- wake up at 5 am and do laundry
- mop and polish the floors throughout the apartment
- work on three compositions at once
- talk too fast
- sleep, barely, fitfully, maximum four hours a night
- don't eat normal meals
- don't eat much at all
- make lists of projects
- obsess over random series of numbers
- disassemble three sets of rapidograph pens
- clean pens in ultrasonic cleaner
- work on meticulous, highly-detailed pen and ink drawings in my "book" (I draw, write, scribble, etc., in notebooks. I have dozens of them).
- hand-wash two sweaters and a jacket
- re-organize bedroom closet
- put winter clothes away
- take out more summer clothes
- pay bills
- make phone calls to set up appointments for next week
- converse numerous times with my collaborator on the play
Thursday, May 10, 2007
hypomanic
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this level of creativity and productivity, plus reduced appetite and inability to sleep, mimics almost completely the same behaviors caused by amphetamines
i wonder what triggers your brain to organically stimulate your nervous system this way? and i wonder if there is a pattern to it? once a month? lasting for how long? and, this mania happens regardless of other medications? in spite of? because of?
i'm so fascinated by how people respond to chemical rains in their brains -and so curious about them. keeping notes, like you have here, seems invaluable
i'm grateful for you and your blog ~s.
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