Bipolar disorder is a complicated mental health condition that can go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years. Hypomanic episodes, one key aspect of the condition, can be especially tough to pick up on.

In bipolar 2, people may have up to 40 times more depressive episodes than hypomanic ones, while in bipolar 1, the ratio is closer to 3 times more depressive episodes than manic or hypomanic ones.

Those six projects you’ve been meaning to get to for months? You’re on top of them all — and you have plans for six more. You are cheerful and creative, gregarious and engaging, and a multitasking ...

We all experience variations in mood, activity, and energy. For some people, these variations are so extreme that they become dysfunctional. Psychiatry is the discipline that has paid most attention ...

Bipolar II disorder is a mental health condition that involves periods of depression and periods of elevated mood, called hypomania. All forms of bipolar disorder involve shifts in mood and levels of ...

Bipolar disorder is a long-term mood disorder characterized by major fluctuations in mood — both high and low — that can impact daily functioning and behavior. Although bipolar disorder is a chronic ...

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