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Originally Posted by Moose72
I’m sorry. I don’t quite understand what you mean. My therapist friend of 20 plus years said I’m hypomanic and it’s okay- it happens. We talked about my psychosis and hypomania and hyper texting- all part of my bipolar. That helped a lot though I have to wonder why I’m ramped up crying instead of the fun hypomania where you just talk a lot and everybody thinks you’re the life of the party!
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Yeah, hypomania unfortunately isn't always fun and games. Euphoria is a symptom, but it doesn't HAVE to be there. You can have mood lability or irritability in its place and still be "hypomanic" (which is actually more common and one of the reasons why episodes go misdiagnosed). If you're having some depressive features in there you could claim "mixed features" if that makes you more comfortable (it'd be treated similarly).