medication is not for everyone but I have ADHD and without my meds I cannot function enough to even be creative in the first place. Sure they might limit my creativity some but the meds also allow me to actually act on the creativity I do get. They allow me to focus and have motivation and consentration and energy for long enough periods of time so that I can draw that thing I was inspired to do, so that i can write that paper i want to write, so that I can choreograph that dance I wanted to do. Without my meds I just lie in bed exhaused from executive dysfunction paralyzed in fear of trying something new from RSD and unable to focus on one thing long enough for me to actually do it. Without my meds my corridor becomes so blocked that I cant even walk through it. I am stuck. With my meds I can walk through the corridor and the obsticles are still there but I now have the control over them and not them over me. I can choose which ones i want to interact with. My meds dont stop me from being myself and being creative, they are what allows me to be myself and be creative.

The corridor analogy was so helpful for those of us who do not have ADHD. It also really helped to understand what it feels like when a person with ADHD takes medication. What a wonderful, informative little film! Your sister seems lovely and you are lucky to have each other!

I was put on medication for my ADD/ADHD four months ago and I'm so thankful for it. Before my medication I couldn't concentrate longer than 3mins at a time, and then I would go into hyper focus and spend 2hrs getting distracted and procrastinating with little awareness of what I was doing or ability to stop. I was anxious and depressed and failing my assignments. Now with my meds I'm able to complete my assignments and keep up at uni, and my anxiety and depression has subsided.

My brother has ADHD and many teachers and just people in general have been trying to get him to go on medication. My mother refuses every time. She continues to make sure that he understands that he is not a problem, his creativity doesn't need a diagnosis and there is nothing wrong with him. This also reminded me of the time I was brought to a psychiatrist for a diagnosis. They diagnosed me with panic disorder and recommended medication. I refused and never looked back. This century we live in is obsessed with social norms. Anything thats out of the ordinary we find a way to diagnose and label it that its wrong. Now I'm definitely not saying that medication won't help (my mom who is bipolar is on anti-depressants and it benefits her). But practically everyone has a disorder nowadays, we can't just point out everyones "flaws" and label them with something then give them medication that will remove their "flaws".

You're make such aesthetically pleasing films :D This is also such an important subject matter, thank you for making it xx

Aw, Lucy. This is absolutely fantastic. Incredibly important but also inspiring, both the content and they way you've created it. Thank you for sharing.

this was so interesting and beautifully made. I hardly know anything about ADHD so thankyou for informing me in such a lovely creative way.

This is really interesting as really most people don't know very much about ADHD.

This is really interesting and highly informative. Rowan is very brave to talk about this so openly, and I know a lot of people will find this really helpful. Thank you for sharing.

Beautifully said and made.

This explains it so well. I always wonder what it's like as a person with an empty corridor of a mind since I've been living this way my whole life. I've taken medication, but nothing strong enough to get me really zoned in to making me think "normally". And if it does anything, it stops working for a while. I've decided to stop taking my medication and it hasn't been too challenging. It's just incredibly frustrating when others don't understand and say "you can do it if you just tried". Well I can do it, I just do it differently than everyone else. I really liked this, and props to your sister for coming off her medication after being on it for such a long time. It's a huge change and a challenge, but it'll probably be an eye opening experience.