If I wanted ADHD meds to help me focus on my writing (for some bizarre reason for the last decade and a half I've had trouble focusing on tasks I'm trying to focus on), would they work?
If you can start writing, they will help you keep writing.
Be aware, there's some thought patterns that come with stimulants that may be reflected in your writing, overly explaining things, following one branch of thought too far while ignoring others, missing a very obvious vibe, over-confidence, and writing things you'll look back and be like "Oh god how the fuck did I write this".
You'll probably want to go back a week later and cut half of what you wrote, and rewrite the other half, several times.
Ayn Rand is what happens if you take shittons of amphetamine and never question yourself nor let anyone edit your work.
Sartre and Philip K Dick used it more productively.
I read a few days ago that an online prescription start up company was created during the beginning of the pandemic and initially dealt with antidepressants.
But they weren’t making enough money. So they just started diagnosing random people with ADHD and prescribed them with adderall and made a shit ton of money lol
I've been taking adderall for a couple years and while it helps me do everything else, even creative things, weirdly I've found it a little harder to do creative writing on it.
This could be conflated with the awful burnout I've had for pretty much the whole time period though. I can do creative writing way better if I walk the ballmer peak while doing it (I.e. maintain a light to moderate buzz)
If I wanted ADHD meds to help me focus on my writing (for some bizarre reason for the last decade and a half I've had trouble focusing on tasks I'm trying to focus on), would they work?
If you can start writing, they will help you keep writing.
Be aware, there's some thought patterns that come with stimulants that may be reflected in your writing, overly explaining things, following one branch of thought too far while ignoring others, missing a very obvious vibe, over-confidence, and writing things you'll look back and be like "Oh god how the fuck did I write this".
You'll probably want to go back a week later and cut half of what you wrote, and rewrite the other half, several times.
Ayn Rand is what happens if you take shittons of amphetamine and never question yourself nor let anyone edit your work.
Sartre and Philip K Dick used it more productively.
btw, Adderal is amphetamine, Ritalin is similar.
That explains so much.
Write on stimulants, edit on depressants is the way I go. They’re such different headspaces
Edit: But at this point in my life I try to keep the stimulants to my prescribed meds and the depressants to weed
Rich kids take Aderall apparently
I read a few days ago that an online prescription start up company was created during the beginning of the pandemic and initially dealt with antidepressants.
But they weren’t making enough money. So they just started diagnosing random people with ADHD and prescribed them with adderall and made a shit ton of money lol
I've been taking adderall for a couple years and while it helps me do everything else, even creative things, weirdly I've found it a little harder to do creative writing on it.
This could be conflated with the awful burnout I've had for pretty much the whole time period though. I can do creative writing way better if I walk the ballmer peak while doing it (I.e. maintain a light to moderate buzz)