go back to to figure out and to kind of unstick them. You feel an unimaginable sense of emotional release and you come out the other side very tired, but lighter as if you just took the world off your shoulders.
I was a long time awake from the experience and when I eventually got some rest I woke up like a new person. I will say this you really don't know how sick you are until you get better.
My mind felt clear, along with my eyesight and all my senses were amped up, in fact they were working perfectly, everything was, and I felt half my age.
It took a while to get used to having such a clear head, I never realised how much fog and chatter was in my mind until it cleared. Not that I could hear it audibly, but it was there. I still have that clarity to this day, and that was about 5-6 years ago now. It was the best thing I ever done for myself, for my health, and for my mental/emotional state.
I have found iboga to be the most healing substance I ever came across, and I have heard that ayahuasca is also a healing plant along with DMT, Kambo, and other entheogens/psychedelics, .
That's great that you are sober, and that can't be an easy feat when you still feel that way to this day, it's a real testament to your character and I hope you manage to work things out so that you can finally have the happiness and peace of mind that you deserve.
I really wish you the best in health and happiness, in body, spirit and in mind
@@aodhokelly8811 iv done some reading on iboga and ayahuasca before and I belive it can work for some people like me especially. I have experimented with mushrooms quite a bit in the past and always found they had something to teach. They helped a lot with a very deep-seated restlessness and hypervigilance in the short term. Just made it disappear and I would be at peace. I took away that Psycadelics can definetly treat trauma if used correctly. I was diagnosed bipolar 1 with general/social anxiety while being treated for alcoholism by a psychiatrist, and by another psychiatrist outside facility shortly after. It was a long time comeing since I had my first psychotic break 13 years ago in the farm of a manic episode. Mania is a amazing state to be in but also very unpredictable and possible dangerous. Take the best mood you have ever been in and triple it. The euphoria and sheer awe struck nature of it eventually drives one to insanity. Its a very jung esk sort of experience of archetypes and feeling as if one has been "chosen" for some sort of divine mission. Unfortunately or fortunately it only happened once lasting 2 weeks. The other half is crippling depression that waxes and wanes.
So the question is how dangerous is it for someone that is prone to altered states naturally to partake in a ceremony of what is basically induced short term psychosis (iboga, ayahuasca, mushrooms)? Its a question I ask myself quite a bit, Haveing seen both sides and come back (mostly) intact. Iv left more than a few bits of my mind scattered on the trail behind me haha.
Often times I do think it would be beneficial to take a break from the meds and have a ceremony again.
Dude! I didn't realise how long I was on hiatus from watching your channel. You got ripped! Great job!
@McTroll2 GroundControl that does not make any sense
@McTroll2 GroundControl male pattern baldness is caused by dihydrotestosterone not estrogen. Thats why women dont bald.
I've had a vastly different relationship with my ADD meds. Memory-wise, I was/am a goldfish without them. They don't give me any kind of addictive rush. They feel like they sober me up and let me pull my head out of the chaotic fog within my own mind. I have never, ever abused them in over 40 years time and I never feel like they've damaged my cardiovascular fitness or health. They let my mind slow down enough that I'm able to exert control over the executive functions within. They don't act like speed does when used by neurotypical people. They literally act like the opposite of that for me. They slow me down to where I can take control.
Your experience, as described seems like it GAVE you ADD brain rather than removing it. That being said, I question why you, or any of the medical practicioners who prescribed it to you didn't discontinue it's use for you long ago if it was having the effect you're describing.
Because frankly, it's not supposed to do that if you actually have ADD/ADHD.
well said
i feel the same way, I've been taking vyvanse for 4 years and it's been the biggest life saver
It's because a lot of medical practitioners are a joke and are not very thorough.
yeah, same. i was really surprised when he talked about all the negative things he experienced while using adhd meds. because like adderall is the only reason why i was able to get my doctorate in the first place. i think he may have been misdiagnosed
Sounds like someone convincing themselves that they need to rely on a drug daily. ADD meds shouldn't be taken for 40 years, you have a problem that I feel you realize, but are obviously in denial about.
You are basically a coke addict... and I'm saying this as a formerly prescribed ADD med user...it's not doing you any favors, you only feel and think it is and you are scared to get off it.
ADAM you should put time stamps on these kind of videos. For example when you talk about 5 things put 5 time stamps for each thing on the video this makes it easier to know when you talk about it in the video! Edit: aye sometimes we ain’t got time for all this lol
he wants you to watch the whole video obviously 🙄
Yeah just watch it dude
Yea I also understand that watching the whole thing but that’s a whole 34 minutes.
@@marvinslucid it's not entertainment though, so your time wouldn't be waisted. Haha 👍
23:35 is 5) RUclips
Social media is DEFINITELY a real addiction… thanks for mentioning it Adam , bc I definitely do struggle with this and we really just don’t talk about it enough. It’s poisoning us all
This video literally made me realize how i hide from my responsibilities in social media… seriously thank you, now that i realize theres an addiction there i can actually attempt to correct it.
For me, having ADHD I have tried almost every ADHD drug in high school. Vyvanse, Concerta, Ritalin and some others. At low doses I never noticed much of a difference but at higher doses I would see some CRAZY changes:
1. In the start and middle of the day I would go into a creative, productive frenzy. My brain would be very fast moving as always but suddenly I found myself randomly cleaning and writing pages and pages of notes for school. I was able to achieve so much in a day it honestly shocked me.
2. At the end of the day however, I would CRASH. And I mean CRASH. I'd start getting very depressed for no good reason, crying and feeling overall shit. I couldn't sleep well when I took them either. This is why I stopped taking them.
Exact same experience for me.
I had that with ritalin, but with vyvanse I don't, like I get tired for sure, lose the effects of the drug at the end of the day but the depression SLAP that ritalin gave me fortunately doesnt come.
I dont know whether you will respond, I have been using Vyvanse for over a year now and I am just wondering how i can stop using it, I only realized recently that i depend on it so much to do any work and it has fucked with me so much but if i stop taking it i am worried my marks for school will be in jeporady. Any suggestions on how to slowly stop?
@@junktin1750 Of course! I would say try for a week or at least a few days off it and see if your marks decline. But ultimately, your health is a lot more important than studies (despite what people want you to believe). It is better to be alive with no degree than sick, depressed or even dead with one 😂
I think the issue in your case is simply your depedency on the drug to function. I totally get it, because I have the same thing haha but its about weighing up how much it affects you healthwise, as well as your life.
If I were you bro, I would speak to my doctor about maybe lowering the dosage gradually before even considering cutting it off. But from my experience, I can't say I was ever "addicted" to the drugs per se, more just found them helpful but at a cost.
Ultimately, just weigh up whether you feel like Vyvance is helping you or not and if the answer is no, try either lowering the dose, quitting completely for a while to see how you operate without them or trying a new ADHD medication like ritalin/concerta etc.
Hope this helps and I can absolutely answer any other questions you have from my personal experiences too. I'm 22 and have been off them for a few years but am considering getting back on them for work and uni :)
Check out Leo & Longevity's videos on how dopamin works. He got very much out of his adhd medication by how he aporoached it. He is dead now but he really understood adhd meds
I'm saving this for the reminder. Your social media bit is so true and really resonates, as someone with adhd, depression and c-ptsd. It's gotta go somehow. I spend hours of every day in bed, not working & socialising, literally just hiding in there... have been in a pit for 2 years now. I think phone addiction has been a catalyst in ruining my life lol. Soooo yes it's keeping me stuck in depression. Also thanks for the existential crisis 😅
This is such an informative video. Thank you! Dopamine is wild. Throughout the past few years i've been stumbling through life trying to find a sense of direction but getting distracted with short term dopamine rushes. Things like drugs and videogames have been distracting me from actually bettering myself. About four months ago I started telling myself "learn to enjoy doing hard things," and have been pushing myself to learn how to program. I enrolled in the hardest class i've ever taken and came out the other side a full stack software engineer. I still smoke weed and I still play videogames, but I get much more enjoyment coding. It's kind of the same thing. I still get short term dopamine releases, and I'm definitely addicted to them, but now they're connected to something tangible and productive. Though I don't yet have a job, I now have a marketable skill that pays well and makes me feel good about what I'm doing. I finally have a sense of direction and it feels amazing. There's a lot to be said for playing the long game, but for some of us there's quite a steep learning curve in figuring out how to do so.
Well done, buddy!
Adam’s looking absolutely YOKED
Yup Derek got him on trt👌
Yoids
Roids
@@bananaananab3916 he got on them because his natural test levels were crashed and he went to a doctor and was prescribed it.
@@OregonPotFarmer good talk, I know that
This is the only channel I am glad to see ads on.
Adblock, vanced?
@@darkdeepfire on vanced one still sees where ads SHOULD be.
It's about demonetization
The problems you described having while on ADHD meds are the problems that go away when I take my ADHD meds. If I don't have my meds I'm unbelievably forgetful and will be so distracted that I'm lucky to finish a task like the laundry or the dishes in a timely manner without interrupting and starting something else.
That means your dopamine is very very low because of the amphetamine salts you take better known and advertised as "adhd meds".
They increase the problem, since they release high amounts of dopamine not naturally, so your brain depends on meds and literally becomes dumb since it forgets how to create dopamine waiting the med.
@@user-ex1mi2qf4z these are problems for most people with adhd well before taking the meds
Exactly same here been on Vyvanse for a while now & it's literally the only thing that keeps me sane!
@@user-ex1mi2qf4zhe literally said he had those problems BEFORE taking adhd meds
Learn to read, m0r0n
@@radicaldradcliffe4201 hey i read well, i was just giving my opinion on the problem since i have adhd too and never take meds, maybe im a moron but not ignorant, much love and peace, good vibes 💯❤
Imagine all the drugs you have tested yourself with and putting alcohol and social media in the top 5 worst drugs. People should take serious your advises, the waste of time in the present will be the biggest regret in some years for everyone. The only thing you cant achieve is time, but you can make the time productive. Very interesting video
It's funny that social media was on this list, because I feel like I've never been addicted to my phone, but I still use it way too much, but when I'm not using it it's not hard or stressfull
Thats exactly called addiction
@@dovydas4483no it isn’t silly
@@that_one_dude_3541 it is, get over it
@@dovydas4483 he said it isn’t hard or stressful when he isn’t using his phone. Get over it.
@@that_one_dude_3541 everybody is addicted to their phones
i’m a 15 year old who has been taking vyvanse since kindergarten and adderall until 8th grade. hearing how you feel after taking the same meds for as long as you were is scary to me. i never realized that the medicine the doctor told me to take could ruin my life in the future
Hearing that Adam is into Warhammer truly filled my heart with supraphysiological amounts of dopamine
Hopefully Warhammer but not games workshop of today
working in IT - earning too much money and becoming bored with my job led to self destruction. now im completely poor doing my first year of university at age 37
You kinda blew my mind with some of your rants. I understand why you have to keep your videos short and on topic but at the same time i really wouldn't mind listening to more of your philosophy~ 💜
Looking like a absolute unit! Great gains man.
i’m currently dealing with covid 19 and siting in my bed watching all your videos and i just want to thank you for keeping me in good spirits just by having good content to keep me occupied
Should have gotten vaccinated
@@jatochgaatjeniksaan3307 what a nice response to someone suffering and being open and honest about it
@@brianastruss7027 ty
@@jatochgaatjeniksaan3307 LMAOOO you still get covid with a vaccine too bro
I love reading books !!! It’s a common thing now when I’m out in public reading I get looks . And weird stares . Sometimes friends will walk up to me and say “wow you read?”
the more videos you watch, the easier you can identify when he’s doing a video high or was high when he started making notes.
push through Adam, push through.
You reckon he was sober when he made this one? Seems quite clear in his mind
@@MuscularMontel hmmm idk something feels off
@@lolliemusicc i made this comment before he started talking about lsd lol
@@MuscularMontel I hadn’t seen that part either 😂 so he’s tripping making this video? That’s why it felt weird haha
@@MuscularMontel my dude was definitely on Kratom when he made this
Adam! Just wanted to say that you touched on social issues fantastically. I thought this was just going to be a video about the substances itself but you touched on way bigger issues in society and connected them back to the substances you listed. Hats off! Great video, you’re actually quite a good motivational speaker! Keep it up 😊✨
@Phoenix 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE I quit using FB and I only use RUclips. But it’s hard at first but then you realize you don’t need FB or the people you think you need in your life
Adam I would appreciate it if you made timestamps.
@Piotr his much smarter than you i say
@Piotr why
Yesssssssssssssssss
Dude he does all the work alone
@@eliudonofre6763 why
Just so you know man. I am a 18 year old and you helped me a lot to learn about how my brain works and how to deal with drugs. Thanks!
I’ve heard that adhd medication usually feels the opposite of how it’s supposed to when people who don’t have adhd take it, I’ve had the memory of a goldfish my entire life; and I can never remember where I put anything, or remember when something is supposed to be, or remember what day it is, or remember to eat or drink water, and that’s my experience of life without any drugs
Same....n oh the names I get called :(
Man, I feel you on so many things on this. We are such dopamine addicts that’s crazy
Funny that social media was mentioned, I completely withdrew from all of the toxicity a few days ago, once you stop you really realize how bad it is. Constant dopamine fiending all day is never good.
Can you elaborate on this alittle more? I'm addicted to it. And put all my emotions into social media. It's really getting to me how did you stop?
@@kuro.editzzz I deleted everything. I still think about starting new every day (addiction), but nah, I'm out. Just get rid of everything and resist the urge to make new accounts. Spend your time usefully, read a book, learn, whatever, instead of wasting your time with social media. Replace it with something healthy and you should be fine. I still get urges, which aren't bad compared to substance addiction but they're pretty annoying.
@@世界樹-b4k thank you so much! I'll give it a shot. I get this dopamine hit or whatever when posting on Instagram but lately I haven't been so active because of college exams and it's really taking a toll on me because I'm so anxious about losing followers due to me not posting. And this is affecting studies. After watching this video I realize what's happening and I need it to end as soon as possible
@@kuro.editzzz Yeah, you'll feel disconnected for a bit but I find that therapeutic. This stuff is really addictive, so use the time usually spent on social media for something positive, that'll satisfy the dopamine fiending in the beginning.
@@kuro.editzzz i quit social media for over 6 years already you can do it
I am 5 years sober now. From an early age (I think I was BORN addicted to alcohol) I got drunk EVERY SINGLE TIME! I went to rehab,and stayed clean for a few years,but my RELAPSE was HORRIFIC! I was downing a 750ml of vodka a day with a 12 pack chaser. I seriously don’t remember a few years. I was a DAILY blackout drunk…I seizured in my sleep a few times,and almost bit my tongue off during one of these drinking episodes,and the hangovers were EPIC! And the only thing to fix THAT was a 9am trip to MotoMart for more booze. I don’t know HOW I got out of that cycle…but I did.
stay strong… you’re never out of addiction
How did you finally get sober?
Well…I didn’t do it the SMART way. I “White Knuckled” and then got down on my knees and PRAYED to get me out of this deadly spiral I was in. It was the WORST TWO WEEKS OF MY LIFE! I SHOULD have gone in an detoxed. I seriously thought I was going to die.
Hearing you talk about your experience with amphetamine ADHD meds is by far and away the most accurate depiction of what I’m struggling with right now. My working memory has been bad the past couple years and the porn and masturbating has gotten to actual physically dangerous levels. Fortunately, I can stop taking them whenever I’d like, however when it’s available I just want to keep taking them. Of course, I’m just talking about the negative side effects when I find there to be such great, positive ones as well. But to see it listed here as one of your biggest drug regrets surprised me and is maybe a wake up call.
keep it up Cory -
Do some research on Iboga/ibogane, it’s a powerful psychedelic as well as helps your body completely detox from chemicals in the body, I’ve heard many accounts the trip teaches you why you shouldn’t be abusing the substances and when you’re sober you do not physically crave it either, haven’t tried it myself but planning on growing it this spring
Fuck I am having exactly same issues, I take Vyvanse and I think this video finally made me realize just the toll it's had on me. I rely on it for schoolwork but to point where I know NEED it for school. I need help getting off this shit. do you have any advice to stop taking this and quit relying on it by chance?
@@junktin1750 hey, I’ve ever took vyvanse just adderall, but before coming off it, I recommend first lowering the dose and see if that helps. If you tried that and still want to get off it, look for another substitute. There’s info online or talk to a psychiatrist. For me, caffeine’s helped me been off addy for a month now. Good luck.
"I can stop whenever I want" very famous last words
I love how he went into full detail about the fighting tournaments he would have with his toys when he was a kid lol
You should honestly put all your episodes into a pod cast session your voice is so smoothing.
Thank you for being on RUclips, your content helps me and everyone who watches make more informed decisions and we appreciate you a lot
This is so relatable. I find myself reflecting on how THIS is the future and how wild it is when you really think about everything as a whole. It's difficult to find other people to discuss these thoughts & feelings with bc I tend to feel alienated when I try to bring it up. Maybe it's bc it's an uncomfortable topic for some, but it needs to be addressed or it'll never change. Tysm for thissss. 🖤 You're just wholesome and we appreciate you.
I've definitely had bouts where I was dependant on kratom, but after facing my own personal depression and anxiety head-on, I naturally became less dependant on kratom to the point where I'd forget to take my daily kratom dose. I went from about 12g a day to one 3 gram dose every other day or so. Now instead of trying to fix my mood, I use it purely for recreation to feel good and stimulated for homework, skateboarding, going out, etc. Then again I'm also someone who would not withdraw when i took a break from kratom, but I know many people get powerful withdrawal symptoms when quitting it. I used to work in a kratom shop so I've seen the VERY vast range of how it can affect individuals
@AlexNolasco which brand would you recommend for someone about to go into severe withdrawals from opiods?
@@seraphinachantel8611 methadone
It was so fun hearing Adam talk about playing with action figures as a kid. Exactly how I remember playing lol
I sorted through so many comments and I can thank the lord when I say that not one person went ape shit the second they heard imposter over 4 times in a row
What he says about the Kratom is so true. I’ve been taking liquid concentrate shots 2-3 times a day for the past 3-4 years and the anxiety I get before I take it is insane then it all goes away when I dose. Then an hour or 2 after I’m anxious asf. It’s a cycle that’s driving me insane tbh. And I don’t even want to think about the money I’ve spent. $20 a dose 2-3 times a day. It’s sick.
Jesus, that’s almost the price of a heroin habit.
Dude I’ve been using the OPMS gold caps 5 a day for a while now. Trying so hard to kick right now. My wife has had it.
liquid concentrate shots wtf didn't even know that existed, jesus fk
I took kratom for like 2 weeks due to probation, and it was alright the first like week then after that I would have some weird ass withdrawals, I would get mad at literally anything. If someone was breathing near me I got mad. I threw that shit in the garbage. Glad I never got on that shit badly.
I'm taking 2-4 OPMS black shots every day since I can't find MIT45 anymore. :/
Yeah, I hear ya. I don’t like the powder or pills.
I sometimes take the concentrate shots to go to sleep. They’re pretty powerful. Each one costs $20, and I take 3. So I don’t take them often
ahh you took me back to my childhood days thank you, the good old never ending deformed action figure brawls. I miss my childhood so much
I love that he said “fucking bullspit” lol. Great decision to make the channel family friendly
Agreed, me and the kids always come here before any trip
i miss Adderall. it's like the puzzle was complete when i was on it but after getting off it, felt like I was missing pieces
I started smoking again when I started a stressful job 4-6 months ago. I found it so anxiety-inducing for me to even walk into work (for a plethora of reasons). I would have a cigarette before work to calm myself down, and it worked. But I think I find going into work anxiety inducing (mostly) because I KNOW I will have a cigarette. You just enlightened a little curious part of my brain
find a job thats easier on you mentally or physically theres so many out there right now your bound to find a good one.
Bruh, you got me real good with #5, cracked a big smile after that small segment :DD
Would Adam wear the “I am on acid… yes, right now!” shirt dishonestly?
He has been dosing actual doses not microdose an actual dose of mostly shrooms and some days acid for moths just for science so yes probably he is on a comedown of acid
@@henriquefernando6009 😎
It was so interesting hearing you talk about your adhd medication because that feeling of not knowing where I put things or constant lapses in memory is actually just a result of my adhd, and my medication (I’m on concerta) actually helps with it quite a lot. Really interesting how drugs effect people so differently
I about choked when you said acid. Oh man. Good one, dean!!
@@stephaniezepeda7932 spoiler alert Jesus Christ dude
@@jinxedsphinx3600 he was joking tho ? calm down its not that big a deal
@@jinxedsphinx3600 why would you read the comments before watching the video lol
His shirt is saying he is on Acid, yes, right now! lol And that wouldn't surprise me at all since the flow and jokes seems very micro dosish
@@Loukgob how does the flow of a joke even seem "microdoseish" lol
Adam, this was such a great video! I'm sitting here by myself and you had me laughing out loud multiple times. Long time fan brotha. Keep at it!! And keep making videos with Derek from mpmd!!!!!!
Adams getting ripped lol he’s always been in shape, but the dude is getting shredded.
Good genetics
and trt
I stopped posting on social media about a year ago. It's been a very positive experience
Bro you’ve gained so much fuckin knowledge, thank you for this this gave me a fuckin realization I can listen to you for hours
Took 36 capsules a day of kratom. Quit cold turkey because of the same reasons. Currently dealing with the withdrawal, it sucks.
You'll get through it homie🙏
Stay strong 💪🏻
Consider trying loperamide (Imodium) 4x 2mg a day and watch your digestion, get some psyllium husk if you start to get constipated.
Even though loperamide is not psychoactive, people have successfully used it to wean themselves off potent opiates/opioids, even heroin. Definitely worth doing some research and maybe giving it a try
you've got this 💪
@@samteks997 loperamide does have psychoactive potential in higher-than-therapeutic doses
Just a little correction. Mitragyna speciosa actually is the scientific name of the kratom plant not the name of its main active alcaloids. Those would be mitragynine and 7-HO-mitragynine. (pls correct me, if I got the English spelling wrong)
@Piotr yea? You must be a loser if ur commenting on a video about drugs.
I love Adam, i feel like he opens up to the shit others wouldn’t.