Creatives with Adult ADD | ADHD Information
As far as creative? i can only think of one thing. I am musical and have played the piano since I was 7.(am 22 now.) Play by ear and have perfect pitch. Love music and singing as well as just making up something to play on the piano! soo much fun!! unfortunately, I can't draw or paint though. Have no artistic ability whatsoever lol. wow a lot of creative ADHDers in here! It's cool that we all have talents and creative hobbies! :) writer. sculptor. photographer. web designer.writer/web the most, been fairly successful as a free lance writer.
a very little painting. poetry. written one very short play.
i am ridiculously creative. if i could focus on ONE, man the things i might pull off.
Anyone here in the creative field and have Adult ADD? Speak up and be heard!
Painting, drawing, writing, acting..not as career but consistent hobbies most of my life. My computer de-railed almost all my hobbies. hehe
Digital photography!!! I love this hobby, it gives me a creative outlet AND an excuse to travel to new places (feeding my ADHD, I suppose,lol). I have always thought that perhaps the myriad of things I pay attention to get some sort of hard copy recognition via my photographs, in fact, I notice my pictures tend to focus on details most people (without ADD/ADHD) might miss.
I have read all about how creative we ADDers are, yet as I have said before, the only thing I have ever been able to create is chaos...
Mark -
Mark, and I'm sure you find very creative ways to creat caos 
as I have said before, the only thing I have ever been able to create is chaos... 
Hey, if I had my own radio show, I'd hire you to write my material...
As for myself, I'm a glorified draftsman. Basically that means I don't have my masters in architecture; just my BA from a non-[architecturally]-accredited liberal arts college. Also I'm not [quite] old enough to be "grandfather-claused" prior to the newer, tighter educational restrictions. Any, to make a long story longer: I like to think of myself as a Para-architect who specializes in restoration, archaeology, and archaeological field engineering.
I don't know, Mark, I think you're pretty creative with PCs !
Although I never met a biker geek before. 
I am always wanting to paint.....paint anything....I also like to sew, decoupage, and refurbish furniture......I've always got two or three projects going on at the same time..yes, some take forever to actually finish and others I never finish, I just give up.......
I own my own store. We sell Vintage and Antique clothing, anitques, used furniture, home decor items, so I ALWAYS have something to work on. We have a huge front display window. I change out the window at least once every season. For summer I am painting a mural on the paneled wall beside the window. I am doing a rural country scene. (I'm in Tennessee, so everyone will feel "at home" in my store!!! hahahha) it was supposed be a country"back yard" scene but just grew and grew......I am enjoying it so much , that I don't want it to be "done", but in order to fill the display, I have to finish.....
I used to oil paint in high school, but you know how it goes - you get married , have kids, etc, etc, your interests gget put on hold for a while, so I have just recently got back into painting (and then I go and try to do a Mural !!!!!) . But anyway, I have always been a creative person. My Mother is also (also ADD), and My daughter, too(add). My daughter has to be the most creative of us all, though. You know those little packing peanuts that have holes in each end? She asked me if she could have some, and she took them and glued paper "bodies" onto them and made dragonflies !!!!!! She is always amazing me with her "inventions".(she is 8) I think it's cool !!!!!!
I was the only kid I knew who tried to achieve shadow and texture in my colouring books.
For some reason though, I sort of grew out of that.I drew my own cartoons for a little while, but I could never come up with my own original jokes. I sort of "borrowed" others.
I was constantly writing during my school years, but again, I sort of grew out of that too. My imagination just isin't what it used to be.
These days, I settle for cross-stitch, sewing, ceramic painting, cooking, and .... well.... I try to "garden" on my apartment balcony.
[QUOTE=bcgirl1978]I was the only kid I knew who tried to achieve shadow and texture in my colouring books. For some reason though, I sort of grew out of that.
I drew my own cartoons for a little while, but I could never come up with my own original jokes. I sort of "borrowed" others.
I was constantly writing during my school years, but again, I sort of grew out of that too. My imagination just isin't what it used to be.
These days, I settle for cross-stitch, sewing, ceramic painting, cooking, and .... well.... I try to "garden" on my apartment balcony.
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LOL I did the coloring book thing too. 8)
Oh, bcgirl....here we go again....I loved to shadow in my coloring books! I still do...really love 'adult' coloring books...no, not that type of 'adult.' I also used to make really fancy hitch-hicking signs (back in the 70s). Shadowing, very effective. Of course, no matter what the sign looked like, when someone stopped to give me a ride, they inevitably asked "where you going?" 
I also had a period in my life when I drew cartoon characters. Alas, no more. I also am happy now doing my cross-stitch, reminising those days in the 70s. I have a photography business. Started out with landscape photography, as a hobby while hiking ect.
I have gone digital. I think that is scary for an ADD person. I can sit and photoshop a picture for three hours and still not be done. There is always more you can do to play around with images. WAY too many choices for me.
Of course my business is not going great since I stay home with the kids, and can barely manage that. I race around cleaning, and doing busy work. No time to get in the studio.
I think Meds have made me less motivated. Should be the opposite eh? Maybe I need different ones.
I think my son , who is also ADD I think,,,, is super creative.
Don't you just love to get your hands dirty? I love to garden and play in the mudd.
i love everything. i used to play the piano by ear when i was very young, but my parents never got me into any piano lessons or nothing, so i never really developed on that...
i love everthing art....i can draw, paint, and right now i am trying my hand at doll-sculpting....it is fun...
my husband is an excellent cook....he has an extreme sense of taste, and he could be a famous cook if he really wanted to...he uses food as his canvas and spices and herbs, etc, as his paint>>with this, he creates wonderful masterpeices for the pallate..