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Jul 31, 2013, 10:28 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
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Originally Posted by PAYNE1
I am interested in hearing more about this issue. I was thinking that the symptoms mentioned here are signs of mania. I just tend to talk and talk and talk and can't stop--and do and do and do (like cleaning)--and can't stop. I was thinking that was mania, too.
Well, what is mania--and what is hypomania?  |
It differs from person to person. In part, it's a matter of degree and to what extent these things seriously negatively affect your functioning. Episodes of full-blown mania often include what you're talking about, often with little need for sleep, but in addition some form of delusions, other forms of psychosis, some people, along with the other symptoms, go into rages. Unbearable agitation. Some people make very impulsive and destructive decisions that radically change their lives. You're not necessarily going to be hospitalized, but your daily functioning is going to be very seriously compromised. But people here can attest to all kinds of different ways full-blown mania can manifest itself, as I say, it differs.
I'm not a doctor, but it seems to me that increased energy, productivity, talkativeness, if it's basically limited to this sort of thing, it's more likely hypomania. These things may be annoying and/or fun, but they're not going to turn your life utterly upside down. Full-blown mania (bipolar I) is actually pretty rare, statistically.
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