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RE: ADHD and Creativity: How Creative Gifts Can Treat ADHD

in #adsactly6 years ago

One day I will actually get diagnosed - maybe. I'm not sure what this label would do tho, for what purpose. Or if Im truly adhd, or autistic, or have some other unmentionable mental illness that will depress me.

A label feels like an excuse I can blame everything wrong on to account for why I can never seem to cope with anything.

I don't want doctors to solve things by throwing pills at me which may or may not resolve an issue. I've tried that, it's a dangerous path, as the pills might make one thing better and another worse. Pills for anxiety almost ended in suicide for one family member, and did for another.

I feel that I found my creative side way too late, and that I am a talent-less creative, which defeats me. I don't know where to begin. I have creative ideas and no idea how to execute them as I want to, which leads to a huge amount of frustration and self doubt.

I lack self confidence or direction. Plus I'm not ginger. the missing ingredient. will a label help me here? I'm not sure, but I can definitely identify. If you have any wise words. lay them on me.

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Oh I'm sorry to hear of your struggles! My advice would be to write all your creative ideas down, brainstorm them and pick 1 idea to develop and concentrate on (if your ADHD lets you)
Pills can help but being given the wrong ones like I have, definitely haven't helped!

im like zipp, im a hypersensitive, and right now im so overwhelmed that I am non functional. i dont even know if thats adhd. or depression.