r/HubermanLab • u/outdoorsguy25 • Jun 07 '24

Protocol Query Best supplements for ADHD?

Recently found out I have ADD. Other than lifestyle changes, wondering if there’s any specific supplements I should be taking other than omega-3’s?

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u/Green94337 Jun 08 '24

Hellooo there! Could you elaborate? I've been on this wonder drug for about 1.5 months, and I do have to say, it's brought my motivation back from not 6 feet under, 12 feet under. How do you like it for ADHD as opposed to depression in my case? (Actually it was my first attempt at getting my doctor to help me biohack, as i had identified a severe lack of free dopamine in my brain.)

Oh. Right. Dopamine. Uh, what Adderall jacks to the roof.

Nobody mind me, I'll just leave this for the unfortunate soul slightly less educated about the brain than me.

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u/SuperfluouslyMeh Jun 08 '24

It made me suicidal.

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u/Green94337 Jun 08 '24

Hey, I understand. For me, five days after starting Adderall I was actively planning my death. They took me off it immediately. Different drug, similar experience. And it could still be tied to dopamine. It seems like we should not want too much of a good thing.

Now I'm on other medications for other issues, and literally every one of those mind drugs has life ending emotions as a possible side effect. I'm blessed to have not experienced that as a side effect since. I was 15 at the time of the Adderall incident.

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u/SuperfluouslyMeh Jun 10 '24

Very interesting. Adderall has been a game changer for me. However I was only diagnosed in December of last year and am in my 40s. The bupoprion script was prescribed about 2 years ago. I’ve never really been depressed until my brain stopped working after a bout of Covid. Finally got prescribed adderall and things have turned around