Online Diagnosis of Medical and Psychiatric Disorders - The National Medical Society

Manic symptoms

How many days have the symptoms been present?
(1) Has there been inflated self-esteem or grandiosity?	Yes No
(2) Has there been a decreased need for sleep (e.g., feels rested after only 3 hours of sleep)?	Yes No
(3) Has the patient been more talkative than usual or has he felt pressure to keep talking?	Yes No
(4) Has there been flight of ideas or a subjective experience that thoughts are racing?	Yes No
(5) Has there been distractibility (ie, attention too easily drawn to unimportant or irrelevant external stimuli)?	Yes No
(6) Has there been an increase in goal-directed activity (either socially, at work or school, or sexually) or psychomotor agitation?	Yes No
(7) Has there been excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences (eg, engaging in unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business investments)?	Yes No
Have three (or more) of the above symptoms been present to a significant degree?	Yes No