- Exaggerated self-confidence and optimism
- Decreased need for sleep without loss of energy
- More talkative than usual
- Sense that thoughts are racing
- Distractibility and difficulty focusing
- Increase in goal-directed activities or in nonproductive activities (pacing, squirming, and so on)
- Planning and carrying out potentially risky activities (foolish business investments, reckless driving, sexual indiscretions, spending sprees)
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Consists of three or more symptoms if mood is elated or expansive,
or four or more if
mood is irritable
May or may not
include delusions or hallucinations
May or may not need hospitalization to prevent harming yourself
or others
Without hospitalization, symptoms must be present for at least
one week
With hospitalization, symptoms may be present for any
length of time |
Consists of three or more symptoms if mood is elated or expansive,
or four or more if
mood is irritable
May not
include delusions or hallucinations
Symptoms present for
at least four days
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