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Originally Posted by letsgogh
My pdoc wants to diagnose me as bipolar but is unsure if I am because I don't have an increase or decrease in libido during episodes. I've never felt sexual attraction for anyone, and identify as asexual. Does anyone else experience all the symptoms of bipolar except sex drive changes? She seems to think this is extremely unusual.
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I don't always think that sex drive is such a big thing. It could be if it is Bipolar 1. Less so if it's Bipolar 2 where it's hypomania.
But sexuality is a complex thing and I know a lot of people who are Asexual and don't have Bipolar. I think sexuality and Bipolar, in that case, are unrelated. Basically, if you just never have/had a sex drive, I would find it very unlikely for it to randomly appear during episodes.
There's a lot of different factors for being Bipolar. Your pdoc should examine a lot of the other factors and not single out only one. Not every Bipolar person always has 100% of the same symptoms.