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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.
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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
For predictions of mania or hypomania, the top five variables were heart rate, sleep efficiency, percentage of sleep spent in REM sleep, number of very active minutes, and median bedtime.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
These depressive symptoms may dominate for years before symptoms of hypomania develop.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024
In general, the hypomania symptoms associated with bipolar 2 may occur at a later age than bipolar 1.
—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
Cyclothymia symptoms are less-intense hypomania and depression that do not meet clinical criteria for hypomania or depression.
—Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2024
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
For predictions of mania or hypomania, the top five variables were heart rate, sleep efficiency, percentage of sleep spent in REM sleep, number of very active minutes, and median bedtime.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
These depressive symptoms may dominate for years before symptoms of hypomania develop.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024
In general, the hypomania symptoms associated with bipolar 2 may occur at a later age than bipolar 1.
—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
Cyclothymia symptoms are less-intense hypomania and depression that do not meet clinical criteria for hypomania or depression.
—Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypomania
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In Eric Lin’s film, Liu plays Irene Chao, a Chinese-American single parent who is battling health issues, while caring for a son who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.—
John Bleasdale,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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Nicholson, a recovering addict allegedly diagnosed with schizophrenia, has a history of mixing prescription medication with illicit substances, per the police report’s summary of Lawlor’s statements.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The big event is late-stage trial data from a study examining the drug’s potential benefit to Alzheimer’s psychosis patients, expected to be released later this year.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
31 July 2025
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In the genre-blending two-hour film, Lawrence plays a new mother who develops postpartum depression and begins going in and out of psychosis.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
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Those struggles included paranoia and delusional thinking, Torres said: Gutierrez believed people were watching her, that someone hacked her electronic accounts, and that her husband had taken out a life insurance policy and wanted to kill her.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Oc Register,
11 Aug. 2025
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The town is left to navigate the lingering effects of trauma through horror, paranoia and a touch of existential humor.—
Itzel Luna,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Aug. 2025
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Fox also carried Celine’s FIFA World Cup Hobo Bag, originally released in 2002 — pre-Philo, post-logo mania, and during a brief era when football and fashion shared a color palette.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
5 Aug. 2025
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That means going beyond tests for self-harm and deliberately simulating interactions involving conditions like mania, psychosis, and OCD to assess how the models respond.—
Robert Hart,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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The legendary actor retired after being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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The testing confirmed her diagnosis with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and aphasia, the outlet reported.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Not only was part two different in the neurosis of a pop singer, but the Melrose lot sold it on scares (in addition to wicked grinning people showing up at major events).—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
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Agnes is socially competent, even charismatic, but beset by neuroses that seem genuinely frustrating to her, not the self-satisfied post-Woody Allen solipsism common to auteurs of this ilk.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
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“Hypomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypomania. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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