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- adjective afflicted with a mild state of
mania - noun A person afflicted with
hypomania .
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Examples
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But somebody who was there did write about it and they came up with the phrase hypomanic, and what I understand hypomanic to be is a sort of sub-clinical, not so serious as to be paralyzing case of manic depression.
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She admitted to having developed "hypomanic" (milder than full-blown mania) symptoms on an antidepressant.
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I'm sick of it all; sick of the medications, sick of the appointments, sick of using words like "hypomanic" and, "pressured speech" in conversation, sick of the carefulness, sick of the sickness.
www.mentallyinteresting.org.uk | Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive 2009
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It's never clear cut with me - often I suffer from agitated depression, so it's kind of hypomanic speech patterns with a very despairing theme.
www.mentallyinteresting.org.uk | Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive 2008
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People with Bipolar I Disorder have had at least one manic episode, as opposed to people with Bipolar II Disorder who have hypomanic episodes.
Red Room: Living With The Stigma Of Mental Illness Red Room 2011
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People with Bipolar I Disorder have had at least one manic episode, as opposed to people with Bipolar II Disorder who have hypomanic episodes.
Red Room: Living With The Stigma Of Mental Illness Red Room 2011
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Gartner, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, discusses the hypomanic qualities of entrepreneurs and leaders who took risks to come to America.
U.S. Has Highest Bipolar Rate—Why? Health.com 2011
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At the other end of the spectrum, the hyper-articulate, hypomanic Michel Chapoutier, who walks with a pronounced limp because he was too busy to get a broken leg set some years ago, makes big, rich, heavily oak-influenced wines that can outmuscle Guigal's.
The Bacony Goodness of Côte-Rôtie Jay McInerney 2011
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Gartner, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, discusses the hypomanic qualities of entrepreneurs and leaders who took risks to come to America.
U.S. Has Highest Bipolar Rateââ¬âWhy? Health.com 2011
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People with Bipolar I Disorder have had at least one manic episode, as opposed to people with Bipolar II Disorder who have hypomanic episodes.
Red Room: Living With The Stigma Of Mental Illness Red Room 2011
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