Trust me...hypomania is not a relaxed state! Though obviously not as severe and full blown mania that you're accustomed to. I get 5-6 hours of sleep hypomanic, and I think its because the anti-psychotic knocks me out. That is generally less sleep than I normally get. But during waking hours, there is no rest and relaxation. I become restless as hell, walking sometimes 6 miles a day to burn off the excess energy that I don't otherwise know what to do with.

Its bad enough being restless with ADD. Hypomania is so much worse. And you're thoughts race. But I come up with some of the most brilliant ideas while hypomanic, a story arc for a novel I'm working on, for example. Multiple expansive complex storylines for my roleplaying group. People tell me my creativity and writing talent is at the genius level. Its the best when I'm hypomanic.