hypomania

Mania's little sibling

Hypomania is a mood state characterized by elevated energy, reduced need for sleep, racing thoughts, and heightened confidence or irritability—similar to mania but less severe and without the psychotic features or extreme impairment that mania can bring.

It's a clinical term used primarily in psychiatry to describe episodes that occur in bipolar II disorder and cyclothymia.

Someone in a hypomanic state may feel unusually productive or creative, but the elevated mood can tip into recklessness or agitation.

Her hypomania made her take on five new projects in a week.

clinical

bipolar

Having two opposite poles

cyclothymiaMild mood disorder
psychiatryMental health medicine
DSMPsychiatric classification manual

diagnosis · antipsychotics · lithium · therapy · psychologist · serotonin · dopamine · neurotransmitters · antidepressants · psychotropic

symptoms

grandiosity

Exaggerated sense of importance

distractibilityProneness to shifting focus
irritabilityProneness to agitation
talkativenessInclination to speak extensively

restlessness · overconfidence · hyperactivity · agitation · sleeplessness · expansiveness

mood

euphoria

Intense emotional high

elationIntense triumphant joy
exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
buoyancyFluid's upward resistance

optimism · cheerfulness · ebullience · vivacity · sanguinity · gaiety · joviality · glee · exuberance · effervescence

energy

vitality

Capacity for spirited existence

vigorActive physical strength
dynamismActive, energetic quality
zealIntense driving devotion

stamina · liveliness · animation · enthusiasm · pep · zest · fervor · ardor · briskness · sprightliness

creativity

inspiration

Source of creative impulse

brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
ideationForming mental concepts
innovationCreating something original

originality · inventiveness · prolific · associations · unconventional · visionary · imaginative · generativity · fluency

impulsivity

recklessness

Careless disregard for danger

disinhibitionReduced behavioral restraint
impetuousActing on sudden urge
heedlessnessFailure to notice danger

indiscretion · spontaneity · overspending · hypersexuality · unrestrained · carelessness

Categories

mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist
mental symptomsanxiety, depression, paranoia, hallucination, delusion
Mood Disordersmajor depression, bipolar disorder, dysthymia, cyclothymia, bipolar II
mood symptomssadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, anhedonia, low mood
bipolar disorderbipolar II, cyclothymia, depressive episode, mood swings, bipolar depression
mental crisesnervous breakdown, mental breakdown, mental collapse, mental break, emotional collapse

Opposites

mood state intensity

hypomaniadepression

Prolonged low state

major depression · depressive episode · melancholia · bipolar depression · lethargy

degree of mania

hypomaniamania

Intense, consuming obsession

mental state stability

hypomaniaemotional stability

Resilient, even-keeled temperament

equanimity · composure · groundedness

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