Comments on: Mania vs Hypomania http://raisingbipolar.com/2010/05/12/mania-vs-hypomania/ Raise: Elevate Or Help Rise To A Higher Position, Raising A Bipolar Teen Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:01:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Meg http://raisingbipolar.com/2010/05/12/mania-vs-hypomania/comment-page-1/#comment-2642 Meg Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:49:43 +0000 http://raisingbipolar.com/?p=2613#comment-2642 <em>note: The symptoms listed in this post are signs we saw as mania and hypomania for our child as a pre-teen, early teen. In adults, they look a bit different. </em> <strong>For adults: </strong> Hypomania - think Jim Carrey being silly in one of his movies. Silly, but in control. Someone you would want to be around and have fun with. Mania - refer to the video in this post -<a href="http://raisingbipolar.com/2011/03/05/charlie-sheen-you-manic-asshole/" rel="nofollow"> http://raisingbipolar.com/2011/03/05/charlie-sheen-you-manic-asshole/</a> note: The symptoms listed in this post are signs we saw as mania and hypomania for our child as a pre-teen, early teen. In adults, they look a bit different.

For adults:

Hypomania – think Jim Carrey being silly in one of his movies. Silly, but in control. Someone you would want to be around and have fun with.

Mania – refer to the video in this post - http://raisingbipolar.com/2011/03/05/charlie-sheen-you-manic-asshole/

]]> By: Adrienne http://raisingbipolar.com/2010/05/12/mania-vs-hypomania/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Adrienne Thu, 13 May 2010 01:24:09 +0000 http://raisingbipolar.com/?p=2613#comment-745 Yes, even though they are technically on a spectrum, those two states are night and day. When manic, Carter HATES his behavior, but has minimal control over it. Awful. I'm hopeful that Rye, and all of you, will have relief very soon. Yes, even though they are technically on a spectrum, those two states are night and day. When manic, Carter HATES his behavior, but has minimal control over it. Awful.

I’m hopeful that Rye, and all of you, will have relief very soon.

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