ADHD & Intimacy: The Physical Intimacy No One Talks About – Part 2

Change Your Brain Every Day

Dr Daniel Amen

Braintrauma, Healthtips, Sleep, Obesity, Anxiety, Braininjury, Depression, Ptsd, Mentalhealth, Mood, Brainhealth, Health & Fitness, Energy, Disease, Addiction, Mental Health, Healthadvice, Adhd, Memory, Focus

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

ADHD doesn’t have to come between you and your partner. In this practical and eye-opening episode, Dr. Amen and Tana reveal why people with ADHD may feel rejection more intensely and might be more likely to cheat on their partners. They share proven strategies to rebuild connection, improve communication, and reignite passion—both in and out of the bedroom. Plus, you’ll learn that medication isn’t the only answer for ADHD—there are powerful, natural ways to heal, reconnect, and create deeper intimacy.

00:00 Intro

00:53 Tana’s Thyroid Cancer/ADD

02:04 Serotonin & Dopamine Levels in ADD

07:00 Rejection Sensitivity Syndrome

08:45 Cheating

11:18 When the Medication Wears Off

13:18 Sponsor

14:38 The Most Important Thing to Remember

18:29 The Link Between Teenage Pregnancy & ADD

21:25 The 7 Types of ADD

26:17 What Do You Want?

27:33 Wrap Up

Transcript

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0:00.0	I certainly didn't think I had it because I was doing pretty well in life, right?
0:04.0	Did well in school, had a good job, didn't have debt, was like I was doing pretty well in life.
0:11.0	What I didn't realize, that I couldn't realize, was that when I did treat the ADD, how much easier things were.
0:20.0	It's not that I wasn't succeeding before,
0:21.6	it's that I didn't realize how hard it was. And so the same can be true in relationships, right?
0:26.4	It doesn't have to be that hard. And I think that's a really important thing for people to realize.
0:30.5	It doesn't matter if you're doing okay, if you're not meeting your potential. The point is,
0:35.0	are you meeting your potential, and how hard is it for you to get there?
0:40.7	Every day, you are making your brain better or you are making it worse. Stay with us to learn how you
0:48.0	can change your brain for the better every day. Welcome back.
0:55.1	Change Your Brain Everyday podcast.
0:58.2	We're talking about ADD and Sex, Part 2.
1:02.3	How's it been for you?
1:04.9	So much fun.
1:07.2	I'm here talking with my favorite person about my favorite topic.
1:13.4	So I love you so much.
1:15.4	Thank you for being my partner.
1:17.8	Can we get personal?
1:21.1	We haven't been?
1:22.8	What else are you going to say?
1:25.1	I want to talk about it.
1:26.8	And you wrote about this in the relentless courage of a scared child.
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