[artismyonelove]

Has any artist in any medium felt this way, while being on meds? I feel like as though my creativity has died. I was on just adderall and hypomanic all the time and produced the best art I've ever done so far in my life. But now they put me on mood stabilizers. Vrylar and lamictal. Made me loose complete inspiration. I almost want to stop vrylar and lamictal so I can create again. I feel as though these meds besides adderall has completely stopped me from creating this make me angry and sad. I don't feel like myself half the time.

[19J82]

I have the artistic talent of a one legged goat, but I do experience similar. I'm normally very knowledgeable on a wide number of topics, I can spot a misspelt word on a page almost immediately and I can speak eloquently. But, with the meds I find that everything goes out of reach, be it facts or words when I'm speaking. It's really very frustrating as they are things I'm good at and proud of being good at. I found that Depakote was the worst for it, but now I'm on Lithium so hoping it might get better (probably not with my luck).

[Daonnachd]

I used to sculpt and paint, but ECT was like a nuclear bomb going off in my brain. It decimated theory, practice, and inspiration.

[mossanimal]

I'm not sure about meds yet. For me it's the depression that sucks it dry. You can see it in the cycles of my work. I go from super creative and risky and then switch to non-creative historical work.

[wiretwister]

I am not very artsy but I am very technical ... a higher dose of lamictal did dumb me down pretty good ... I have redused to 100mg and feel it has returned ... may just be your dose ... worth asking about ...

[crunchyt]

I'm definitely creative but now on meds I'm just feel numb and don't want to do anything. I mentioned it to my pdoc and she said that the craft aspect was probably part of my mania.

[Flutterby11]

meds absolutely numb my creativity i paint and draw and work with oil pastels and since i started meds i have done a lot less of that.

[Naynay99]

Idk. I feel like meds should return you to a more balanced mood range, not dull normal human emotions and erase artistic ability. That doesn't sound like wellness to me. Stability perhaps, but feeling numb and uninspired makes it sound like being stabilized at a constant low level depressive state...

I do believe that the extra confidence, frenzy of excess energy and ideas, and reduced need for sleep of hypomania would definitely have a positive effect on one's artistic expression. But I don't think that lacking a hypo mood should annihilate all creativity.

I think wiretwister's suggestion that maybe you need a decreased dosage of meds- this sounds like a reasonable thing to discuss with a pdoc.
I hope your creative spark returns soon. Take care.

[Wander]

I am on a tonne of meds and while stable I am still able to write, play guitar and take photos. At university I get good marks for my creative pieces such as writing and photography. Still, I do find meds do make me slightly less creative. For me PTSD has had more of an impact on my creativity than meds. Now the PTSD is under control (pretty much gone really) I am creative again.

Depression sucks my creativity dry though and hypomania makes me more creative. Idea's flow fast. However, AP's like Zyprexa do badly effect my creativity so I use them sparingly unless in a bad epode like now.

[Unrigged64072835]

I felt that meds have done that for a while. I'm on Latuda now and I've gotten some of it back. On Depakote I felt like atomic sludge.

Been on meds about a decade now. Still got it. Creativity, that is.

[*Laurie*]

One of the many aspects of my existence that I've sacrificed to mental illness/having to be on meds is my extremely creative Self. I am still creative, still inspired, but it's attenuated by the medication I need to be on.