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Would it be very likely for a person to have mania or hypo mania without having bipolar disorder?
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No: The diagnosis of bipolar disorder is earned when someone has a manic or hypomanic episode. Some people have bipolar disorder without ever having gotten depressed, but this is rare. Some people have what we call a hyperthymic temperament and they are not technically manic or hypomanic because this is how they are most of the time. That's not bipolar disorder, which requires a cyclic course.
Answered 10/23/2017
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