I would say if it's affecting your responsibilities and functioning
with daily things and relationships that's probably more important to focus on as an alarm bell. For myself I have needed to structure my life to catch myself from going to either extreme. Sending peace!

When it disrupts the ability to function in everyday life. Work, relationships, etc.

Once you get a handle on it you recognize the “rise” and can usually nip it in the bud with psychiatrist’s med guidance.

Well, I know when I start several projects at once and can’t focus on any I am probably hypo.
When I am extremely talkative and social, probably hypo.

Here are symptoms from the Mayo Clinic

https://www.healthline.com/health/mania-vs-hypomania#symptoms

You know when you were a kid and ran down a hill and then realised you were running too fast and couldn't stop? That's hypomania.

When time speeds up. For me I would listen to a song with an element that isn't drums that is perfectly timed to a metronome, like Kanye West - Mercy,

For me I recognize a lot of triggers (after many years and lots of work)

Sleeping or lack of due to excitement. I tend to talk and talk, motor mouth....
Shopping up a storm - another red flag..... Jan said a lot of projects at once and that is the same for me....... Sexually I'm bit pernicious, frustration and anger, well I can be unreasonable is a manic.

Welcome aboard

This is still something I struggle with. I can have a great day, feel amazing and be super happy and psyched about life. But in the back of my mind there is this little voice that says, " you are too happy. You are manic". So I can't even really enjoy the good days because I worry that the good days signal that I'm spiraling into mania....
Its really quite depressing if I think about it too much....

I hope you have better luck determining when your manic than I do. I wish you well.

Gina I'm 100% the same way!

JudicatorPrime, that's where I am now. Or my BF always thinks I'm manic.