It isn't really hypomania. It is more being wired. I have had hypo mania and it is a part of my coming out of it cycle. It is really hard to put into words the difference for me. I have just felt the Fetzima kicking in. It is very activating, I am sure due to the nor epinephrine. I don't feel more creative and I do know what that feels like. I have been able to go through all my paper work and get things some what organized. I have reasons for needing to do that. Today I am going to take a shower and go grocery shopping. No big deal for most. It is huge for me compared to where I have been. The amount of coffee in the morning isn't helping. The addict in me just won't let me switch to decaf. It is weird but when I am severely depressed I never touch coffee...no desire for it.

When I went through that full blown manic episode from the meth withdrawal I was very creative. I would walk outside and look at something and a whole poem would pop into my head. I have never written l line of poetry in my life. I would blow people away with my writings and sayings I would come up with. I wish I still had those notebooks. I was full blown manic and psychotic but I loved it, it was very cool to have whole poems just pop into your head. Good poems too. I get much more creative once I have fully come out of the depression.

I find it very interesting too that so many great American writers were major alcoholics. There is definitely some connection between addiction and mental illness and creativity. Normally I am very left brained and analytical but in the right situation I have access to that right brain creativity.

There are supposed to be exercises that you can do to access that creativity if you are left brained. I have read about it but never did them. I am sure you and I are much more creative at work then we give ourselves credit for, having analytic jobs.

This thread is getting off track from my original intention. Oh well it tends to happen.