Hacking Your ADHD Creativity and ADHD with Saman Kesh
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Jul 25, 2022 Award-winning director Saman Kesh talks about creativity, ADHD, and navigating medication and therapy. The conversation explores sensitivity, problem-solving, practical ways to get unstuck, building useful routines, and helping collaborators understand what you need.
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Early Medication, Pause, Then Return
- Saman Kesh got prescribed ADHD meds at age 12, stopped years later after concerns about growth, then resumed meds when career demands exploded.
- A viral music video during film school thrust him into high-pressure directing work that exposed his need for structure and medication.
Structure Masks ADHD Challenges
- School provided rigid external structure that masked ADHD challenges through deadlines, classes, and fixed times.
- After graduation, lacking that structure made project selection and time management painfully obvious and destabilizing.
ADHD As Heightened Sensitivity
- Gabor Maté frames ADHD as intense sensitivity and overstimulation rather than mere laziness or lack of willpower.
- That sensitivity, while painful, is often the source of deep creativity and artistic strength.