hypomania
noun
hy·po·ma·nia
ˌhī-pə-ˈmā-nē-ə 
-nyə
: a mild mania especially when part of bipolar disorder
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Cycling between periods of mania or hypomania – high energy and excitement – and depression can have an enormous impact on a person’s daily life, work, and relationships.
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New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
And then fifteen years later, divorce uprooted us all; my family-first ethic hadn’t withstood the episodes of depression and hypomania that, eerily for me, took hold of my husband for a handful of years at midlife.
—Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
He was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to Mayo Clinic.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
For predictions of mania or hypomania, the top five variables were heart rate, sleep efficiency, percentage of sleep spent in REM sleep, number of very active minutes, and median bedtime.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
These depressive symptoms may dominate for years before symptoms of hypomania develop.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024
In general, the hypomania symptoms associated with bipolar 2 may occur at a later age than bipolar 1.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024
Episodes of depression and mania or hypomania (less intense than mania) can cycle with unpredictable timing.
—Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
Cyclothymia symptoms are less-intense hypomania and depression that do not meet clinical criteria for hypomania or depression.
—Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2024
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New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
And then fifteen years later, divorce uprooted us all; my family-first ethic hadn’t withstood the episodes of depression and hypomania that, eerily for me, took hold of my husband for a handful of years at midlife.
—Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
He was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to Mayo Clinic.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
For predictions of mania or hypomania, the top five variables were heart rate, sleep efficiency, percentage of sleep spent in REM sleep, number of very active minutes, and median bedtime.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
These depressive symptoms may dominate for years before symptoms of hypomania develop.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024
In general, the hypomania symptoms associated with bipolar 2 may occur at a later age than bipolar 1.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024
Episodes of depression and mania or hypomania (less intense than mania) can cycle with unpredictable timing.
—Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
Cyclothymia symptoms are less-intense hypomania and depression that do not meet clinical criteria for hypomania or depression.
—Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2024
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hypomania
noun
hy·po·ma·nia
ˌhī-pə-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə
: a mild mania especially when part of bipolar disorder
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