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Originally Posted by cybermember
When I'm not on meds my thoughts race at the speed of light. Everything is important with no differentiation in priority. I am hyperfocused. My speech is pressured and I go from one topic to the next because details are like tributaries to other details of other topics although others may not understand the correlation. When I'm on meds, my speech is less pressured and I am able to maintain the focus of a particular topic without being sidetracked with details of that topic. I still have some intermittent psychosis, but nothing nearly what I experienced off of meds.  |
Thanks for sharing what you experience cybermember. what I copied above describes some of what people with ADHD experience . At least from the reading I have done.
The word "context" came to mind . The linking of details because they all paint a larger picture . My art instructor was always frustrated with me because I could not priortize , or delinate what I placed on the paper. everything had the same line weight and value as well. I thought everything was important and it had to be expressed . It was only untill I chose only a few things as the primary focus that I was able to make a drawing that had any meaning or was visually pleasing. Same for writting papers. Everything comes rushing in vying for attention. I find it frustrating and difficult to work when that happens.
Looks like you found a med that would help you with both.
Patricia