[Vince Ferrer]

I will go further and say they no only are coincidental, they are somewhat connected. And I will also say they are most often not permanent problems in one’s brain.

When a person pushes themselves along artistic or creative frontiers, the bipolar parts come out along with the creativity. It is the cost of being creative. If the same person did not drive themselves as hard in an artistic endeavor, their bipolar disorder symptoms would go away or be sharply reduced.

[1010RD]

I’ve noted this same phenomenon in high IQ individuals. The further up the chart they are the less stable they seem.