hypomania

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Recent Examples of hypomania Cycling between periods of mania or hypomania – high energy and excitement – and depression can have an enormous impact on a person’s daily life, work, and relationships. New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025 And then fifteen years later, divorce uprooted us all; my family-first ethic hadn’t withstood the episodes of depression and hypomania that, eerily for me, took hold of my husband for a handful of years at midlife. Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025 He was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to Mayo Clinic. Liz McNeil, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024 These depressive symptoms may dominate for years before symptoms of hypomania develop. Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024 Episodes of depression and mania or hypomania (less intense than mania) can cycle with unpredictable timing. Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypomania
Noun
  • Rodriguez’s attorneys allege that the suspect suffers from schizophrenia, according to The Seattle Times, The Daily Herald and KOMO News.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Nick was reportedly in a mental health conservatorship from 2020 to 2021 and has been diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Salieri, despite Bettany’s compelling performance, is a wearisome figure consumed by jealousy while clearly toiling under a storm of religious psychosis.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2026
  • As Delphi’s star rises, P Burke becomes enthralled by her and descends into a tech psychosis with disastrous consequences.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Senior White House staff discussed invoking the Twenty-fifth as Nixon spiralled into paranoia.
    Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • And deep into the invasion of Ukraine, as US support for Kyiv dwindles, European intelligence agencies have significant motivation to suggest mounting strife and paranoia in the Kremlin.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • As Grann starts to painstakingly reconstruct Fawcett’s voyages on the page, the longtime New Yorker staff writer also gets caught up in Fawcett’s mania.
    Eva Holland, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Ironically, an honest-to-goodness mummy movie consumed with exotica (the first one from 1932 was released in the wake of the global mania over King Tut’s tomb) makes a lot of sense right now, with America straying into foreign deserts.
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Her husband and Gali’s father Benni (Yossi Marshek) is in the advanced stages of early-onset dementia.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 8 May 2026
  • Stronger biological system function may help reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, dementia and some cancers.
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • This remains a great part for Hathaway, who can hint at all sorts of neuroses beneath a character’s surface pep.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • All of the worry and neurosis of the past few weeks was absent, or at least tamped firmly down, replaced by a palpable buzz.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026

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“Hypomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypomania. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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