FEELINGS OF EXTREME SUPERIORITY DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR EVEN AT PERSONAL RISK RAPID SPEECH RACING THOUGHTS GRANDIOSE IDEAS AND SCHEMES INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR TOTAL SELF CONFIDENCE , BEING “ BULLET PROOF ” A LOWER FORM OF MANIA ALSO CAN EXIST WHICH IS KNOWN AS " HYPOMANIA ". SYMPTOMS OF HYPOMANIA CAN INCLUDE ALL OF THE ABOVE , BUT TO A LESSER DEGREE . A PERSON IN A HYPOMANIC STATE MAY EXHIBIT MANY OF THE ABOVE SYMPTOMS BUT ONLY TO THE POINT WHERE THEY APPEAR TO BE VERY HAPPY OR CHEERFUL . CONSEQUENTLY , IT IS NOT AS VISIBLE OR EASY TO DIAGNOSE AS A FULL BLOWN MANIC EPISODE .
BECAUSE OF THE TWO TYPES OF MANIA , BIPOLAR DISORDER IS BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO GROUPS , THAT OF BIPOLAR 1 AND BIPOLAR 2 AND IT IS HERE THAT I WILL QUOTE FROM THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION . DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS . 4TH ED .
BIPOLAR 1 CHARACTERIZED BY THE OCCURRENCE OF ONE OR MORE MANIC EPISODES OR MIXED EPISODES . OFTEN INDIVIDUALS HAVE ALSO HAD ONE OR MORE MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODES .
BIPOLAR 2 CHARACTERIZED BY THE OCCURRENCE OF ONE OR MORE MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODES ACCOMPANIED BY AT LEAST ONE HYPOMANIC EPISODE .