shebutterfly; I mostly suffered from major depression as well and the hypomania would present in either being really driven and/or irritable. Reading about the illness helped me come to terms with it. I can suggest 2 great books "Bipolar Breakthrough" by Ronald Fieve and "Less than Crazy: Living Fully with Bipolar II" by Karla Dougherty. It also helped me to go to a bipolar education group and a support group. If you search "bipolar support groups" or "mood disorder support group" and where you live it should bring up local groups in your area.