hypomania

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Recent Examples of hypomania Cyclothymia symptoms are less-intense hypomania and depression that do not meet clinical criteria for hypomania or depression. Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2024 In essays, Goodfellow details antidepressant-induced hypomania. Michelle Pugle, Health, 23 Jan. 2023 But anabolic steroids are also associated with anxiety and major mood disorders, including mania, hypomania and major depression. John Leland, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2023 And in fact, four people experienced temporary hypomania, i.e. abnormally elevated mood, which is usually seen in bipolar disorder, although none of the patients in this study had a history of bipolar. Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2010 In 1977, five years before his death, Monk was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and hypomania. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2022 Godfrey's experience includes episodes of major depression and hypomania (milder than mania) characteristic of bipolar II. Emily Strohm, PEOPLE.com, 9 Mar. 2022 While hypomania doesn't include psychosis, some people with bipolar 2 may take antipsychotic drugs if their depression involves hallucinations or delusions. Ashley Abramson, Health.com, 2 Nov. 2021 Typically, hypomania doesn’t affect your ability to work, and episodes last about four days, according to the Cleveland Clinic8. Ashley Abramson, SELF, 28 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypomania
Noun
  • Olanzapine is a drug used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The oral drug designed to help treat adults with schizophrenia has the potential to reach peak sales of $10 billion or more annually, according to the analysts.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Atypical antipsychotics – medication used to treat a range of psychiatric disorders – are often used to treat psychosis in Alzheimer’s patients even though they are not approved for that purpose.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Most people do it while experiencing some form of the socially sanctioned psychosis known as Being in Love.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On the other hand, cannabis impairment may lead to anxiety and paranoia, which may make a driver more cautious and want to drive more slowly.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
  • While groups on Nextdoor and the Ring Neighbors app can devolve into paranoia and big arguments over tiny things, the extreme vigilance among their many users means that some of those individuals are repositories of memories.
    Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Shohei Ohtani’s presence everywhere For any Chicago sports fans old enough to remember the height of Michael Jordan’s fame and popularity, that’s what Shohei Ohtani mania looks like around Tokyo.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
  • However, the speed of government, even this highly active Trump administration, does not come close to the 24/7 mania of crypto markets.
    Alexander S. Blume, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • After World War II, a neurodegenerative disease that looked just like ALS—though some patients also showed features of Parkinson’s and dementia—surged in Guam, predominantly among the native Chamorro people.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Her cause of death, John, 66, told The Washington Post, was complications from dementia.
    Brendan Le, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • My remaining neuroses are laser-directed on his well-being.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • And his neurosis with his family makes perfect sense in a way that’s obvious but satisfying.
    Cat Zhang, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024

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“Hypomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypomania. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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