I stumbled on this comic from Extra Fabulous Comics today.
It really did feel like gaining a super power when I started my meds.
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At least he finished it… as I’m eyeing the 14 unfinished projects in my garage.
These comments made me want to actually get diagnosed and medicated. Though I fear losing some of the fun in life
Dont worry the meds help but sometimes they dont so you’re still fucked 👌
Most of the meds have a 4 hour half-life. You’ll get a day or 2 of recoil, worst case, but you don’t have to be medicated the whole time.
While my meds tackle some issues, the perfectionism isn’t one of them.
The perfectionism maladaptation is evil.
The best way to break it is to practice getting too minimally “good enough” with various fun projects. It helps you retrain your brain to accept mediocre when required.
This helps a lot, since you need to be mediocre before you can finally get good at something.
i think this comic is also a nod to the loss of creativity that some people (including myself) experience when medicated
i mean it’s worth it for me. i draw less but I’m also less chronically late, less messy, and less frustrated with myself all the time
Yeah I don’t lose the creativity so much but it does reign in the grandiosity. I’m like “that’s cool and all but is it necessary?”
Plus I embrace the iteration. Make the simple one, then improve. So I get the “finished a project“ rush several times. Win-win.
I find it’s a trade off. Off meds, I come up with ideas, but can’t implement them. When medicated, the ideas slow, but I gain the ability to actually work on them.
I often adjust my meds based on what I need on a given day.
Couldn’t agree more. I find there’s a sweet spot as the short acting meds start to wear off.
I struggle with creativity with or without meds. In this scenario I’d freeze at the idea of designing and building the birdhouse, but have no problem banging one out if I had a guide or set of instructions, then tweak to my liking later.
For me, designing from scratch is hard. Modifying an existing design to what I want is easier. Without meds, those designs stay in my head. With meds, I’m able to be realistic with my abilities and my needs to get to a completed project.
That’s what I took from this comic. The birdhouse wasn’t without creativity, it was more realistic to his skill level and he was able to finish it
Yeah I agree. I like finding existing projects and making them better.
To note; this depends on the meds.
Soon…very soon! Mwuahaha!
The first time I had Vyvanse, in my thirties, I took the best nap of my life and woke up able to finally think. It really was like being at rave my whole life and finally getting earplugs, but with thoughts. I didn’t know the noise was optional!
“My mind… everything… it’s so quiet!”
That was my experience with being prescribed vyvance. I took adderall before and it helped a lot… but damn. Vyvance just did me so much more justice. It doesn’t really wake me up if I’m tired, but I ain’t trying to speed either. I just like being able to think (aka function)
