Bipolar and intelligence.

I'm not sure I've used the right words there, but here goes...

I'm considerably less intelligent when I'm at the upper end of my swings than the lower. With the misery comes more acute awareness, the ability to connect more things in my mind, and faster. With the highs I am slower, have a more narrow spectrum of mental ability.

It affects my concentration span, my vocabulary, my ability to multitask, concentrate on difficult tasks...

Anyone else?

When ive been high i feel, im more physical, esp sexual, i have so much energy and i write alot of shit that only makes sense to me in that state.

when im in the sludge, im dreamy i cant concentrate, i cant do anything and i get confused and slur my words.

when im ok, like now i can show my talents and intelligence because my concentration comes back, I can think and i can function.

I'm definitely in a low right now. But my intellectual agility is a bit hot at the moment...

I wish I was clever when I was high...

when I am high, I make connections that others cant see, and I can usually explain them when I am high but lose the train of thought when I am low

When I am high I become very creative and think differently, either in metaphors, or poems, or pictures.

I think my thought processes are probably more reliable when I am in a lower mood but not when really very depressed, when they just dont seem to function at all.

thought provoking thread, thanks for that