Speaking from the bipolar end of things, your antsy-ness to “do” is I think fairly common. It’s a common thread for bipolar folk to miss their hypomania — that energy and action — when they are not hypomanic. They kind of miss that “high.” What would happen if thought of these times as probably more balanced or stable than those times when you feel more actively “do-ing”?

One thing I’ve come to realize is I am much more stable actually when I am a bit less motivated: I’m calmer; I take the time to nurture rather than accomplish; I’m more emotionally introspective without being full-on depressed on one end or grandiose on the other end. True, stability can be boring and can even feel nonproductive, but a bit of boredom, stability, and time to just “be” isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Perhaps what you may need to consider is the need to accept these times as okay, not pathological at all, just mellower.