Mania and hypomania are periods where a person feels elated, very active, and full of energy. Hypomania is a milder form of mania. Hypomania may mean a person can carry on with daily tasks, but it can ...

Mania causes atypically high levels of physical and mental energy in people with bipolar disorder. Hypomania causes these same symptoms, but they’re not as intense or long lasting. Mania can occur in ...

"When they discuss hypomania on the Today Show, I'll know my work is done," I told a close colleague when my book, The Hypomanic Edge, was published in 2005. At that time, very few outside the mental ...

My previous post covered the controversy about why people think it is not possible to be hypomanic without losing control. It is a good backdrop for this post. There are four steps that lead to ...

Elon Musk's actions tend to incite controversy. Musk has a reputation for his extreme work ethic, unconventional business moves, and erratic public persona. From sending rockets into space to tweeting ...

Bipolar disorders include several disorders of emotion, energy and thought that are characterized by biphasic mood episodes of mania or hypomania and depression and are expressed as recurrent episodes ...