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So do the ADHD meds I take; huge gains in problem solving and execution, not so much in the creativity front. I wonder if this is a general psychological featur
by rhombocombus 7y ago
So do the ADHD meds I take; huge gains in problem solving and execution, not so much in the creativity front. I wonder if this is a general psychological feature of stimulants
- JackRabbitSlim 7y agoI still remember one of the funniest lines from the old movie "Dead Man On Campus": "This is my brothers Ritalin, It's great for staying up and studying just don't try to write an English paper on it"
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y agoFortunately, delirium sets in during an all-nighter and you can get creativity from that. Not that you should strive for that scenario though.
- overcast 7y agoBob MaloogaLoogaLoogaLoogaLooga. One Malooga, four loogas.
- ff317 7y agoI tend to agree that's a reasonable broad conclusion. However, even among stimulants, there are chemical differences between them, and they might act differently in the body. Also, coffee does contain a lot of other chemicals alongside the caffeine. Biology is never simple! However, you can, in my experience, enhance the creative/lateral-thinking benefits of sleep cycles by adding carefully-timed/dosed caffeine as a stimulant. The basic kinds of patterns I've found to work well go something like: Bang your head on a hard problem to at least partial mental exhaustion, then consume coffee and go take a short nap. The stimulant buzz will slow down the process of falling asleep from exhaustion, and that slowed-down timeline gives you more minutes in that halfway-asleep state with your mind abuzz in lateral creative connections mode. Then you eventually make it into sleep and wake up later refreshed with new ideas.
- navjack27 7y agoIf you have ADHD then no. You can only get possibly near a neurotypical brain.