Mental Health Trying to be as Creative as possible on Lamictal!

[AndrewLiam]

I believe being creative is the best state to be in. I am looking for recommendations on any drugs,supplements herbs or whatever that can help facilitate creative state's of mind and or creative breakthroughs! looking for personal experience or even speculative studies you've stumbled upon. Thanks :D

 

[herbavore]

The best thing you can do to foster creativity IMO is to work on the relationship with yourself. Learning about your own shadow--how to accept it and learn from it. Learning how to avoid the thought loops that shut you down (completely self-imposed but we often mistakenly project them onto outside forces or people). Learning to develop a practice within your chosen creative field. These are all important. Just out of curiosity, what do your creative juices run towards?

 

[AndrewLiam]

I think I get what you mean Herbavore, like accepting the dark part within myself that is in everyone(what I took from what you said at least lol). I also think you raise a great point that it's about routine that works and not having you be your worst enemy...Thanks for the interest man I'm heavily into music Rock/hard rock/the Beatles Soundgarden Layne Staley and am learning to sing but I also want to write actual melodies and songs on my guitar which i've learned to play over the past 5 years or so, an album and find bandmates to colab with but I want to write some stuff first

 

[SixBuckets]

It's really boring and uninspiring advice, but the best thing you can do to keep "being creative" is just to practice it. Make yourself write/draw/play as frequently as possible, even if you're not feeling the vibe.

People who keep the creative juices going into later life don't have some secret trick - they just never put down the instrument.

 

[herbavore]

People who keep the creative juices going into later life don't have some secret trick - they just never put down the instrument.

I teach art in an elementary school and often some of the older kids will say, "Are you a real artist, Ms_?" What they mean of course is, "are you financially rewarded for your art?" I tell them that I am a real artist because I have never let anything stop me from being one. That includes negative criticism, lack of financial gain, self-doubt, lack of physical space, family commitments, exhausting day jobs, other valued pastimes, fluctuating mind-states etc. (the list could go on forever). Continually coming back to creating is the healthiest thing in my life. So, OP, find a way. Often that way is what Six Buckets is saying--just force yourself to give it a certain amount of time every day no matter what happens in that time. If you think about it, creativity embodies everything that is good for your life in general: flow, surrender of control, courage, discipline, playfulness, emotion, faith, connection to something larger than yourself, communication.