adhd and dopamine

ADHD & Hyperfocus: The Missing Link

The Real Reason People with ADHD Struggle to be Consistently Productive (+ How to Transform ADHD into a Superpower)

If you found this page because you struggle to focus with ADHD, you’re not alone and it’s not your fault.

It’s possible to manage ADHD in a way that transforms it into a superpower, but millions of people around the World with ADHD don’t know the steps to take. Emerging science has discovered a direct link between ADHD and a deficiency in a very important neuromodulator that creates the feeling of excitement and motivation in your brain.

The Result as a Person with ADHD?

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The harder you try to focus, the less focused you become. The more stressed out you feel. The less you get done. And the harder everything else in life gets.

You may have tried different ADHD productivity techniques, methods, and “hacks” with mixed results.

Being deficient in this neuromodulator is probably why it fell short of your expectations. If you’ve had a hard time getting through your daily “todo list” and feel like it’s hard to make consistent progress towards your goals, fixing this will change everything for you.

The Missing Link Between Focus and ADHD is Dopamine.

Think about dopamine as motivation.

When you don’t feel motivated or excited about the day ahead of you, the root cause is a lack of dopamine.

Dopamine creates a heightened state of focus by making certain circuits in the brain more active.

If you’ve ever felt “in the zone” or experienced a flow state where time goes by effortlessly, dopamine was the driving force.

Dopamine also narrows our focus which is what enables us to get through difficult tasks without dread.

You may have experienced this before but weren’t sure how or why it happened.

How Often Do You Experience These 7 Signs of Dopamine Deficiency?

No matter how hard you try to focus, you find yourself being pulled in a million directions on most days.

At the end of the day, you often feel like you didn’t get enough done, even if you spent a lot of time working.

You sometimes have a highly productive day but struggle to figure out what you did that was different.

You have trouble getting into a flow state where the day breezes by and you easily finish everything you need to do.

You sit down to work and have so much to do you don’t know where to start and find yourself anxiously spinning your wheels.

You’ve read about different productivity “hacks”, techniques and methods for ADHD but don’t know how to implement or use them consistently.

If any of those sound familiar, a lack of dopamine is likely the missing link.

If You Have ADHD, a Simple Dopamine Jumpstart is Usually All You Need to Unlock Your Productivity Again.

Dopamine is also the master controller of the reward system in your brain.

When you do something rewarding or beneficial dopamine motivates you to repeat the behavior.

This is how we form good habits and routines…

So, if you’re dopamine deficient it’s almost impossible to create a consistent routine that you feel good about until you solve the dopamine part of the puzzle.*

According to research done by neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman and his team at Stanford.

“Dopamine is a currency and it’s the way that you track pleasure, track success, track whether or not you are doing well or poorly.”

Everyone has different levels of baseline dopamine and people with ADHD have a naturally lower baseline.

Through his research Dr. Huberman has found that certain strategies and techniques are shown to boost dopamine, and if done properly can create long-term, lasting results. We’ll share those techniques and how you can start using them below.

ADHD Test: How Often Do You Experience These Symptoms?

You may have felt like there was something wrong with your brain because of ADHD, but we’ll show you why that’s not the case. The most common traits associated with ADHD are dopamine-seeking behavior.

When you’re struggling to be productive or get focused, do you often find yourself...

Which usually leads to these type of feelings:

This type of behavior is your brain looking for dopamine so you can get on with your day and do what you need to do.

We Don’t Like calling ADHD a Disorder.

That’s Pretty Aggressive Wording for a Simple Lack of Dopamine.

When you don’t have enough dopamine, even the smallest tasks feel like climbing mount Everest, which is why your brain tries to spin you off into a million different things.

The mistake most people make is trying to force the focus, which depletes dopamine levels even faster.

You can probably think of at least a few times you couldn’t get motivated and the things you tried just made it worse.

Lower Baseline Dopamine Isn’t a Life Sentence: Use These Strategies to Boost Dopamine Long-Term.

The Real Question is: How Do I Boost Dopamine in a Way That’s Repeatable and Safe Long-Term?

Remember: when you feel your mind diverge into something else or trying to distract you from what you need to do, it’s simply looking for dopamine.

That’s why using repeatable dopamine-boosting strategies will help get you unstuck and moving towards productivity again.

Even though some of these 12 strategies and methods are very simple, they give your brain the signals it needs to boost your dopamine, supercharge your motivation and help you get into a flow state.

  1. Time blocking
  2. Forming a rigid daily routine
  3. Using step-by-step systems
  4. Managing distractions
  5. Making a task list with sub-tasks
  6. Setting specific focus goals
  7. Setting a time limit or constraint
  8. Working with others (body doubling)
  9. Saying your goals to other people
  10. Listening to music
  11. Being part of a like-minded community
  12. Celebrating wins

These Strategies Work in Different Ways to “Wake Up” the Motivation Circuits in Your Brain. Think of Them like Behavioral Triggers with Cause and Effect.

Some of them work by showing you the path forward like creating a todo list. Some of them work by making a commitment to others because we want to keep our promises. And, some of them work by narrowing your focus through controlling your environment which boosts dopamine and gets you closer to a flow state.

The more of them you can stack together, the more powerful the effects become…and the more consistently you use them, the more you’ll feel the compounding benefits.

Getting All of These Strategies to Work For You Can Be Overwhelming Though (Especially If You Already Struggle to Focus)...

With that said, this is a lot to figure out and these strategies can be challenging to implement properly.

Now there’s an easier way.

We Wanted to Make Beating Procrastination and Getting into a Flow State Easy for People with ADHD.

That’s why we built a fun and engaging online co-working community called Flow Club that leverages ALL of these strategies to help you get more done today.

There’s nothing for you to learn or figure out, we’ve already implemented all of the techniques above into our online co-working experience and made it as easy as possible for you.

How Does Flow Club Boost Dopamine?

It’s a simple but powerful process

Show up

Join a small group that’s here to work with you. Find accountability through live, video co-working sessions.

Share a goal

The host spends 5 minutes introducing themself and asking each person to pick a focus goal.

Deep work

After setting a goal everyone goes into deep work on mute for 50 minutes while listening to music picked by the host.

Celebration

At the end of your session everyone celebrates together by sharing any wins you had during deep work.

Flow Club is helping people all over the world get more done, and no matter what your schedule is like there’s a session waiting for you.

A Flow Club Hour

Praise from our users with ADHD

Words from Flow Club users

Molly R.

Startup Founder “I need to do stuff that I don’t want to get started on, and once I get started it’s totally fine. That’s why I like Flow Club so much.”

Jon M.

Creative Director “As someone with ADHD who struggles a lot with focus, the session was AMAZING!”

Julie A.

University Professor "Flow Club helps because sometimes I get pretty deep into it and lose track of time. The timed session is helpful so that I don’t go off the deep end."

Frieda K.

Graduate Student "One of the things I love about FC is when I check a task off, confetti comes down and I get a dopamine boost."

This is What Happens When You Activate The Dopamine-Seeking Circuits in Your Brain with Flow Club

Have you ever had a day where…

These things usually happen when dopamine is high and you’re in a flow state.

The reason time feels like it’s going by so much faster is because dopamine controls the perception of time…so when you have abundant dopamine time flies by and even difficult work becomes fun.

Think About Flow Club as an All-in-One Tool to Help Jumpstart Your Motivation and Get Moving Quickly on Anything You Need to Do, No Matter How Stuck You Feel Right Now.

The hard part for people with ADHD is often getting started.

Once you have some momentum you probably feel unstoppable and breeze through your todo list.

Flow Club makes that first step forward easy in a way that’s productive, gets you unstuck, and helps you feel good about what you got done at the end of the day.

ADHD Doesn’t Have to be a Curse. Let’s Transform it Into a Superpower.

Living in the modern World full of distractions can feel nearly impossible with ADHD, especially if you work from home or in a remote job.

Remember: the symptoms of ADHD like impulsivity, changing tasks too often, and feeling distracted are all directly linked to a lack of dopamine.

ADHD also has some enormous benefits once you figure out the “dopamine jumpstart” part of the equation.

That means ADHD can become a superpower when you know how to manage it and find ways to boost dopamine levels that work long-term and consistently.

When you find a routine that works with your ADHD instead of against it, the world opens back up to you and your goals feel achievable again.

The effects of Flow Club typically last for the rest of the day after your session, so if you’re feeling stuck and can’t beat procrastination, Flow Club might be just what you’re looking for.

Now That You Know The Missing Link, How Will You Use It?

ADHD can feel like an impossible puzzle to solve, but now that you know how to work around it and supercharge your productivity…how will you use this information?

Imagine getting a handle on your ADHD and feeling good about your work and life progress every single day.

Imagine going to bed every night feeling like you’re a little closer to your dreams.

Imagine finally feeling positive about the future because you know how to work with your brain instead of against it now.

How will that change your life?

ADHD doesn’t have to be a curse, with Flow Club you can transform it into a superpower.

We developed Flow Club to help people like you seize the day and take back your productivity — no matter when or where you work.

This is the next best thing to working side-by-side in person.

P.S.

Another proven dopamine-booster is new and novel experiences, so just by trying Flow Club one time you can feel connected to your productive brain again.

We’re constantly testing and refining Flow Club to be even more impactful for people with ADHD and we can’t wait for you to try it.