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Originally Posted by argv
well, my initial conclusion is that, medication *may* inhibit some intensity, but it's pointless to be creative if you have no motivation to do anything, are depressed, and can't get out of bed.
I still feel that my ideas, musicwise, are more "gritty" when I'm off meds, so again, I quit them for a weekend, play, record, then when I'm medicated I do the final touch ups.
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I hear you on the depression issue. Also a very interesting way you are managing your creative energies.
Fortunately for me, I don't experience severe depression for extended periods. Since being medicated, my issues revolved around loss of identity, suicidality, hyperacousis, disorientation, paranoia, and the frustration with other people not sharing my experiences of sights, sounds, and feelings (or lack thereof).
I'm currently off all psych meds because I found after trying various meds for 18 months that I lost my sense of musicality and my emotional response to art. As a visual artist, that cost me everything in my career and shattered my identity. I have chosen to live with the pain (and joy) of labile moods and am finding success in rebuilding my identity and skills in seeing and portraying people in a way that originally brought clients my way. Normal / average / typical are not beneficial attributes in my line of work.