Comments on: The Reason to be Scared about Hypomania and Bipolar Mania Symptoms http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/07/the-reason-to-be-scared-about-hypomania-and-bipolar-mania-symptoms/ Coming to Grips with Bipolar Disorder Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:25:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: P1 http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/07/the-reason-to-be-scared-about-hypomania-and-bipolar-mania-symptoms/#comment-5058 P1 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:11:33 +0000 http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/?p=1000#comment-5058 This article confuses a number of different concepts and should not be relied upon. For instance in the sentence: "There is usually a great feeling of happiness when you're manic, but it is a fact that some people also get angry and agitated when they are a going through hippomanic." 1) it is in hypomania, not mania ("manic"), that feelings of happiness are common 2) anger and agitation are common in mania, not hypomania 3) hippomania ("hippomanic") is an obsession with horses and doesn't appear to be relevant to this article This article confuses a number of different concepts and should not be relied upon.

For instance in the sentence: "There is usually a great feeling of happiness when you're manic, but it is a fact that some people also get angry and agitated when they are a going through hippomanic."

1) it is in hypomania, not mania ("manic"), that feelings of happiness are common
2) anger and agitation are common in mania, not hypomania
3) hippomania ("hippomanic") is an obsession with horses and doesn't appear to be relevant to this article

]]>