I have an interesting response for that one, Sillywabbit. I'm 35 and male and was only diagnosed about 2 years ago. Before my diagnosis, I had developed severe food sensitivities that lasted about 6 years. I was tested for everything under the sun to no avail. I self-diagnosed the food sensitivity issue after driving myself completely nuts with worry and paranoia about what could be poisoning me. Turns out it was mainly Glutamate (otherwise known as MSG and dozens of other things). Symptoms improved with a change in diet, but the mood swings and instability seemed to get worse. What happened next, near as I can tell, is that my brain decided to associate every single bipolar episode as a reaction to some mystery food. My food sensitivity has gotten much better with time, but the paranoia about food never has. Now I have some sort of eating disorder, though far from being an image issue. When I'm hypomanic, I eat whatever without issue. When I'm depressed, suddenly everything makes me ill. My mother's side of the family are all sensitive/allergic to Glutamate, so I know I'm not crazy there. I know eating disorders are rare in men, but hey, so am I