Manic a state of euphoria, optimism, cheerfulness or overactivity. During manic states, the person is sociable, entertaining, and is quick to make connections between ideas.
Bipolar individuals enter disproportionately into the arts.
For example, VanGogh, Hemingway, Plato, Woolf, and Fitzgerald. All were very creative individuals and had bipolar disorder, and many committed suicide. Many people with this commit suicide. Lithium has been shown to help balance mood fluctuations. Psychotic patients who exhibit a pattern of insanity.