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Originally Posted by LadyShadow
Hey bipolar friends!
I realize this may be a question that belongs in the Sexual Issues section but I want to know what my fellow bipolarians think. Have you experienced a dramatic increase in your sex drive? If so, how did you cope?
I realize I may be slipping into a manic episode, but my overall energy is very low. I haven't had sex in a very long time. This is due to the relationships I was having over the years, (they were online and far away). Although I have no problem with masturbation, I feel that it is no longer "enough" for me. But when I think of the risks of having sex with strangers I become very anxious and scared.
Have you ever experienced Hypersexuality? How do you deal with it when you have bipolar?
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Well, I don't know what to say here -- One, I was hyper sexual my whole life! Constantly thinking about sex, super hyped up. It was unfortunate (really -- maybe not?) that I was raised in the Bible Belt -- the South -- and sexuality was a taboo subject -- never discussed. Except in clinical terms in ONE session of sex education in 5th grade. Boys in one room, girls in another.
I did not get any "good sex" till I married again a few years later on.
I did go through a very hypomanic period after I broke up with one of my husbands. I went to a hippie gathering and wandered around with my top off - no bra, either. Other women were doing that, so I did. I also seduced some men. Luckily I did not get a disease, but I did get a mild one --chlamydia? I think that's what it was. Some yeast. Very itchy and smell, a real uncomfortable thing hard to get rid of.
But I was really lucky --- I married a guy who, I think, was unipolar manic. We had Wild and Wonderful and Frequent sex for 11 years. Too bad he was also a gaslighter and emotionally abusive He kept me awake at night, too, which is a form of abuse. He swindled me, too.