@RadioFreeTom As promised, here are some facts about mania and hypomania for your followers who might be interested in having words to describe what they may or may not have seen. Manic episodes are chracterized by unusual and persistent mood elevation...

People may have a decreased need for sleep, increased irritability, be extremely impulsive, and sometimes have disordered or psychotic thinking...Hypomania involves disregulated emotions and thoughts, and behaviors similar to mania without psychosis...

Symptoms for both can include: inflated self-esteem and grandiosity; more talkative than usual or feeling pressured to keep talking (sometimes called "pressured speech"); it's common to display a "flight of ideas" - a rapid flow of speech that jumps from topic to topic

Other symptoms can include: racing thoughts, distractibility, psychomotor agitation (excessive, purposeless movement), and engaging in activities that are likely to have harmful consequences (usually things like excessive spending or promiscuity but can be anything reckless)