each person is definitely different. right now i am finding it hard to want to have conversations.
i feel clumsy and have cloudy judgement with the Adderall XR. i tried playing in a poker tournament today and had no problem with my "gift", but i couldn't listen to music and play as i normally do.
holmes30438407.8091550926Some of us have expressed opinions that ADDers may possess greater intellectual capacity, and greater philosophical ability.
[QUOTE=csr19us]Some of us have expressed opinions that ADDers may possess greater intellectual capacity, and greater philosophical ability.
How do you think medications play into this? I've never taken them (newly diagnosed & poor), and I would hate to lose my abilities... but at the same time, I think it would be absolutely great to be able to concentrate and focus on stuff.
Anyone with experience with this, or who can relate? Please voice your thoughts![/QUOTE]
I think we as a people have gotten a narrow view of what intelligence is anyway. I think the skills we possess with regards to intelligence are not valued right now in our culture. The skills others have are valued...hence they get and keep jobs, and continue to hire peopple who think and learn like them. As afraid and sad as I get sometimes, I would rather live poor and be my true self, than have more matrial things and put my values and my skills on the window sill. I think this situation may be a contributing factor for why some people who are homeless...
This is why this board is so important to me. It is here that I feel my views and thoughts are valued. Not necessarily agreed with...that is not the issue...to me, it is the mere ability to speak freely and safely among others who understand the difficulties and humore that goes alonf with our ADD.
Haley in Ohio
I am better at any kind of thought when I dont have intruding thoughts distracting me like a gattling gun while I try to focus on an idea or problem. Personally, I have had something of a transformation of values since I sought help. I always thought about God, the World, morality a lot. Now I have a much clearer understanding of what's important in life( imo anyway) and it wasn't the crap they told me most of my life. I really have finally gotten to a place where I dont judge my happiness or succuss by comparison to others...it's very freeing and I feel more centered and content than any point in my life. I was headed there already but I think the medication helped me pay a little better attention to the questions I was asking and the answers I have gotten through belief or experience...if that makes any sense at all
I don't believe you need be concerned about your philosophical mind being suppressed. The meds are for concentration and focus, as you know, not to remove the most important aspects of ourselves as human beings. Has the thought occurred to you that you may be over emphasizing the medications' capacities, and are more resistant to taking the meds due to your fear of it?