I get annoyed when people go the other way - discount my happiness because I am slightly hypomanic. Happy is happy, if I am not manic enough for concern. I have not been truly "stable" in about 25 years; the closest I get is just being slightly depressed or slightly manic. Since the last med change, slightly hypomanic is the new normal and I smile and laugh a lot more. This happiness is real and it annoys me to no end when people say it's just my mood and not true happiness. If that is the case, then I am not allowed any and I won't accept that.