Arrrgh, I'm a writer too and feared I'd lost that part of me when I went through my mixed episode. Normally I'll write poetry when I'm down, and really funny or poignant commentaries when I'm hypomanic, which is my most creative time. But during the mixed episode, I couldn't produce a coherent grocery list.....that scared me badly, for surely destruction would abound if I were unable to express things on paper (or a computer screen).