RE: Hypomania - Hey - Bring it on!

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This disorder seems like great relief for CFS victims! Especially symptoms

B 1, 2, 6, and 7. How do I get Hypomania?

Mort Caldwell - CFS since 1994 and slowed down about 70%... A little mania

would feel very good right now! Even if it is hypo and not the full blown

type...

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Subject: Re: Hypomania?

> If you don't mind me asking, what is hypomania?

Hypomanic Episodes, page 27

I. DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria

A. At least 4 days of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive or

irritable mood.

B. During the period of mood disturbance at least three of the following

have

persisted in a significant manner (four if mood is irritable):

1. Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity.

2. Decreased need for sleep.

3. The patient is more talkative than usual and feels pressure to keep

talking.

4. Flight of ideas (jumping from topic-to-topic) or a subjective sense of

racing thoughts.

5. Distractibility.

6. Increased goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation.

7. Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high

potential for painful consequences (ie, sexual promiscuity).

C. The mood disturbance and change in functioning is noticeable to others.

D. The change in functioning is uncharacteristic of the patient's baseline

but

does not cause marked social or occupational dysfunction, does not

require hospitalization, and no psychotic features are present.

E. Symptoms cannot be due to a medical condition, medication or drugs.

II. Clinical Features of Hypomanic Episodes

The major difference between hypomanic and manic episodes is the lack of

major social and/or occupational dysfunction in hypomania that is hallmark

of a manic episode. Hallucinations and delusions are not seen in hypomania.

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[Guest guest]

Also, if I sit extremely close to the light box, I mean inches from it,

I can feel antsy.

There is a warning for Bipolar patients that there is a 1% chance that

light therapy may trigger mania. The nice thing about light therapy not

being an invasive treatment is that if someone starts to feel hypomanic

or manic they just shut the light off, or the source of the problem. Unlike

an anti-depressant that is in the body and has to go past the half life

to loose its effectiveness..

So, I never kept my eyeballs inches away from the light to see if I could

induce hypomania or mania but I can tell you that when the lux goes above

10,000 something definitely happens energy wise inside the body.

>At 3:39 AM -0400 on 7/12/00 the esteemed caldbio wrote:

> > RE: Hypomania - Hey - Bring it on:

> >How do I get Hypomania?

>

>Bipolar III

>http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/bipolar/bp980914a.html

Note Bipolar III does not mention light therapy. This is

probably because most people just back away from the light

enough to not induce hypomania / mania.

Now if someone want to? I guess they could try?

I don't recommend it.

[Guest guest]

Mort,

I take SAM-e. I don't get hypomania. To the contrary, it *eases* my anxiety.

I actually get anxiety attacks when I'm *tired* (I believe it's not brought

on by emotions, but hormones, etc., in my case.) I stopped SAM-e for a month

because I thought it wasn't doing anything, then I felt worse, so I'm on the

expensive little pill again. It's very subtle for me, but worth it.

Ellen

Re: Hypomania?

>

> > If you don't mind me asking, what is hypomania?

>

>

> Hypomanic Episodes, page 27

>

> I. DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria

>

> A. At least 4 days of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive or

> irritable mood.

>

> B. During the period of mood disturbance at least three of the following

> have

> persisted in a significant manner (four if mood is irritable):

>

> 1. Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity.

>

> 2. Decreased need for sleep.

>

> 3. The patient is more talkative than usual and feels pressure to keep

> talking.

>

> 4. Flight of ideas (jumping from topic-to-topic) or a subjective sense of

> racing thoughts.

>

> 5. Distractibility.

>

> 6. Increased goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation.

>

> 7. Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high

> potential for painful consequences (ie, sexual promiscuity).

>

> C. The mood disturbance and change in functioning is noticeable to others.

>

> D. The change in functioning is uncharacteristic of the patient's baseline

> but

> does not cause marked social or occupational dysfunction, does not

> require hospitalization, and no psychotic features are present.

>

> E. Symptoms cannot be due to a medical condition, medication or drugs.

>

> II. Clinical Features of Hypomanic Episodes

>

> The major difference between hypomanic and manic episodes is the lack of

> major social and/or occupational dysfunction in hypomania that is hallmark

> of a manic episode. Hallucinations and delusions are not seen in

hypomania.

>

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