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What is Mania?
What is Mania?
Mania is a period of elevated change in a person's mood and energy levels that aren’t typical for that person. These episodes of high energy are also noticeable by other people and are often accompanied by impulsive behaviours.
What is Hypomania?
What is Hypomania?
Hypomania is a milder form of Mania where a person's energy levels are higher than normal but not to the same extent as with Mania.
Both mania and hypomania are closely related to mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder. Episodes of mania are common symptoms of these conditions.
Differences between Mania and Hypomania
Differences between Mania and Hypomania
Mania and hypomania differ when it comes to their duration, intensity, and impact they have on everyday life. Listed below are some of the key differences:
Duration: Irritable and elevated moods last at least one week in mania, however, with hypomania symptoms only last about 4 days
Intensity: In mania, symptoms are severe and can severely impact a person's life. However, with hypomania, symptoms are less severe and can be somewhat managed without intervention
Daily Impact: With mania, important life activities such as work and social relationships are impaired. However, with hypomania, there is so functional impairment
Symptoms
Symptoms
feeling very happy, elated or overjoyed
talking very quickly
feeling full of energy
feeling self-important
feeling full of great new ideas and having important plans
being easily distracted
being delusional, having hallucinations and disturbed or illogical thinking
not feeling like sleeping
not eating
doing things that often have disastrous consequences – such as spending large sums of money on expensive and sometimes unaffordable items
making decisions or saying things that are out of character and that others see as being risky or harmful
being easily irritated or agitated
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