I kind of think Kay Redfield Jamison over emphasized the whole creativity thing in bipolar disorder, and maybe romanticizes the disorder excessively. I'm not saying there isn't anything to it, but we are people first. Bipolar second. Some people are more analytical than creative. I also agree with others who wrote that creativity is subjective.

We don't all fit into the bipolar stereotype. I can say that I almost never hyperspend. I'm a very frugal person. I do other things, instead.