Like mania, there seems to be a significant correlation between hypomania and creativity.

Thus, there are depressive disorders, of which the best-known and most researched is major depressive disorder ( MDD ) commonly called clinical depression or major depression, and bipolar disorder ( BD ), formerly known as manic depression and characterized by intermittent episodes of mania or hypomania, usually interlaced with depressive episodes.

During marketing of other SSRIs and SNRIs ( serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors ), there have been spontaneous reports of adverse events occurring upon discontinuation of these drugs, particularly when abrupt, including the following: dysphoric mood, irritability, agitation, aggressiveness, dizziness, sensory disturbances ( e. g., paresthesias such as electric shock sensations ), anxiety, confusion, headache, lethargy, emotional lability, insomnia, hypomania, tinnitus, and seizures.

Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder ( historically known as manic-depressive disorder ) is a psychiatric diagnosis for a mood disorder in which people experience disruptive mood swings that encompass a frenzied state known as mania ( or hypomania ) and, usually, symptoms of depression.

Bipolar disorder can appear to be unipolar depression: what distinguishes bipolar disorder from unipolar depression is the presence of mania ( or hypomania ).

Because mania and hypomania have also been associated with creativity and artistic talent, it is not always the case that the clearly manic bipolar person needs or wants medical help ; such persons often either retain sufficient self-control to function normally or are unaware that they have " gone manic " severely enough to be committed or to commit themselves.

One of the most signature symptoms of mania ( and to a lesser extent, hypomania ) is what many have described as racing thoughts.

A minor state is essentially hypomania and, like hypomania's characteristics, may involve increased creativity, wit, gregariousness, and ambition.

Verapamil, a calcium-channel blocker, is useful in the treatment of hypomania and in those cases where lithium and mood stabilizers are contraindicated or ineffective.

Specifically, hypomania is distinguished from mania by the absence of psychotic symptoms and grandiosity, and by its lesser degree of impact on functioning.

A lesser form of hypomania is called hyperthymia.

Often in those who have experienced their first episode of hypomania ( which is a level of mild to moderate mania )-generally without psychotic features-there will have been a long or recent history of depression prior to the emergence of manic symptoms, and commonly this surfaces in the mid to late teens.

In those instances, as in cases of drug-induced hypomanic episodes in unipolar depressives, the hypomania can almost invariably be eliminated by lowering medication dosage, withdrawing the drug entirely, or changing to a different medication if discontinuation of treatment is not possible.

Some, such as Johns Hopkins psychologist John Gartner, argue that hypomania is better understood as a stable non-pathological temperament rather than an episode of mental illness The DSM however clearly defines hypomania as an aberrant state, not a stable trait.

Cyclothymia is a condition of continued mood fluctuations between hypomania and depressive symptoms that do not meet the criteria for a major depressive episode.

If the depressive episodes are routinely during the winter and the hypomania presents in the spring / summer it is possible that the person may be diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder instead of bipolar II disorder.

If left untreated, hypomania can transition into mania and sometimes psychosis, in which case, bipolar I disorder is often diagnosed.

The effect of the midnight sun, that is, not experiencing night for long durations of time, is said to cause hypomania, which is characterized by persistent and pervasive elevated or irritable mood.

Rare side effects usually only seen in susceptible individuals may include hypomania or mania, psychosis, and acute liver failure, the latter of which is usually only seen in people with pre-existing liver damage, old age, alcohol consumption, or viral infection.

They may last a few hours-ultradian-or extend over days-ultrarapid: clinicians maintain that only when four continuous days of hypomania, or seven days of mania, occur, is a diagnosis of bipolar disorder justified.

It is not itself a disorder, but can be associated with temporal lobe changes in epilepsy, and hypomania and mania in the context of bipolar disorder.

It is estimated that up to 25 % of such patients maintained on Imipramine will switch into mania or hypomania.

These disorders range from bipolar I disorder, featuring full-blown manic episodes, to cyclothymia, featuring less prominent hypomanic episodes, to " subsyndromal " conditions where only some of the criteria for mania or hypomania are met.

* m — less severe mania ( hypomania )

Subthreshold symptoms were generally still substantially impairing, however, except for hypomania ( below or above threshold ) which was associated with improved functioning.

Classic symptoms of hypomania include mild euphoria, a flood of ideas, seemingly endless energy, and a desire and drive for success.

In cases of true drug-induced hypomania, discontinuation of the antidepressant or drug that has triggered the episode — for example steroid therapy or stimulants such as amphetamine — usually causes a fairly swift return to normal mood.

Medications typically prescribed for hypomania include mood stabilizers such as valproic acid and lithium carbonate as well as atypical antipsychotics such as olanzapine and quetiapine.

Mania varies in intensity, from mild mania ( hypomania ) to full-blown mania with psychotic features, including hallucinations, delusion of grandeur, suspiciousness, catatonic behavior, aggression, and a preoccupation with thoughts and schemes that may lead to self-neglect.

Thus, mD represents a case with hypomania and major depression.

Unipolar hypomania ( m ) without accompanying depression has been noted in the medical literature.

Generally, hypomania does not inhibit functioning like mania.

Many people with hypomania are actually in fact more productive than usual, while manic individuals have difficulty completing tasks due to a shortened attention span.

Also, the individual may not be able to recall the events that took place while they were experiencing hypomania.

If left untreated, an episode of hypomania can last anywhere from a few days to several years.

Bipolar I disorder sometimes occurs along with episodes of hypomania or major depression as well.

Bipolar disorder ( also known as manic depression ) involves abnormally " high " or pressured mood states, known as mania or hypomania, alternating with normal or depressed mood.

Functioning has been found to vary, being poor during periods of major depression or mania but otherwise fair to good, and possibly superior during periods of hypomania in Bipolar II.

Though the elevated mood and energy level typical of hypomania could be seen as a benefit, mania itself generally has many undesirable consequences including suicidal tendencies.

But those who suffer from prolonged unresolved hypomania do run the risk of developing full mania, and indeed may cross that " line " without even realizing they have done so.

A significant number of people with creative talents have reportedly experienced hypomania or other symptoms of bipolar disorder and attribute their success to it.