Mania or Hypomania
Behavioral Definitions

• Loquaciousness or pressured speech
• Flight of ideas or reports of thoughts racing
• Grandiosity and/or persecutory beliefs
• Decreased need for sleep, often with little or no appetite
• Increased motor activity or agitation
• Poor attention span and easily distracted
• Loss of normal inhibition leading to impulsive, pleasure-oriented behavior without regard for painful consequences
• Bizarre dress and grooming
• Expansive mood that can easily turn to impatience and irritable anger if behavior is blocked or confronted
• Lack of follow-through in projects, even though energy is very high, since behavior lacks discipline and goal-directedness

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