hypomania

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Recent Examples of hypomania 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. 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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Noun
  • In addition to multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, the proposal passed by the state Senate would permanently extend an existing law prohibiting step therapy for schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, which was set to sunset on January 1, 2027.
    Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
  • Purdy’s defense attorneys had hoped to call his mother to the witness stand to present evidence of her history of mental illness, drug addiction, alcoholism, schizophrenia and alcohol abuse during her pregnancy with Purdy.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Long term effects can include memory loss, psychosis, depression, numbness, or birth defects if the drug is used during pregnancy.
    Jillian Frankel, People.com, 22 May 2025
  • Already, reviews are raving about Lawrence’s performance as a woman who experiences postpartum depression and develops psychosis, opposite Robert Pattinson as her unfaithful husband.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Unlike its counterpart, THC, CBD offers no high and no paranoia.
    Valerie Butler, Essence, 19 May 2025
  • Many drinks also include a small amount of CBD to help balance out the high and reduce the chance of anxiety or paranoia.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The discovery of a Brazilian orchid with huge red-and-purple flowers in the early nineteenth century set off a mania for the exotic plants in Victorian England.
    Jenny Uglow, The New York Review of Books, 22 May 2025
  • Kissam was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which can cause periods of mania and depression.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Though its symptoms mimic those of dementia, NPH is reversible and can be treated with surgery to implant valves that allow CSF to drain into the chest or abdomen rather than the brain.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 May 2025
  • Devon lives with her father (Bill Camp), who is in early stages of dementia and requires considerable looking after.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Both leads are superb, equally aggravated and aggravating, brittle with neuroses that occasionally relax and part to reveal gentle need.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 May 2025
  • A bit later, her sometimes-exhausting internal monologues arrived on Broadway in song form, which aired out the neurosis.
    Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025

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“Hypomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypomania. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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