Examples of use of hypomania
1. It sparked a manic reaction known as hypomania – a condition which causes hyperactivity and an inflated sense of power.
2. To internet users, the British journalist Petronella Wyatt was a combination of Messalina (the Roman Empire‘s most famous prostitute) and Lady Godiva with a bad case of bipolar hypomania.
3. As I have explained in a book on the subject, these traits are all signs of a genetically based, mildly manic temperament, which is not a mental illness, called hypomania.
4. The 30–year–old‘s not guilty plea to murder was accepted by prosecutors on grounds of "diminished responsibility" after medical tests found he was suffering from hypomania causing "cannabis–induced delusions". He broke down in tears in the dock after admitting the lesser charge of manslaughter and also assaulting Mr Butterworth‘s son, Ashley.