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I take Adderall and it's kind of a trade off between the ability to be creative and the ability to be persistent and methodical. Before I had the Adderall, in o
by fnordfnordfnord 12y ago
I take Adderall and it's kind of a trade off between the ability to be creative and the ability to be persistent and methodical. Before I had the Adderall, in order to complete methodical tasks, I had to have either the kind of silence described in the article, or I could find certain types of noisy environments that would also help.
- heurist 12y agoHas your creativity changed since starting adderall?
- spdustin 12y agoSpeaking for myself - no. I compose music and write creatively, and Adderall (and Vyvanse) give me the ability to choose where my focus/attention goes.
- fnordfnordfnord 12y agoYes. I used to be good at art and music. I still have the skills, but some part of the creativity is lacking.
- lfowles 12y agoMy personal experience is that it has not. The effects wear off in the evening, which lets me mow down on chores/tasks to free up time to be creative without the thought "something else needs to be done" in the back of my mind. I'm also much more able to implement my creative approaches instead of discarding them as soon as I found a task that was just a little more fun and distracting.
- kendallpark 12y agoI am the exact same way.