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Chemistry For Your Life - How do ADHD and Adderall™ change the chemistry in our brains?

How do ADHD and Adderall™ change the chemistry in our brains?

05/05/22 • 61 min

Chemistry For Your Life

#134

Well newsflash, the brain is complicated. And a surprising amount of what's going on in our brains is chemistry. But what about ADHD? What's happening in the chemistry of someone's brain who has ADHD, and then what happens when ADHD medication is introduced? Let's find the heck out!

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References from this episode

  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3666194/
  2. https://youtu.be/MeJRBsghMt8
  3. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/a/amphetamine.html
  4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763417308072

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#134

Well newsflash, the brain is complicated. And a surprising amount of what's going on in our brains is chemistry. But what about ADHD? What's happening in the chemistry of someone's brain who has ADHD, and then what happens when ADHD medication is introduced? Let's find the heck out!

How to start a podcast. <- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!

References from this episode

  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3666194/
  2. https://youtu.be/MeJRBsghMt8
  3. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/a/amphetamine.html
  4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763417308072

Find us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ChemForYourLife.
Email us at [email protected]
And check out our chill, simple little website at https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/
And seriously, we love using Transistor. Check it out to be sure your podcast makes a bang.

Thanks to our monthly supporters

  • Ciara Linville
  • J0HNTR0Y
  • Jeannette Napoleon
  • Cullyn R
  • Erica Bee
  • Elizabeth P
  • Sarah Moar
  • Rachel Reina
  • Letila
  • Katrina Barnum-Huckins
  • Suzanne Phillips
  • Nelly Silva
  • Venus Rebholz
  • Lyn Stubblefield
  • Jacob Taber
  • Brian Kimball
  • Emerson Woodhall
  • Kristina Gotfredsen
  • Timothy Parker
  • Steven Boyles
  • Chris Skupien
  • Chelsea B
  • Bri McAllister
  • Avishai Barnoy
  • Hunter Reardon
★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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  • Cullyn R
  • Erica Bee
  • Elizabeth P
  • Sarah Moar
  • Rachel Reina
  • Letila
  • Katrina Barnum-Huckins
  • Suzanne Phillips
  • Nelly Silva
  • Venus Rebholz
  • Lyn Stubblefield
  • Jacob Taber
  • Brian Kimball
  • Emerson Woodhall
  • Kristina Gotfredsen
  • Timothy Parker
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Chemistry For Your Life - How do ADHD and Adderall™ change the chemistry in our brains?

Transcript

Melissa

Hey. I'm Melissa.

Jam

I'm Jam.

Melissa

And I'm a chemist.

Jam

And I'm not.

Melissa

And welcome to chemistry for your life.

Jam

The podcast helped you understand the chemistry of your everyday life. And if it's your 1st time listenin

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