Episode Details

DISCLAIMER: None of today's video should be used as medical advice. I am not a doctor, nor do I have any degrees in psychology/medication/etc. Only take medication under the supervision of a licensed medical provider.

After being diagnosed with ADHD and spending the past year on medication, I've started looking very differently at my years in traditional Catholicism, my love of religious debates, and even the way I built this YouTube channel. Matt Walsh recently commented that 'psychiatry has done nothing for us,' and I use that clip as a jumping off point in today's video.

In this video, I explore my hypothesis that ideological conflict can sometimes function as stimulation for an ADHD brain. I talk about how Catholic ritual and structure genuinely helped me manage symptoms I didn't yet understand, why I kept gravitating toward increasingly extreme religious positions, and why confrontation became such a powerful source of stimulation for me.

I also share, for the first time, my experience taking ADHD medication: the fears I had about medication, masculinity, addiction, and changing my personality—and what actually happened after a year of treatment.

00:00 - 1: Introduction

01:54 - Outline

02:09 - Disclaimers

03:02 - 2: What Does An ADHD Brain Look Like?

08:19 - 3: Why ADHD'ers Self-Medicate With Stimuli

10:29 - 4: My Hypothesis: Extremism As Self Medication

16:09 - 5: How Catholicism 'Helped' My ADHD

21:29 - 6: ADHD As An Atheist YouTuber

22:50 - 7: How I Got on ADHD Medication

32:24 - 8.1: How Meds Have Changed Me

34:45 - 8.2: What Meds Mean for My Channel

36:21 - 9:  Meds Aren't Perfect

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