After reading another thread on this forum in the review section I saw that domstone86 mentioned he's bipolar type 2. Didn't want to distract from the reviewing on that thread so I thought I'd post here.
I'm also bipolar type two, and find it impacts upon my writing a massive amount. I mainly write when hypomanic, and almost never write when I'm depressed. Although I never really talk about bipolar in lyrics, I sometimes feel that the drive I sometimes have to write songs, or even the turmoil I sometimes feel inspires me a bit.
There are numerous studies linking mainly Schizophrenia and Bipolar with creativity. I was wondering if anyone else on this forum has struggled with any of these issues, and if they've found it helpful, or counter productive to their writing.