Biz you are right. Some of our brightest minds may have been totally normaled out if meds had been available then. People like Van Gogh and Beethoven would never been as creative as they were if meds were around then. Who would have created "Ode to Joy" or "Starry Night"? Then again Van Gogh killed himself over his illness and Beethoven was a bear to live with because of his tantrums and bad habits. Nevermind the guy was deaf, which was another story.
Unfortunately not all of us have that creative gene as these people did but we are our own person and have the right to be that way.
But where is the middle? How can we keep the creative without all that bad stuff that comes with it?