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Apr 19, 2016 at 06:23 AM
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How do you feel your creativeness has changed on medication?
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Apr 19, 2016 at 07:21 AM
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I've found that my creativity is better with medications than if I'm depressed without them. Depression kills my creativity so if meds help that then I'm still creative.
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Apr 19, 2016 at 09:41 AM
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I feel dull since taking Latuda. Although before antipsychotics most of my "creativity" was not very constructive. I'd write and write for hours in journals thinking that I was making all these epiphanies and that my journals would be a book one day, but in reality, I was just writing boring gibberish that no one would want to read. Now I'm more focused so the things I do are actually constructive.
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May 24, 2016 at 10:43 PM
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May 24, 2016 at 10:44 PM
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May 25, 2016 at 06:29 AM
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I find Seroquel definitely puts a damper on my creativity. I used to write a lot and now I struggle to get a blog post out once a month. The worst part is I have a contract to write a book, and I can't work up any enthusiasm for the project.
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Jun 01, 2016 at 10:04 PM
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I feel more focused and creative. My mind is clear now
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Jun 02, 2016 at 02:13 AM
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Meds puts a damper on my creativity. When I am a little manic or even a bit depressed I become very creative. I love to write so when I am "normal" and in an even mood I have writer's block.
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Jun 04, 2016 at 03:37 PM
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I can be creative on the right meds.
I had a unique experience with Lamictal a few years ago. I got up to taking 200mg. I was super energetic...manic my doc said...but energetic...not euphoric. I'm a musician and songwriter. I wrote 133 songs in 45 days complete with music and lyrics. Really...it's a lot of songs....it's all I did. As far as the creativity goes, I was witty with my words and puns. There is a lot of fun you can have with words, symbols, hiding messages in the lyrics. Looking back I will probably never revisit 110 of those songs because they lacked real intensity...like it was dull and pointless to write about some of the mundane things I thought to write about. There were a few gems that were worth revising and taking to the masses at some point. When I got off the Lamictal I kept writing songs..not so many so fast but still wrote. The quality of the songs are much better now...like I've returned to my normal self. The feedback I get on the songs are better if that's an indicator. |
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Jun 04, 2016 at 05:01 PM
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I feel no more and no less creative...but I'm not the most creative person to start with, so there's that...
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