Can you think of some differences between happiness and mania/hypomania?
If you're happy you can still sleep and eat normally. You're not sped up or restless. Your emotions feel 'normal', and you're not consumed by the things you feel happy about.
In contrast if you're manic/hypomanic you'll probably feel incredibly energetic and don't feel like sleeping. You may become obsessed by something and think about it a lot. You could feel really restless and like you need to be doing something all of the time, your thoughts are fast and you can't settle.
It may be that they've seen some warning signs of mania and wanted to nip it in the bud before it got too bad.
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