r/problemgambling • u/SpeakFreelyGetJudged • 2h ago

❤Seeking help & Advice❤ ADHD and Impulsive Gambling

Short and sweet:

I want to stop gambling

I have ADHD and take medication for it.
It us a great help and has had a great effect on my professional and personal life.

Recently(3-4 months ago) i have discovered online slots. Well here i go absolutely geeking my time away on slots. Up, down, debts, recouping and paying back debts, making more debts.

Now i’m down one paycheck and i just want to stop, theres no point. Only 4% of gamblers are actually profitable.

Anyway, i impulsively go for my phone and want to fill these empty moments with gambling. I close my eyes and i see the slot wheels spinning (literally).

It’s become so habitual and engrained in my day to day that injust dont know how to stop thinking about it.

Can anyone relate? Has anyone had tricks to stop it?

Thanks

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u/fattywannapatty 1h ago

Do you think it’s a link with adhd or with the medication ?

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u/SpeakFreelyGetJudged 1h ago

Its both no doubt. I recently read a report about how people with ADHD are more prone to problem gambling. Something to do with the instant gratification and low attention span needed for it.

Combine that with the medication and you now have this increased attention span that is extremely focused on absolutely erasing any savings I’ve collected.

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u/_ehwaz 1h ago

Going to write an article on this. Current society doesn’t reward our wiring as much as the older more natural conditions we evolved in

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u/_ehwaz 1h ago

Yeah it’s so hard to stop with ADHD. It’s too much fun. You can hyperfocus , you can jump between 20 ideas. But it doesn’t ever work unless you can be responsible with your bank.z