(1) Hypomania can also have a benefit in creativity and productive energy.

(2) Mild mania, so called hypomania, on the other hand, may in some circumstances be positively advantageous.

(3) Hypomania may feel good to the person who experiences it and may even be associated with good functioning and enhanced productivity.

(4) Symptoms of hypomania include "increased motor activity, feeling agitated instead of happy, thoughts going too fast, they're distractible, and they can't concentrate."

(5) The investigators defined subthreshold bipolar disorder as recurrent hypomania (mild hypomania) without a major depressive episode or with fewer symptoms than required for threshold hypomania.

(6) A person state of hypomania immune to fear and doubt and have little social inhibition.

(7) They found that people with subthreshold hypomania have higher rates of anxiety and substance abuse and more depressive episodes than depressed people who don't exhibit manic behavior.

(8) Classic symptoms of hypomania include mild euphoria, a flood of ideas, endless energy, and a desire and drive for success.

(9) Without proper treatment, however, hypomania can become severe mania in some people or can switch into depression.

(10) Hypomania is a feature of two mood disorders: bipolar II disorder and cyclothymia .

(11) Keeping regular mealtimes is especially important if you're experiencing depression or mania/hypomania, when the temptation to skip meals can make your symptoms worse.

(12) A person in the state of hypomania might be immune to fear and doubt and have little social inhibition.

(13) Many have cited it as a gateway to their success, and a large number of people with creative talents have experienced hypomania or other symptoms of bipolar disorder.

(14) A few studies have suggested that some short sleepers may have hypomania, a mild form of mania with racing thoughts and few inhibitions.

(15) This disorder is a longitudinal diagnosis and its clinical symptoms include hypomania, mania, mixed states, major depressive episode, hyperthymic temperament and depressive mixed state.

(16) A mild to moderate level of mania is called hypomania.

(17) She had a past medical history of depression, but had never experienced hypomania previously.

(18) Method: The switching rate during therapy with antidepressants in 321 cases was investigated and analyzed according to the definition of mania, hypomania and rapid cycling induced by antidepressants.

(19) And accumulating evidence suggests that the cognitive styles associated with hypomania (expansive thought and grandiose moods) can lead to increased fluency and frequency of thoughts.

(20) Some people, however, never develop severe mania but instead experience milder episodes of hypomania that alternate with depression; this form of the illness is called bipolar II disorder.

(21) One survey dubbed "Attitude for Life" that was actually a test for hypomania.

(22) Then there is normal or balanced mood, above which comes hypomania (mild to moderate mania), and then severe mania.