Hypomania WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Hypomania
Hypomania is a symptom of bipolar disorder. It begins as a feeling of excitement or euphoria but can spiral out of control.1 Hypomania is similar to mania, but less severe. 2
Fast Facts:
- Some positive attributes of hypomania are high energy, quickness of thought, and grand ambitions.1
- Negative features of hypomania are irritability and an inflated ego.1
- Lithium, Carbamazepine or sodium valproate are useful medications for hypomania, along with counseling and cognitive behavior therapy.3
- See what psychiatrists say about using talk therapy instead of taking medications for treatment.
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Latest Headlines on Hypomania
What is Hypomania?
- Behave Net (via American Psychiatric Association): Criteria for Hypomanic Episode
- About.com: Depression: Hypomania
- UpToDate: Hypomania Definition
What Are The Symptoms of Hypomania?
- Wikipedia: Hypomania Episodes (Symptoms)
- Cleveland Clinic (via WebMD): Bipolar Disorder: Hypomania and Mania Symptoms
- Counselling Resource: Clinical Symptoms of a Hypomanic Episode
- Essortment: Signs of Hypomania
What Are The Causes of Hypomania?
- WrongDiagnosis: Causes of Hypomania
- DiseasesAtoZ: Causes of Hypomania
- Merck Manuals: Bipolar Disorder
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Hypomania?
- Wikipedia: Hypomania Treatment
- Mind: Hypomania Treatments
- McMan's Depression and Bipolar Web: Treating Hypomania
Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Hypomania
- Pendulum: Hypomania May Have Its Benefits
- NY Times Magazine: The Hypomanic American
- The Infinite Mind: Hypomania
- Voices Forum: Hypomania by Tracey Hayes
- BipolarConnect: Understanding Hypomania: Energies Bop, Inhibitions Drop, Ideas Pop
- HealthBoards: What is Hypomania??
- DailyStrength: Hypomania and Depressed Even on Meds Post
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Hypomania
- JAMA: Archives of Hypomania Research
- PubMed Central: Hypomania Articles
- Google Scholar: Journals on Hypomania
Clinical Trials on Hypomania
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hypomania Open Clinical Trials
- CenterWatch: Clinical Trial Listings for Hypomania
Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Infinite Mind: Hypomania
- ↑ MedicineNet: Definition of Hypomania
- ↑ Mind: Hypomania Treatments
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- Contributor: Tara Salamone
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 20, 2009
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- Contributor: Tara Salamone
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Hypo mania, Hipomania, Hypomaniac illness
- Last update: Mar. 19, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
