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Recent Examples of hypomania
Cycling between periods of mania or hypomania – high energy and excitement – and depression can have an enormous impact on a person’s daily life, work, and relationships.
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New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
And then fifteen years later, divorce uprooted us all; my family-first ethic hadn’t withstood the episodes of depression and hypomania that, eerily for me, took hold of my husband for a handful of years at midlife.
—Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
He was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to Mayo Clinic.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
These depressive symptoms may dominate for years before symptoms of hypomania develop.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024
Episodes of depression and mania or hypomania (less intense than mania) can cycle with unpredictable timing.
—Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
And then fifteen years later, divorce uprooted us all; my family-first ethic hadn’t withstood the episodes of depression and hypomania that, eerily for me, took hold of my husband for a handful of years at midlife.
—Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
He was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to Mayo Clinic.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
These depressive symptoms may dominate for years before symptoms of hypomania develop.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024
Episodes of depression and mania or hypomania (less intense than mania) can cycle with unpredictable timing.
—Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypomania
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Antipsychotic drugs are the frontline treatment for schizophrenia, although these medications come with serious side effects, and not all people with the condition respond well to them.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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The current edition, DSM-5-TR, contains more than 300 distinct mental disorders such as schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder and alcohol use disorder.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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Because there's no clear motive in this case, doesn't that support the defense's argument that Connor went into some sort of a psychosis?—
Stephanie Slifer,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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There is nothing compassionate about leaving someone suffering from psychosis or addiction to rot on a sidewalk.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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The story of The Washington Post’s risky investigation into the Watergate scandal is the weakest film in the Alan Pakula’s paranoia trilogy.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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And for as cautious as pressured coyotes can be, the presence of wolves only increases their paranoia.—
David Zeug,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026
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How to protect your personal information GameStop mania fed off investor angst.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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But in the current mania surrounding Giannis Antetokounmpo, everyone seems to be missing the forest for the trees.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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The subjects didn’t have dementia at the start of the study.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Family members should watch for warning signs of common medical conditions in aging adults, such as dementia.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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The self-torturing helices of thought twisting inside the young minds on the courts are no less fraught than the recursive neuroses tormenting the addicts down the hill.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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This cuts through a lot of the shame, worry and neurosis we can get lost in.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Hypomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypomania. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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