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Old May 03, 2013, 02:29 PM
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Below are the clinical symptoms of Hypomania that I could find. Can you give me some specific examples of each one, please.

- You don't need much sleep.
I normally average about 4hrs, but when hypomania hits I need none and force myself to have 2hrs.

- You're more talkative than usual or feel pressure to keep talking.
I honestly just keep talking or typing, sometimes waking my sister or bf at 3am to talk or text because I have so many things to say and I will explode if I don't. Alternatively, I leave them annoying voicemails, mostly which entails me telling them they suck WetRabidDogAss because they need sleep and are therefore mere mortals (grandoise much), and then I proceed by singing them songs. Why? no convo, so nothing to say but words need to escape my mouth, so I sing whatever songs I'm listening to. Yes at 3am...

- You experiece a flight of ideas or feel your thoughts are racing.
My train of thought rarely completes before another starts, my mind is off on a fast-paced tangent, which also means I switch from topic to topic when I'm speaking or texting. Sometimes they make no sense, like when I told my mom "I want to smoke pink cigarette and 9 y.o tired clouds bath"

-You are easily distracted.
Zero concentration span, horrible when I'm at work because I can't comprehend / remember a simple instruction, without writing it down, or follow through with simple tasks without checking and rechecking, and sometimes enlisting the help of friend to see that I actually have understood after my many frustrated attempts or that I managed to complete my task accurately. VERY frustrating to experience at work.

- You are driven toward accomplishing specific goals (either socially - at work or school - or sexually) or you are experiencing psychomotor agitation. -- (By the way, what is Psychomotor Agitation?)
More like I get obsessed. Either with achieving something, or learning everything I possibly can about my new favourite topic. The goal there is to be the expert. Expert on folk lore, religion, lightning, Ancient Egypt, famous Urban Legends, and sometimes Serial Killers.

Btw an example of psychomotor agitation is uncontrollable pacing. Personally, I grind my teeth without knowing it and try to make myself stop when I realize my jaw hurts

- You have grandiose thinking.
I'm more intelligent, more creative and more beautiful than most people I know. Upside to that is, I actually like myself and appreciate my reflection more, I feel gorgeous, which is fricken fantastic

- You've become excessively involved with pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences, such as unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions or foolish business investments.
Shopping highs are theeee best except when I racked up a years worth of debt on underwear. Also I usually have a high sex drive, but these are the times I want to do riskier things, like when I got undressed and straddled bf while he was driving Lucky it was night and he's an excellent driver
Thanks for this!
Atypical_Disaster, BlueInanna