Every time I have an episode, which admittedly is almost all the time, I get quite a few obsessions and compulsions. My psychiatrist said it might be my brain trying to distract itself from whatever mood I'm in. As a way of dealing with the bad feelings and thoughts. Most of my hypo-manic periods are often filled with anxiety and anger, so they're not much fun, and I've got a lot of rapid cycling which is stressful.
Does anyone else have this problem? Or does someone have a solution? Or at least something that can calm it down a bit