I am an artist. When I was manic back in April I was beginning and finishing a painting a day for ten days! It normally takes three weeks to complete one! Sometimes I hate not being manic because I dont have as much fun and everything takes so long. However, it's like the tortoise and the hare. Eventually the tortoise gets to the finish line first because the hare ran so fast he had to take a nap before the end of the race. That's manic depression in a nutshell for me. So now I'm stable on meds, productive but not overly, yet not manic and racing...which btw sends me to the psyche ward. Three psyche wards in 4 months. Not fun but helpful. Think I'll be the tortoise now!