Posted by SLS on May 27, 2006, at 8:51:50
In reply to Re: today, still afraid of this mania...please read., posted by linkadge on May 27, 2006, at 0:27:49
> I think that as long as your hypomania doesn't progress into full blown mania
The problem with letting a hypomania progress is that it is often followed by a crash into depression. If you prevent the mania, you thereby prevent the depression.
> I know plenty of people who appear to have been living in a state of constant mild hypomania for a lifetime.
Apparently, this was the case with Alexander Hamilton. He was a brilliant man. Unfortunately, a lapse of judgment allowed him to agree to a pistol duel with Aaron Burr, which he lost and died from.
It is true that sometimes, people in a state of hypomania are best left untreated.
- Scott
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