When I had been on lithium a year, along with various anti depressants, I complained to my therapist that I felt lousy all the time. Like I was on the verge of depression. He chuckled and said that I was experiencing "normal"

Normal?

My response was, "No wonder most people are so unhappy. Normal sucks."

So modern psychology steals you hypomania, leaves you either depressed or feeling about to be depressed. Another miracle of modern medicine.