Symptoms

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Manic Episode Symptoms

Depressive episode symptoms

- Being much more active, energetic or agitated than usual.

- Feeling a distorted sense of well-being or too self-confident.

- Needing much less sleep than usual.

- Being unusually talkative and talking fast.

- Having racing thoughts or jumping quickly from one topic to another.

- Being easy to distract.

Making poor decisions. For example, you may go on buying sprees, take sexual risks or make foolish investments.

- Having a depressed mood. You may feel sad, empty, hopeless or tearful. Children may seem irritable, angry or hostile.

- Having a marked loss of interest or feeling no pleasure in all or most activities.

- Losing or gaining a lot of weight when not dieting or overeating

- Sleeping too little or too much.

- Feeling restless or acting slower than usual.

- Being very tired or losing energy or feel guilty.

- Having a hard time thinking or concentrating, or not being able to make decisions.

- Thinking about, planning or attempting suicide.

In short:

Feature:

Mania

Hypomania

Severity:

Duration:

Daily life impact:

Psychosis:

Hospitalization:

Severe

Less than 1 week

Major Impairment

Can occur

Often needed

Mild to moderate

less than 4 days

Noticeable but not disabling

Does not occur

Not needed

In Depth:

Mania

- 🚨 More severe form of elevated mood.

- ⏰ Lasts at least 1 week (or less if hospitalization is needed).

- 💥 Can cause serious problems in work, school, or relationships.

- 🏥 May require hospitalization for safety.

- Symptoms can include -

- Extremely high energy or activity level

- Inflated self-esteem

- Racing thoughts and fast speech

- Risky behaviors (e.g. spending sprees, reckless driving)

- Decreased need for sleep (feeling rested after only 2-3 hours)

- Possible psychosis (loss of touch with reality, delusions, hallucinations)

Hypomania

⚠️ Less severe than mania.

⏰ Lasts at least 4 days.

💼 Does NOT cause major problems in daily life (though changes are noticeable).

🏥 No hospitalization is usually needed.

🧠 No psychosis (you stay in touch with reality).

🙂 Symptoms can include 🙂

- Increased energy or productivity

- Feeling unusually upbeat or confident

- Needing less sleep

- Talking more or being more social

- Mild risk-taking behavior

- Feeling easily distracted