ADHD medication, such as Ritalin, has been found to influence creativity, potentially hiding it in children with ADHD. However, other research suggests that methylphenidate, the most frequently used pharmacological treatment in ADHD, has shown positive effects on various cognitive measures. ADHD is not a coincidence among the greatest creative and artistic minds, but it may also bring an advantage: the ability to think more creatively. Three aspects of creative cognition are divergent thinking, conceptual expansion, and overcoming knowledge.
People with ADHD might be more likely to take creative risks. Research shows that participants with ADHD report being more creative in specific creative domains compared to controls. However, there is no evidence to indicate that ADHD itself confers greater creativity. The concern that medication will take away the positives of ADHD—creativity, unique perspectives, quick thinking, hyperfocus, intuition—is unfounded.
Many past studies that found that ADHD patients demonstrated higher creativity did not have specific control over test participants’ medications. While some people benefit from prescription stimulants, high-functioning, creative thinkers might not. They tend to have a certain type of creative life, and suppressing their creative mind might actually make ADHD symptoms worse.
In conclusion, while there are many creative individuals among those with ADHD, there is no evidence to suggest that ADHD itself confers greater creativity. The concern that medication will take away the positives of ADHD—creativity, unique perspectives, quick thinking, hyperfocus, and intuition—is unfounded. High-functioning, creative thinkers may not benefit from prescription stimulants, and suppressing their creative mind might actually make ADHD symptoms worse.
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What drug makes you more creative?
Researchers have found that drugs like alcohol, amphetamines, and psilocybin do not stimulate creativity. Instead, they suggest travel, cultural exposure, meditation, and training programs are more effective. Dr. Paul Hanel from the University of Essex’s psychology department stated that drugs do not have any effect on creativity. He also noted that the media often portrays people who successfully enhance their creativity using drugs, but there are no examples of someone passing out and subsequently lowering their creativity.
Does methylphenidate affect creativity?
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Will my personality change on ADHD meds?
The medication, if taken correctly, should not affect your personality or sense of humor, but it can reduce hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity. However, an excessively high dose can temporarily flatten your personality, making you seem quiet or withdrawn. If you notice these changes, inform your doctor, who can adjust the dose or switch you to another drug. Any transient personality changes are temporary, and you can discontinue taking the stimulant if you prefer.
Do ADHD meds take away your creativity?
ADHD medication does not necessarily diminish creativity, but rather restructures it in unfamiliar ways. Artists with ADHD are accustomed to a certain creative life, often backed by media stereotypes. They are used to creating in spurts, staying up late to capture new ideas, and being messy, often resulting from unfinished projects or unfinished projects. However, ADHD medication does not replace these creative habits, as they are a part of the creative process.
What is the problem with methylphenidate?
Methylphenidate can cause serious heart or blood vessel problems, especially in patients with a family history of heart disease. It is crucial to consult a doctor if chest pain, breathing difficulties, fainting, or irregular heartbeats occur. Observe unusual behavior changes, such as aggression, hostility, agitation, irritability, or suicidal thoughts. Ensure that you feel, see, hear, or have unusual thoughts, especially if they are new or worsen rapidly. Methylphenidate may also cause slow growth and weight loss, so it is essential to monitor your child’s height and weight to ensure proper growth.
Who is the most successful person with ADHD?
Michael Phelps, a legendary sportsman, was diagnosed with ADHD as a child. ADHD is a cognitive disorder causing hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattentiveness, and poor executive functioning. There is debate about managing symptoms, whether it should be through conventional medication, alternative medication, or therapy treatments. Some argue that ADHD doesn’t exist, but there are numerous highly successful people with ADHD. ADHD is an acronym for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a cognitive difference resulting in hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattentiveness, and poor executive functioning.
What are the long term effects of methylphenidate on the brain?
ADHD is a common disorder treated with drugs like Ritalin, which target dysfunctional dopamine signaling in the brain. A study found that adults with ADHD who were prescribed Ritalin for 12 months had a 24 increase in dopamine transporter density in some brain regions, significantly higher than those without ADHD. Prior to the 12-month treatment, there were no significant differences in dopamine transporter levels. The authors suggest that the elevated dopamine transporter density may be a result of chronic treatment rather than a marker for ADHD.
This could explain discrepancies in the literature about dopamine transporter levels in ADHD patients. The study is the first to analyze the long-term effects of treatment, and brain scans show an increase in dopamine transporter levels after 12 months of treatment in ADHD patients.
Do ADHD meds improve IQ?
A recent controlled, cross-sectional study evaluated the effects of stimulants on cognition in adults with ADHD and found that treated ADHD subjects had significantly better scores on measures of IQ than did untreated patients. This suggests that either good cognitive functioning may be a determinant of s
eeking treatment or stimulant treatment may improve cognition in adults with ADHD. However, whether treatment normalizes neurocognitive performance is rarely addressed.
Adults with ADHD are less likely to attain the same educational levels as those without the diagnosis relative to what would be predicted based on their IQ, and this outcome does not appear to be improved by stimulant medication.
It has never been established that the cognitive effects of stimulant drugs are central to their therapeutic utility. Although ADHD medications are effective for the behavioral components of the disorder, little information exists concerning their effects on cognition. Barkley and Cunningham summarized 17 short-term research studies ranging from 2 weeks to 6 months, and found stimulant medications produced little improvement in the academic performance of hyperkinetic ADHD children.
The drugs appeared to reduce disruptive behavior rather than improve academic performance. Stimulant drugs do improve the ability (even without ADHD) to focus and pay attention. One function, which is reliably improved by stimulant medications, is sustained attention, or vigilance. Both AMP and MPH do not improve (and may even impair) short-term acquisition of information. In addition, AMP and MPH do not improve, and may impair “cognitive flexibility” as assessed with tests such as the Wisconsin Card Sort and Attentional Set-Shifting tasks. MPH has been shown to improve performance on an auditory arithmetic task, the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task, in adults with ADHD relative to control subjects.
Effects of stimulants on cognition in individuals without ADHD have been a topic of debate. Major magazines such as The New Yorker have reported a trend toward growing use of prescription stimulants by college students for “neuroenhancement”. Some students are faking ADHD to gain access to prescription stimulant medication, which has led to a shortage of ADHD drugs such as Adderall. Unfortunately, media reports appear to condone this behavior as 95 of articles mentioned at least one possible benefit of using prescription drugs for neuroenhancement, but only 58 mentioned any risks or side effects. Duke University recently enacted a new policy prohibiting the nonmedical use of prescription stimulants for any academic purposes.
However, contrary to simple implicit assumptions found in bioethics and media discourses, there are actually only a few studies on the enhancement effects of “cognitive enhancers” in individuals without ADHD. Smith and Farah reviewed data on prescription stimulants as neuroenhancers from over forty laboratory studies involving healthy, nonelderly adults. Most of the studies looked at one of three types of cognition: learning, working memory, and cognitive control. Effects of d-AMP or MPH on cognition were assessed by a variety of tasks.
In conclusion, while stimulants may improve cognitive performance in adults with ADHD, their effects on cognitive performance in individuals without ADHD remain unclear. Further research is needed to better understand the potential benefits and risks associated with these medications and their potential impact on cognitive development and academic achievement.
What is the ADHD sixth sense?
ADHD is a brain disorder that is characterized by a strong desire for novelty and dynamic activity. Individuals with ADHD often perceive connections or flows that others may not appreciate, and enjoy taking a “bird’s-eye view” of things. They often find things that a more rule-tolerant individual might not consider, and this “deficit” is the mother of ingenuity and invention. The risk of failure at trying something new is often more significant to them than the “penalty” of having to sit and comply for long days. They would rather try a thousand new things with the risk of failure than follow the one-size-fits-all approach. Encouraging exploration and reporting on discoveries is beneficial for humanity.
Can ADHD affect your creativity?
ADHD can hinder the ability to translate ideas into reality, as it often leads to difficulties in planning, time management, and task completion. For instance, a child with ADHD might have a plethora of ideas but struggle to remember them long enough to write them down. Similarly, a child might struggle to gather the necessary materials for a science fair project. To foster creativity with ADHD, it is crucial to recognize and celebrate their creativity as a strength. By doing so, they can develop the skills and confidence needed to effectively express their creativity.
Can medication affect your creativity?
Studies have shown that medications can either decrease creativity and make responses more uniform, or increase creative output. Some studies suggest that medications lower the pursuit of creativity and make people’s responses more uniform, while others suggest that medications increase creative output. Both studies highlight the importance of understanding the relationship between medication and creativity in order to make informed decisions about medication use.
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I am a University jazz performance major, with severe ADHD. My creativity is unaltered, I focus more readily and complete tasks on time. Medication did not enhance my discipline or magically organize my day, but it helped jump-start the process. Organization, meditation, medication, exercise, sleep, eating well and journaling my day(what did I want to do and what actually got done),so far so good.
It also depends a lot on what kind of creativity people mean. For a person that needs to be creative for a living it will be a completely different story than for a factory worker that likes to paint twice a month… obviously the need for creativity will be completely different for each of those people. But when you read about it on reddit you don’t know anything about that usually. Edit: …ok this is basically what the article was about 😀
I’ve been on Adderall for over 2 years now and I’ll give my best shot at describing how I feel my creativity has severely suffered: Before I knew I had ADHD, I thought it was just my creative process of constantly having different songs, commercials, memes, movie quotes etc in my mind at all times. Everyday I would unconciously do word association and combine 2 or 3 totally random thoughts that ran rampant in my mind, and I’d instantly get inspired to write a funny short story or make a short youtube article. Now that I’m medicated, for both adhd and gad, I’m much better at functioning as an adult and dealing with daily bs without having anxiety attacks. My mind is much quieter. I think the chaotic nature of my unmedicated brain was what was fueling my creativity, even if the bursts of inspiration were fleeting. (Often times if I didnt immediately my thoughts out into something tangible I would give up on the idea and feel shitty afterwards) So yeah that’s my anecdote. Unfortunately I dont think going off and on meds just for that feeling of divine inspiration is worth it. Living in a harsh world, I’d rather not be as anxious or total consumed mentally over mundane adult tasks. I think I am happier overall, but I’m certainly not as creative.
This is super interesting. Personally, I don’t see tasks like learning scales as creative. I see it as practice or repetition. Now, coming up with riffs or writing a melody is more what I think of as being creative, because it is creating something new. That said, I’m totally fine with people having different, personal definitions. I am an artist who paints. And I think meds are great when I need to do repetitive, non creative tasks in art. Like varnishing, signing, framing, or when I need to be social at a show. But when I’m trying to create new artwork, I don’t want to be on meds. I want my impulsive, out of the box brain to just play and experiment. Then, when I’m towards the end of the painting process, on a different day, I want meds. Plus on days when I just need to build a ton of canvases. Starting and finishing requires meds basically. 🤣
I was just pondering if people with ADHD could be good at math and found your website. Now I know, apperantly they can ! I think that my creativity / imagination gets limited with meds. When working with designs and taking meds my solution becomes very predictable and practical. I get less random inspiration. I don’t obsess over an idea with that intense tenasity and lust that pushes me forward. It’s harder for me to derive, as in seeing that invisible thread from something to something else and to think what element could I take to get it to somewhere else. I also notice when on med I lose the “feel” when I do sales. It’s harder for me to “feel ” what the customer wants and I have to rely more on their exact words. That’s a killer. So for me it’s only meds when doing paperwork and once my prototypes are done I take it while doing the dull task of duplicating my samples to send to the shops. But also when I feel I’m slipping into unmanageable chaos in my daily life.
A comment from a dear friend who wishes to remain anonymous: “As i have comorbid bipolar this might not be a common experience, but this is what i’ve noticed for myself. The part about being technically better is very true. For me I actually find that I was more able to think outside the box. However, that could be because I was “manic” and that manic (or hypomanic state) allows me to both think clearer (i am able to hold and manipulate something in my head better) and make distant connections easier. This I think is primarily because I make connections between things based on less evidence and more metaphor, then when I have the attention I can work out the details. That being said, this could just be my regular mode of intelligence, and the meds are just allowing me to access it. Without the stimulant meds, I feel like I still access this state, but again it’s only when I am manic/hypomanic.”
This is a very interesting conversation you’ve started here! I really struggle with this as a DJ/producer/songwriter. I’ve been prescribed ritalin for 3 years and I’ve noticed that it greatly improves my technical abilities and focus (great for meticulous stuff like mixing/mastering or setting up hot cues) but I think it greatly decreases my – like you said – ability to think outside the box. Very rarely do I come up with a new main idea for a song when I’m on ritalin. And trying to write lyrics? Impossible. It’s like it’s harder to access my soul or something idk. It’s weird it’s like left brain vs right brain type shit
N.B >> This became a bit longer comment than I intended, but I’m anyway posting it 😀 I’m currently in my 52nd year and in 2015 I got my dyslexic and ADHD “stamp”. I’ve always been sure that I was dyslexic but the ADHD/ADD didn’t really rank high on my radar — until the dyslexia specialist suggested that I should have myself tested … and once I understood what ‘that’ was all about – I understood that ‘my norm’ was actually clearly ADHD. At the time I was undertaking a MA degree at a University in the UK, with the background of good 18 years as an illustrator & comic artist, and when offered ADHD medication, I chose not to take them, due my addictive nature and questionable history with amphetamines 🙂 — my MA was a struggle, but eventually I graduated with top grades without the help of stimulants – due to the fact that I was focusing on the very thing I love (visual storytelling/comics.) … NOW … let’s skip forward … Since 2018 I’ve been in a creative management role at a computer game company — I started as a creative, but have slowly been moving towards a pure management role. I still do a bit of creative work, but I mainly keep track of our development and guide my staff in their creative work. Due to my management role and my ADHD brain, I decided to see if the drugs might help me on my journey, since this new role was clearly causing new stress and general “brain-mess” 🙂 — SO >> Since March 2022 I’ve been on Ritalin, and I can report that it has done wonders to my experience of the outside world.
i personally lost my creativity, taking ritalin, which is a big disadvantage for me as a musician, I can technically work better but sometimes it even works better without it. I also had to deal with anxietys in order with taking ritain, so i think it doesnt really help. But i think that it depends on the person
Being creative isn’t just being able to play chords and riffs proficiently, singing the right notes and drawing well. It is about the ideas. Fresh creative ideas. At the time of Da Vinci many of his contemporaries were just as technically proficient as him but how many of them produced a Mona Lisa? Or think of the forgers who repaint famous paintings; they reproduce the work to a near flawless level but it isn’t their conception.
Today… First day taking aderoll. And it’s freaking me out a bit. On the one hand my anxieties gone. I feel great really and I guess normal (if there is such a thing). But… then I was driving. And driving has always been my happy place. Cranking the music and disappearing into imagination. I’m a writer and it’s really my passion… But now… When I’m driving it’s just the road in front of me. Music is just noise, sometimes a pleasant noise but a song no longer transports me anywhere. Maybe I’m thinking to much but it’s the it’s a part of me that I value the most and now I’m scared and I don’t know what to do.
Uh I’m concerned about going on medication, especially I was recommended non-stimulant. I don’t think you can just go on/off with this type of medication. I’m so torn I don’t want to loose this part of me, I love all my hobbies and passions and crazy ideas. But I can’t sit still and just do the boring part to build more skills.
This is an interesting read. Glad for the article you’ve made and all the comments. I’m wasn’t sure if I was right about what had changed, but its this- I’m a musician, been a comedian, teacher, a photographer. All my life, i wrote songs. Didn’t always finish them, but usually I did. Since i started taking meds…nothing. Yeah I can still play, but there are no tunes in my head to get out. Nothing to work with. Is this what normal people feel like? How do you write songs if you don’t have them bubbling away in your head wll day? I feel like I could take a song and work with it.. but i haven’t. Yes I’m less anxious, thats great. But am I doing more? Nope. Have I made giant leaps with any aspect of my life? Nope. For the first time ever I find myself having to half think of what to say in conversations before I get there. It’s a bit of effort. Normally I’m so quick I never worry. So if i had a job that required concentration and boring work. The meds would probably be a good thing. For generating ideas, creating,. getting stuck in…no. Maybe when i get to the boring parts of my job – culling images to edit, i just need to delegate that bit. Or find a way to deal with it better off meds. There’s a lot to think about here, this has been a great start!
Ok, hadnt finished the article when i posted just now. I wonder if it is something like this: Meds are good for focus. If you have to work on something. If it normally bores you and your mind wanders, meds might help. Thinking outside the box – what does this mean? I think its creative thinking around/about a thing/subject/problem. You have the thing, you have to find something for it, to work with it, demonstrate it etc.. So here, the thing exists, or the problem exists or the brand you’re trying to market or the thing you’re trying to fix etc. You have to be focused enough to stay with it, but also creative enough to run your thoughts through all the associated ideas… So you have to be interested enough in the thing, and the finding of ideas for whatever you’re doing. If you’re off meds and interested, that could work. If you’re on meds, my guess is that you would stay on topic, but idea generation is slower, less leaping around through association etc . Probably depends on the person and the meds and the work etc. Then you have the heart of all of this really – idea generation, the font of whatever appears…as if out of nowhere. Maybe it’s a mash up of 5 different things buzzing around your head. Maybe your brain just made it up. Whatever it is, it wants to get out and you can only get it out by creating it (or forgetting about it later!)
I really liked your demonstration, it was scientifically crystal clear ( typical INTP 🙂 ), talking only based on your experience and a very well thought out one, what I often felt like very distracting to what I wanted to achieve methodically was outbursts of creative thinking or sparks when you should not have one, for example when I was self learning mathematics I often was distracted by thoughts that doesn’t follow the instruction to learn that matter, but to think out of the box and questioning the thing that I was studying, the creative part had more like a exploring nature, it is like you’re an engineer but acting like an architect or the opposite. Now I think that I’m really used to this somewhat contrary nature, I really enjoyed it all my life but sometimes you really have to be JUST the architect or the engineer in order to achieve some goals in life. But the question for me is How to be an architect when you’re an engineer or the opposite, and ALSO do the job you’re supposed to do. and I think the answer is taking meds when you ought to just finish the job (in my case studying math), but not taking it when you want to explore. if there is an alternative way help me guys, since my answer is not vey practical. (I think there is a fair amount of philosophical value to this question and this is the reason that answering it, is very hard.)
I workout at least 3 times a day and it helps but it doesn’t help that much. This is what worked for me: 1 – Workout. 2 – Cut sugar. 3 – Have a sleeping schedule. 4 – Put phone in a phone jail. 5 – White noise or study music with no lyrics. 6 – Force yourself to read every day. It doesn’t matter what you read, just force yourself to read and if you catch yourself wandering then go back and read the paraghraph again and read slowly. 7 – Avoid stuff that are short in span like tiktok.
1: do exercises that stimulate your cerebellum (little purple blob round the back of your head, looks like a second brain). These tend to be exercises that practice balance. “Zing preformance” is a program he gives an example of 2. Marry the right person 3. Find the right job 4. Learn as much as you can about your specific flavour of ADHD and figure out what your strengths are, look at your ADHD through a strenghts lens 5. Find a creative outlet that isn’t too easy and isn’t too hard. e.g. start a business, cook, draw, write Did I miss any?
I hate my adhd, I have so many things that interest me, but always loosing focus, and then get bored and start getting mad at myself 😪 I feel that it’s gotten worse for me from 20 years ago 😪 I’m trying to get back to working out, but it gets hard at times. I wish I had an actual coach by my side to keep pushing me 😪
Weird, when you mentioned that I remembered that I get a floating/dizzy sensation whenever I’m in a really busy place. Usually makes me feel like I’m losing coordination and I’m going to fall over. I always thought that it was an anxiety thing, but the anxiety tends to follow the fact that I think I’m going to fall over! Now I’m wondering if this might be related to my adhd and if high levels of stimulus can cause balance issues? Great article!
I got diagnosed with ADHD years ago. I could remember several years ago after divorce with my husband which brought me into my disastrous journey on Alcohol and cigarettes. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with ADHD. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
For me one of the hardest things is the constant hopping from one “hobby” to another, I’m 45 now and as you can imagine I’ve spent a fortune on pianos, metal detecting, cameras etc. It’s hard when family members mock instead of being supportive of a new interest, yet totally understandable that they would pick up on the fact that it will only last a few months. I can’t seem to come to terms with the fact that I will never commit myself to one thing and exel and it makes it hard to understand myself. All this and I’m still going through the system trying to get a diagnosis, so far I’ve had a eupd and autism assessments and now I know it’s adhd with anxiety and depression. This months mixture of endurance running and stone tool making is keeping me going, haha. Much love.
“find your right difficult” this is my new favourite phrase! Thank you! I have always spent a lot of time gaming because I find the challenge/reward appealing, I’m finding myself at a point where I’m not enjoying it anymore, I feel like I need something a bit more physical and maybe something with a social aspect aswell, my mental health isn’t great at the moment but I’m seeking professional help, I just need to find some good coping techniques while I wait for my appointment
So weird how your body tries to naturally compensate for problems. For years now, I practice standing on 1 foot while putting on my socks, attempting not to lose my balance, until my sock is on. It’s a routine I practice daily when I get dressed. For whatever reason I found the greatest satisfaction and small sense of accomplishment in this brief task. Amazing.
For me ADHD mostly affects my memory. Whether its tasks, names, basic maths or basic knowledge about the world. No matter how much I try to focus on remembering things it just slips out of my mind. I am assuming my working memory is pretty weak and those things that cant stay in the working memory for a litle time obviously cant go the long term memory. People think you are stupid and doubt your whole academic life with good results. It sucks! Can anyone relate?
My husband has gamed all of his life. He’s had one hobby and neglected any others or simply didn’t try. He was diagnosed at a young age with ADHD, but I didn’t believe it for a long time. You were spot on about finding the right spouse. I can’t imagine him being married to a woman who despises him for his traits. I’m working overtime now, trying to help him cope and adjust without medications or professional help. It’s very hard and we can’t afford it really. There’s much to consider. I’m brainstorming over ideas. I don’t think he can even do this right now. So, it’s left up to me. He just quit an addiction and has ADHD. I’m hanging onto the LORD for hope and answers. My son is showing symptoms of ADHD too. Thank you for this article.
I don’t know if I have a adhd but I find it really hard to get tasks done such as homework or regular chores. I’ll ground myself and start doing my work and I start zoning out for no reason and I’ll notice it and tell myself focus and it just happens again. But then the complete opposite happens sometimes but very rarely when I’m like in a hyper focus mode and I’m able to get everything done, or most of it before I get out if again.
Funny you mentioned to be careful who you marry. My estranged wife of 30 plus years, never understood ADD when we were dating nor after marriage. She’s beaten me down every chance as a result of her ignorance in addition to being the biggest narcissist ever! At age 50, I finally got counseling. I understand it now. Both ADD and narcissism.
As someone that have tried to live with ADHD for over 20 years without ever taking medication, I have tried to take on exercise several times in my life expecting great changes in my life, mostly all the benefits and “pleasure” and accomplishment and well-being state that everyone talked about. Unfortunately I never felt anything of that. As any other difficult “chore” in my life, exercise was one of the worst. It always felt like a torture session, no matter if it was cardio, gym, a jog or swimming. Not for the physical aspect, but the mental one. I had no joy in it and the feeling was that the “effort was not worth it” even after 3~4 months when I finally started to feel some benefits, just like other obligations in my life, unfortunately. Exercise just doesn’t tick to me and I’m afraid my life will be shorter due to that.
I’ve been coping all these years, somehow. But I only had a piece of the puzzle. And I refused to seek diagnosis because of stigma and the way our system is set up in the US. I didn’t want to seem weak, broken, or defeated. I didn’t believe ADD was real and simply thought it was a fake label put on special people. I’ve evolved in my ideas and thank you so much for speaking so positively about this condition.
I seem to get along very well with people who have ADHD because they have a variety of interests as do I. The part that irks me and I try to lead them as an Educator is the insane reliance on these passive games or activities with computers. I did not need a computer the first 22 years of my life and my memory was really good. I always took notes in my notebook for college etc and then edited them out on the computers at the time. Anyways, it seems like a lot of bad hobbies are pushing people into not properly modifying their life or coping to heal from this disorder. And I met people who make all kinds of excuses and make this ADHD thing worse like get afraid of any alternatives to living without these stupid games or addictive websites.
Thank you for sharing this great piece of advice! My right difficult is dancing, as a creative hobby. Since I have found it, I discovered that I have an undying passion for dancing and it brought the most joy and meaningful experiences in my Life! I also exercise regularly and do cardio in the gym, recently started to add some weight lifting and cross fit exercise. I hope that these help boost the blood circulation in the cerebellum??? As I do feel much more focused and productive than ever before in my entire life. I strongly believe that finding a hobby that you love doing and allows you to express yourself is one of the most important thing you can do for your own happiness and well-being, as well as counteracting your ADHD symptoms. PS. for a long time I was feeling very lost before I found this hobby and I was not able to be consistent with hobbies at all. But when you find your true passion and have the desire to achieve your personal goals in that area, it gives you motivation to do it and drive you to push yourself to get better. I wish everyone, my fellow-ADHDers and also people who don’t have ADHD to find their true passion and never give that up! All the Best to you all!
My ADHD is like I obsess over small things…like smallest of small things affect me badly… for example- if I am worried about a thing,I get so lost that I forget doing the tasks at hand…and the entire day I keep thinking about that one thing… if I’m happy I keep thinking abt that thing and can’t move on to do other things …it’s as if I’ve nothing else left to do after I achieved something..the same happens when I’m sad..like I’m always stuck…it makes me feel miserable 😭 If I did something wrong…I go into a guilty trap for the entire day, and the rest all important things get missed out for I don’t feel the motivation to do any other thing…I kinda get like stuck😢like I am never in the present…either I wud be in the past or the future… I have trouble processing information…like if soneone says something to me,I can’t understand it the first time..maybe coz my mind is always runnning and is impatient…Most of the times,I lack motivation in doing anything…even if I start 100 other things pop onto my head…And I feel paralysed not getting to decide which one to priotise..it takes alot of mental pressure reach a conclusion…My self esteem has been destroyed since childhood…K Also a lot of information makes me go crazy…A lot of people…even reading books overwhelms me…causing anxiety…it feels as if all things are coming at me…even internet page…too many things grouped together make me stuck in my head😭😭😭 I feel dumb.
This is 100% true. I did Wynford Dore’s treatment 20 years ago and it changed my life immeasurably. The problem was that he came from a business background and up-sold his treatment with a great deal of BS (claims about their equipment being from NASA etc, spreading the organisation to fast and to wide ) so when big pharma (and others) came after them to shut them down and protect their own profits, re: ADHD drugs Wynford and his organisation didn’t have a leg to stand on. So I’ve lived ADHD free for 20 years, and no one have ever believed me when I talk about all this, so I just watch other people suffer horrifically and never know what to do for them. I often read scientific studies that express just how important the cerebellum is in relation to ADHD, and its refreshing to see people finally understanding.
Thank you, Dr. I’m struggling with my ADHD as an adult, and it affects every aspect of my life. In periods I worked out at least 3 or 4 times a week, it helped me to keep my focus. But after a while, I can’t keep the same rhythm, and I can’t keep this routine for more than a few months. I really have to force myself. Eventually, I find it the key to helping me out, I just have to be more consistent. I’m only gaining from it, being in top shape, looking good and feeling good overall. It’s a daily battle without the medications.
I’ve finally come to the realisation I’ve been masking my adhd all my life (I’m 26) after it being brought to my attention by a mental health professional. I feel Like my life has been a lie but it finally feels amazing to get to know why I have been the way I have been. Anyone else just starting to notice their masking traits ?
Thank you. I’m not even able to finish the article, but knowing I’m not alone makes me feel better. I’m a student in my dream school, everything is supposed to be great but I can’t focus on anything, if I want to pass I need to work at least 4 hours a day after classes, but after 8 hours sitting on a bench I can’t focus, I can’t work it’s to hard, I tried to remove all distractions but I’m my own distraction, I don’t know what to do I feel so powerless over my own mind
I didnt tought for myself that i have add because i vas actualy superconsumed(you need to yell or physically break my focus) by everything creative i was doing as a child but then school started and i was extraordinary in some subjects i like and barely passed the ones that i didn’t liked even if they are very easy. Now when i am conscious of myself more then ever in college i am fascinated by how my brain just rejects to focus on, no metter how much will for learning i have and jow many times i try to reread something. This wasnt so huge problem up till now this is first time i searched for way to manage it because my further education depends on it.
Lol, the only way I can make time for working out is if I’m on stimulants. This is like “let them eat cake” in my case. If it works for some and they can sustain it while tending to their everyday responsibilities, then great for them, but we’re not all the same, and time blindness is a huge hurdle.
Anyone else’s ADHD get WAY WORSE after having COVID. I had it twice this summer (Early June & End of July) and it has really done a number on me. I used to be able to remember stuff that interested me or I knew I needed to do, but I am struggling now to recall things. ADHD meds don’t seem to help anymore after my last COVID in July.
I’m constantly pissed of at the world I don’t know what to do, I can barely concentrate at work my mind is just spinning 24/7 at this point I just feel like ending it all, working out helps today I haven’t been to the gym and I’ve just been having constant mood swings. when I get angry nothing can calm me down unless I hit something like a wall or a door
My issue is that I never feel stressed even in situations where a normal person would panic. For example, if I have zero preparation the night before an extremely important exam, I’d still be calm and wouldn’t prepare. Rationally, I would know and tell myself that this exam is very important and I should study, but I would never actually feel its importance. My mind wouldn’t feel the urgency of the situation and wouldn’t respond like a normal brain during a crisis (absence of adrenaline/no pressure/no stress). Please tell me is this a symptom of ADHD or what could be the reason behind this?
Great! Then I have an excuse for my hobby because it’s the right difficult. But are 3 fish tanks, a shrimp tank, a pond, and 4 gecko tanks not just… Further ADHD? I mean I grapple with them, and I can’t grapple with each one every day, they need time to just be tanks or you’ll never be successful. So I need multiple if I’m doing more than feeding every day… I think?? In the hobby we call it MTS. Multiple Tank Syndrome.
i am just 13 and i have all the symptoms of adhd, i feel very distracted all the time and i have a really hard time listening to people.. i started to think i might be having hearing probs or smth but its not that im always zoned out and overthinking something, i cant pay attention at school even if i force myself to. i told my parents about it but they dont believe me and searching about adhd and seeing there is no cure for it makes me wanna cry
Why do I always have to read another book? I think a lot of talented people are being forced into a subscription for more apps and book purchases than we can put up with. The right partner? Have you seen me? LOL… …as f or the right job, after years of masking, I can’t do that anymore. Hello. Coach will help as long as you can afford them.😅 So many repetitive hacks and tips that my eyes are now too tired to roll back in my head. I wish that those who have not the funds get all the help they need and more. No ADHDer left behind.
I always had difficulty focusing and procrastination is my best friend unfortunately. I always left my 20 pages assignment during my MBA till the night before and ace it. But i knew it is not a way that would benefit me in all situations. For my case, in a professional environment, i believe that getting involved and explained why i should be doing something and understanding the outcome helps me focus because i can perceive the goal that needs to be reached. You have to find the right employer that will understand your methodology. Because once an ADHD person is implicated, there is nothing that can stop them from making it happen.
Oh my! You just explained so much!!! I’m a senior and I just got diagnosed with ADHD. I had a brain tumor in the cerebellum as a young child. Now my balance is awful and my ADHD is really bad. I can’t follow a recipe. 70% of the neurons are in the cerebellum? Well that explains the real loss of balance and more ADD the last few years. I didn’t know balance and ADHD would be connected
I have ADHD. and can tell who has it or not and now looking at the symptoms everything lines up and you could see a person not knowing do they have ADHD or not because all the time I have mental breakdowns mentally and will get a little teary-eyed and blame it on a Yawn and having ADHD Has changed me a lot and I mean a lot and trying to cope was really hard and now seeing people with so many like pop it like you need one and they’re going to be another person just like me with ADHD needing a fidget to get by the day and focus and you’re sitting here with 2030 while I’m sitting here like there’s no more pop it or fidgets left because you may say there’s a difference between collecting and hoarding know if you’re collecting one thing in multiple colors and technically hoarding that one thing when me could be having one helping us with her every day life more than you are just sitting there popping for fun when I need it there have been so many times where I’ve so close to getting a new fidget last minute oops 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤. 😤😤🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡😡😡😤😤😤😤😤😠😠😠😡😡😡 😤😤😠😠😡😡🤬🤬😤😤😡😡 😤🤬🤬😠😠🤬😤😡😠🤬😤🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬Out of stock dang it looks like I’m gonna have to get by with my piece of paper and pen I can’t stress this enough most people with ADHD need different things to help stimulate like a bunny rotate their toys so they get more stimulation I need more stimulation so please be a kind soul and don’t buy 1 million of the same thing just because it’s a different color or shape if you like the new one better put your old one up for sale if someone like me would be so grateful if you did that so please and thank you😢😪😪😪😪😪😪
I disagree with this … The very need for a “difficult and challenging” environment, in my opinion, is itself an indication of a deep and underlying illness. Our grandparents and the people before that didn’t need “stimulating and challenging” environments … they would work the most menial jobs, for endless hours, and they were able to endure that. So I think that we should really be trying to re-frame exactly what kind of a situation we are finding ourselves in, if we need to be more “stimulated.” In my experience, taking vitamin B1 (thiamine) has been very helpful at enabling me to be a lot more focused, and to enjoy doing things that before I would have considered to be “boring,” or “not stimulating enough.” For me, this was an example of functional medicine at work.
I have overthinking issues I think i am thinking alot about stuff I don’t even am interested in But still my mind keeps thinking about it . I try not to think about it but it still doesn’t go . My studies are affected,i really am trying to stop all distractions and focus but ny brain just keeps on giving me useless thoughts like y’know I am not interested in kpop and brain still gives me useless thoughts about different bands who I don’t even like and that’s moving me to stress and distraction so I’m really really trying not to go into a loophole again . Like when I’m not interested in smth why is it coming in my mind? I’m so fuvkin tired!
Please address awareness of core physiology FIRST: no caffeine/alcohol/sugar, hard exercise, limit screen time (changes brain/makes attention worse), clean food, enough protein, meditation (practice a quiet brain daily), etc. If these foundational issues are not checked off a list, you’ll just be compounding your frustration & increasing anxiety.
Interesting. A lot of things are coming to light now. I used to dance a lot when I was younger. I still do here and there, but whenever I do, I feel amazing. That’s the only exercise I do do forever without getting bored. I love walking, but it has to be outside. I do weight training, but add calisthenics and pilates and anything else that comes because I get bored easily.
My son is struggling and I’m tired of hearing people, often those without children, telling me don’t believe in all that BS, don’t give medication, it’s just the new generation.. meanwhile my son is falling behind day by day. So rule number one. Come to terms with it, early intervention and don’t listen to anyone but people trained.
Thank you so much for this article and explaining it so simple and plain. I like the ” find the right difficult” explanation. My child has been diagnosed with ADHD and he is now websiteing his creativity in the right direction. That’s Drawing and creating with Lego. He could spend hours building something and quite a lot in art. Beautiful vibrant use of colors. And the icing on the cake as it were ..was when he won the recent art completion. We continue to encourage him where he excels. Though the academics can be difficult, finding the “right difficult and milking it” has boosted his self esteem and that brings our son and us great satisfaction in this trying journey! Thanks again
ADHD IS OVERDIAGNOSED. Psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists should take a chill…ADHD does exist, but the symptoms can also be explained by trauma, by the modern day way of life, by recreational drug use, by dysfunctional human relationships, by pοοre stress management etc. Not to talk about people self diagnosing adhd just because it can explain their lack of discipline or their inability to handle responsibility.
I’d love to marry the right person but, having a hard time to focus means no high level school didn’t find the right ” difficult ” everything is quickly frustrating, so the ego is busted. No job, no ego, no realized passion, yeah ADD made me a total loser so, try and get a mate with that…. Worst thing is I witness all the people coupled that don’t have ADD and have a much more toxic relationship than I would ever have
Are these signs of ADHD ?? 👇 • Procrastination • Quick to lose focus • Cravings for Instant Dopamine • Want constant Stimulation • Depression • No Self-confidence at all • Lack of energy • Mobile addiction • Porn addiction • Quittings tasks when things get difficult • Unable to complete Courses and Homework • Always Self-doubt • Multitasking • Restlessness • Being less productive at job • Trying to complete many things at once • Unable to stay at one task for a long time
best solution :- 1)Pick up a sports or physical activity and do it . 2)Throw your phone away 3)Engage with a group of people and social even if you dont want to and find something common. 4)eat good and keep yourself busy and dont think about it 5)Get rid of short form content like Tiktok, Instagram reels and YouTube shorts and reduce too much screen time
That’s super interesting!! I was an A+ student for as long as I did gymnastics and when I quit at 15 my grades tanked. I had no focus. My mom used to make me read my textbooks out loud to make sure I studied but I had the weird ability to daydream and read out loud and have no clue what I just read for the past hour.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🧠 Cerebellar Stimulation’s Role in ADHD Improvement – Engaging in physical exercises that stimulate the cerebellum can significantly improve ADHD symptoms. – The cerebellum, often overlooked, contains 70% of the neurons in the brain and has connections to the frontal lobes crucial for ADHD. – Specific balancing exercises, like standing on one leg with eyes closed, can be effective. The Zing method by ForDoor offers a structured approach to these exercises. 01:37 🤝 Life Adjustments and Embracing ADHD – Coaching stands as a prominent non-medication treatment option for ADHD, providing guidance and support. – Adults with ADHD should prioritize aligning with the right partner and career path to effectively manage their symptoms. – Embracing ADHD involves understanding its unique manifestations, adopting a strength-based perspective, and learning as much as possible about one’s own condition. 02:20 ✍️ Importance of Finding a Challenging Creative Outlet – Identifying a challenging and stimulating creative outlet tailored to an individual’s interests is crucial for managing ADHD. – Engaging in a ‘right difficult’ activity, like writing, gardening, or building, allows individuals with ADHD to harness their creativity effectively. – Regardless of age, from children to seniors like an 86-year-old patient, finding and engaging with the right creative outlet remains pivotal for managing ADHD symptoms. Made with HARPA AI
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Here’s my stack, I still struggle. 1. No internet in house I have a dumb phone and a smart phone that only gets used in cafe’s. 2. Meditation – learned a few kinds but the one that works for me is focusing on an empty point in space that I learned from a Taiwanese master. Far more effective than present moment / mindfulness for me anyway. 3. Martial arts training with full contact sparing when younger. The theory that people with adhd are biologically wired for hunting and fighting is probably correct. I become extremely calm and focused in dangerous situations. Tai chi and heavy bag workout when older. 4. Drawing 5. lots of nature. 6. Psilocybin for the really bad days. – I refuse to take any addictive pharmaceuticals for it.
Things like finding the right job and having creative outlets that are the right level of difficulty have likely helped my ADHD. And I’m curious to try exercises for the cerebellum. But let’s not forget that medication, particularly simulant medication, can be extremely effective for ADHD. By all means these other things can help, but they are not a reason to avoid medication at all.
I have tried working out, I’ve tried a variety of schedules as well as other techniques to try and manage my ADHD throughout my life. However, every time, I stand unsuccessful. I decided to try medication, and it actually worked to some degree. I managed to get my old grades up. But eventually the medication lost its effect, and even upping the dosage hasn’t yielded a consistent improvement, not that consistency was ever achieved. I am 32 years old now, I am enrolled in medical school but I had to break this term because I failed my last exam. And I really want to study, if I don’t study I get depressed. Furthermore, when I do study, I learn very rapidly. Yet, I think, I’ve only studied maybe 20-30 % of the time that I’ve been in med school and this is the cause of all my other issues. If I hadn’t failed the last exam, I’d still have money, I’d be stable and I’d feel secure in my position as a person. However, while I have passed the last exam that I’ve failed which will allow me to resume term 4 of med school next term. I have not yet started studying for the next 2 exams that I have to pass in order to not get dropped after the next term. I am now desperately searching for how to manage this, I need to achieve consistency in my life, that is the only thing that I require. Anyways, just had to write something…
Hey, thank you for the article! So I’m grateful to you and I also write this comment to fix the key points in my mind (for adhders and others – really helps organizing out chaotic mind- fixing key points with writing – better with a pen) So, 1)Physical excersises, helps to be grounded and be in your body, not too much in our heads as we tend to. 2) from point – “Zing” physical excersises – on balance and stimulates cerebellum which is connected to the frontal lobes. (I d also stimulate it with massage and scratching, or with “needle” pillow) 3) Find the RIGHT DIFFICULT – the golden piece of advice. Yep, it also came into my mind that we are the people that are created “to be milked” in certain sphere. Some mediocre things are NOT FOR US – maybe that is why we struggle with them. And sometimes I feel my “creativity” /”ability to solve certain problems” should be squeezed hard and I have to have big projects and challenges. Despite the fact I’m so disorganized and fail simple tasks I am surprised I can be really good with some really difficult tasks and big projects. 4) tho point also – find the right creativity. Writing, painting, article writing, math, computer science, sculpting, business projects etc. Big (and inspiring) projects build up our discipline and we adhders find the healthy and right way of discipline for us. 5) Coaching – haven’t tried myself though. I’d add something from myself – get a paper notebook and a pen. Write, make plans – lots and lots of sketches, helps to organize your mind, don’t rely just on your head and memory.
Building a business I am working on building my 4th I own right now. I have had 9 I think and I have to jump around back and forth it I get bored because when one business gets stagnant I need the other to move it but I need to always focus on short bursts on everything I do. Those short bursts add up and boom I got several businesses with employees to help when I can’t focus on it because I’ve bounced my attention already elsewhere…. This is literally how I live my life but I have no love life because the attention is not there long enough for people
I really don’t know if I have it or not but my therapist says I’m fine. I don’t really know much credits because I’m in a developing country, they gave me one big test (including sexual orientation dysphoria?? Aka gay stuff questions which I am but the test finds it taboo tf) so I’m kinda scared it’s outdated.
My ADD is driving me mad!!!!!!! I am ‘passionate’ about art and music and yet never have any motivation to actually do anything. I absolutely hate myself because of it. My standards I set for myself aren’t even very high. My ADD just leads straight into to depression and no medication or life changes are helping me. I’ve been attending art school and still leave my assignment pieces until the last minute to finish. I’ve tried talking to multiple therapists, doctors and psychiatrists and have had hardly any help. It doesn’t help that most of them haven’t believed me and simply labelled my problems under depression when it’s the ADD that sets the whole thing off.
Great article and great comments, I’m 38 and I’ve known since childhood I was different. I didn’t know how to revise for exams as I couldn’t take in any information know matter how many times I’d read the paragraph. The few subjects I adored I did really well in as this info would sink in. At 38 now I’m very blessed with great wife,kids, job etc but the adhd is torturing me mentally. I workout 2-3 times a day, I live in a constant strict diet. I can’t meditate or do breathing exercises as I can’t focus. I approached my mother about having undiagnosed adhd as a child and she completely denied it. I refuse to take medication so not sure what I’m meant to do
1-workout Cut sugar Have sleep schedule Listen to white noise or study music with no lyrics Focus yourself to read everydaynit doesn’t matter what you read just force yourself to do it if you catch yourself wandering then go back and read the paragraph slowly Avoid short stuff attention app like Instagram Snapchat YouTube shorts tiktok
I have read about ADHD for years now and even had a slight idea it could be me…. Finally its getting on my nerves because I am unable to do anything, people are pointing out how I am always lost and lazy. I don’t know what to say. I am okay with the judgements but I am extremely unhappy with myself at this point. I need a change so badly!
Being born this way haven’t been funny, during my college days I got tired of taking the medications so I stopped. And my condition got worst. Which made me start looking for a permanent solution when Dr Iyhere’s herbal medical page popped up. I took the dosages and followed the prescriptions. I haven’t been this active and better in my life.
Hi guys I am Maverick, my adhd symptoms, move hands randomly from left to right, look at any kind of light source with the left side of my vision, always itchy, struggling to sleep and keeping a conversation with the help of Dr Iyhere I have been sleeping and I can look at the light source directly now.
Find the right job that is a never ending struggle and for me it’s also unable to cope with 5 days its not a balance ⚖️ that works for me and also dealing with wrong work environment also added server anxiety battling both is hell creativity outlets are honestly the best for transmuting and websiteing and nature 🌊🐳✨🦋 is therapy it’s so important for me to ground diet and movement also help but honestly it’s balance in multiple things and work life balance is so important and write job and environment is crucial but the financial struggles for not being able to handle full time work is so hard and trying to explain that U actually do better doing part time and the disaster of trying to take on more is a nightmare
When I go to school, I sometimes find myself automatically staring blankly at the teacher while he or she is conveying something important. It’s as if I am listening with all my attention, but I am not able to process what I heard, almost like the words are going in one ear and out the other. I forget things very easily; if someone tells me to remember a list of 6 or 7 things, I will forget 3 or 4 of them. I also find myself sometimes opening and closing the cap of my pen, tapping the table with my fingers, and jerking my leg up and down. However, sometimes this leg movement seems to help me focus and listen to others.
Just getting to know about the symptoms i have being facing in my day to day life for more than 20 years now which as really hindered me from performing well in school and also at my work place. after some research and some reflections about my past actions. will take my self awareness seriously and also work on and work on my diet and exercise, since i was not diagnosed by a medical doctor.
Something that worked for me, is to sit in a safe space and stop controlling yourself and just let loose while choosing to star at one place and not shifting your vision focus elsewhere, Your goal here is to just feel and not think just feel whatever you are feeling and go with it, for my first time it left me so focused and very easy going with everything like a knife cutting butter.
Yeah I owe $4,500 to the bank I can’t work cause I have borderline personality disorder autism ADHD and anxiety, my impulses on spending has caused alot of grief I take fish oils magnesium multivitamin stopped drinking coffee I don’t drink alcohol I’m on Antabuse for drinking BUT I do know what can cause ADHD symptoms to play up and that’s stress 😬 and environment and lifestyle and trauma that has not been resolved can really make the symptoms worse, someone told me about heavy metals in the body is to blame also, I’m trying binaural beats too message me anyone if you agree or not I’m keen on hearing anyone else’s ideas that may help me, and everyone reading this with ADHD we all have such awesome personalities and humour, I was at the supermarket and a guy that works there has ADHD I was buying some washing powder and gave him the money and he replied that will be 5 clams lol since we live on the coast
I am not on medication for àdhd it was my choice as a teenager after i left school i quit taking it but there were times when i needed it but i haven’t touched it anymore and will not we don’t need medication to control us we should be free to be ourselves. But if people want to study people like me who have ADHD but are not medicated for it then go right ahead study me i don’t care
My biggest problem With adhd is the attention side of it and also managing emotions. Regulating them. I believe I’ve found the right sort of work for me just about however it’s a demanding job and I’ve made one or 2 big blunders recently. Something so obvious. But I’ve found it’s the attention side that got me. I’m hard working as thorough as I can be but being an adhd sufferer it got me. Almost like all the good I did became invalid due to this one mess up. And then when I’m stressed it comes out even worse. I rage really badly although it’s not happened often. Learning more now it’s about regulating the emotion. Expressing it properly rather than destructively. And everyone’s level of hard is different
Lol yea I’m 28 I struggle with jobs and recently stopped playing article games, now I workout three-four times a day I’m still struggling at work because it’s fast food and very “boring” in the pat year I’ve seen progress but I am still in the same boat I tend to freak out and leave when this feeling is overwhelming and honestly don’t know what to do with myself I find myself in negative spaces unless I’m working out in my normal day to day now
I don’t have a diagnosis but the ADHD has become so obvious to me. I would honestly prefer the ease of medication at this point, but seeing as that is not likely to happen I came up on your website. I think you must be on to something because I really enjoy gardening for exactly those reasons. It’s technically easy but there are so many variables changing even throughout a day. My mental health has improved quite a lot. I am just struggling with other parts of my life now
Things are what they are and if working memory is terrible from this affecting everything embrace it? I swear good thing it is a lower range of adhd keeping me in a daze and often confused what I was doing…good thing I can hyper focus on tasks at times. If it was worse than this without meds because I can not afford meds. I swear some think they gave it unofficial diagnosed but it other things. Doctors truly even after diagnosis however ate not always helpful either.
I’m so happy I found you. I just turned 50 years old this past Halloween and have struggled my entire life with ADHD. School was exceptionally hard as a kid with it and my brain refusing to allow me to focus. School was more of a social outlet rather than educational lol I have been owner/operator of two of my own spa businesses. One in Estes Park, CO and one here in Castle Rock, CO where we presently live. I have a VERY hard time with managing money and have heard from multiple people that this can be common for those with ADHD. I just simply don’t have a mind with a money concept. You stated it’s important with what career you pick and I LOVE my career. I am a medical aesthetician and makeup artist. So with ADHD I get to do something that does not really ever feel like work and I get to express a creative outlet which is very important to me. I also write editorials and reviews in the beauty genre for a Los Angeles based company. I think I did well in deciding a 4 year college was not for me. I have a two year associates in para medical aesthetics and have been in the beauty industry since 1992, The industry is constantly changing with new technologies, gadgets, products etc. My struggle is feeling overwhelmed often. My husband is not understanding with it. I do interupt often but its honestly not because I am trying to be rude but simply because I will forget it like Dory if I don’t say it right then and there. I have smoked medical mmj for over a decade now and perhaps that doesn’t help.
Okay An MD speaking about this topic. I’ll listen. I’m hoping he actually has well-established, well-designed medical studies to support these views. The cerebellum thing is new to me. Edit: alright. I like and respect this man. I didn’t hear any crazy bullshit solutions in this. I would like to hear more. Hell, if he’s nearby, I would seek him out as my psychiatrist.
Really a cool… yet difficult advice. Me. I got really good results in anything when focused at it. Currently IT, software development and security. But I can get great in anything. That is the power of it. Overdose of input is not an issue – I can handle much more and get great results. 1% of my effective output is mode than 120% of a standard human output. And we have so much overdose of stimulation recently that more and more people have to turn into a different brain working mode. A huge opportunity that it. A huge risk it is. I look towards the future as there are many challenges and many unknowns. Anyway – we have the opportunity and it is up to us to use it or to waste it. Make your choice. Bottom line: I was able to focus on ANY task I need to. I can have selective memory or photo-copy one. I can to anything. With everything or everyone. My kids as well. The question is whether we can keep out focus on a single task and get it done. Get it done. One by one. Step by step. Small improvements. Keep going. Good luck!
My problem is I don’t know if I have ADD or not, but I know there is something, I don’t think I am normal, when I compare my self with my college or friends in any thing I do (sports, studying, courses or even In life ), I think they are way better in getting the information and learning new skills that puts me in alot of embarrassing situations and some times my colleagues or instructors feels like I need special attention, even in the sport I never play team sports as I always think that I will make them lose and they will blame me ( and that infact happened alot when I was kid) . also in any interview for work or any sudden questions or in oral exam or in stress, I always cannt answer in systematic way, not confident, nervous all the time and I feel like I am answering first thing in my mind without analysing to what I am going to say, except if study it by heart and always try to answer as i study it in the same sequence. I don’t do or I postpone anything requires me to focus ( like reading instructions on how to install something or sign up for exam or course online or if I have to setup something ) and if I have a choice I ask someone to do it for me, I cannt organise anything easily and always change what I am doing several times, when there is alot of choices I get confused and I postpone it, even I may not choose what I suppose to buy or take or I will ask someoneto make the choicefor me. I forgot alot for example I may forget where I park my car and that happened more common with time, also sometimes, I feel like my brain is more clear in the morning or immediately when I wake up, and I may take a quick decision when I wake up but after that I feel my brain is not working the same and start to deteriorate as long as I stay awake.
Im a kid I take 20mg of adderall my mom says I need mood stabilizers I have told you that is not me It’s the Adderall it’s making me more angry I tried to change her mind to make her just put me on something else besides mood stabilizers that also helps with radiation because as soon as I started taking Adderall my grades It’s the Adderall it’s making me more angry I tried to change her mind to make her just put me on something else besides mood stabilizers that also helps with radiation because as soon as I started taking Adderall my grades have skyrocketed I’m on my way A/B Honor roll It’s the Adderall it’s making me more angry I tried to change her mind to make her just put me on something else besides mood stabilizers that also helps with ADHD because as soon as I started taking Adderall my grades have skyrocketed I’m on my way A/B honor roll almost so close to being at the end of the school year school year I’m almost out of pills and I’m being I’m almost out of pills and I’m being forced to take my mood I’m almost out of pills and I’m being forced to take my mood stabilized I do not wanna take it