Creativity vs illness

I feel like finishing all my “art” projects. I don’t want this to be how I identify problems. But since I started logging what I do and how I feel, it seems that bursts of creative energy are a warning sign of mania. All I want to do is play guitar, draw and paint. I love how I feel right now. I’ve been awake for 20 hours. I’ve set alarms to let me know. Life is cruel. I play and draw and paint when I feel good not sleeping. But when I’m balanced, sleeping right, normal. I feel like a lead balloon.

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I am wary when I feel better and euphoric. Lethargy of mind goes away. Start having creative thoughts about my problems. It usually doesn’t last. Or I end up doing something which I later regret.

Cycle never ends. Feel like a balloon floating in air. Goes anywhere the wind takes it.

get some sleep man and tell your pdoc…are you taking your meds on time and all? worried.

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That’s kind of what I’m doing. I tried for probably ten years to stop waking up at 3am and drink coffee (because for some reason this is my most productive time) but I never felt as good. So I reverted. I also tried for months multiple times to quit coffee. Maybe I felt OK but I was sleeping more. I don’t know what to say, at least your aware of it. Maybe there is a happy medium.

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