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What does psychomotor agitation look like in a bipolar person?

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Restlessness: Examples include excessive and unnecessary movements such as fidgeting, pacing, tapping, jogging of the leg while sitting, rearranging or fiddling with objects.

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Answered 3/20/2015

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