I was diagnosed with AD/HD about seven years ago, or eight...I forget, (forgetting is typical of ADD). Suddenly, my whole scattered "all-over-the-place-life" made absolute sense to me. At first I took medication to focus me more. I found it extremely interesting that suddenly I was fascinated with filing and housework! Unfortunately, though, my creativity suffered. I was no longer getting up every morning with a brilliant idea for a crazy, new project.
So, after I thoroughly cleaned my apartment, caught up with all the filing and bill paying, I stopped my medication against my doctor's advice, and continued my wild and wonderful, and spaced out, creative lifestyle. I don't recommend this for everyone with AD/HD, but since I'm self employed, doing what I love to do, I can overlook the spider webs hanging from the ceiling and avoid the territorial dust bunnies under the bed. Paying the bills on time and the overflowing stack of filing are still a major problem, though.
Having AD/HD is a trip! I don't consider it a disorder at all, although some may disagree. For me, it's definitely a bonus. Every day is an experience! I'm never bored. I have so many unfinished projects to work on. For example, I have eleven unfinished paintings, five unfinished screenplays, two unfinished quilts, two unfinished dresses, four unfinished video projects, six unfinished songs, two unfinished books, one unfinished doll house and four unfinished wild and wonderful web sites!
Eventually, I DO finish most of my projects. Just recently (September 1998), I finished editing "fun with ADD", a video production I shot in September 1995.
Hollywood Filmmaker, Director, Artist, Screenwriter, Composer, Video Editor, Starstrom Productions
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