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Old Apr 18, 2017, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by IntentOnHealing View Post
Yes, yes, yes!

Three times, four times, never enough times a day!

THANK YOU!

It's totally there, and totally difficult, and when coupled with impulsivity and (in my case last summer) grandiosity and delusions, an ENORMOUS problem.

I don't think we should be any more ashamed of it than any other symptom though I myself have been dealing with significant shame because of the behaviors I have exhibited in relation to severe mania and its accompanying manic hypersexuality. In fact, I posted recently on the effects these experiences have had because they represent just one more way this disease has impacted my life and relationships.

As you stated, it's often unadressed, undocumented, or undiscussed. Tell me: Why? It's a symptom, just like anything else. Tell me: WHY are we stigmatized--even sometimes among our bipolar peers--for this symptom like no other? I think it represents a gross unfairness that I find very frustrating.

NOT saying bad behaviors should be excused--but they ARE explained and SHOULDN'T be judged in the way that they are--not unless we/our peers/those around us/the medical community are going to start judging other symptoms the same way.

I'm sorry for the rant, but, well, I'm too hot (under the collar) to even bother explaining myself

You are actually the reason I looked into this. I had no idea it was a symptom. Before I even knew I was on the bipolar spectrum I was prescribed an antidepressant and really kicked this particular symptom into over drive. It was terrible, I was deployed over seas in 2007, to a place where the ratio of men to women was probably 100:1

So much stupid was done there, so much, so much shame.... At the time I was on top of the world, I had no idea I was in a full blown mania. I just knew later that I did a lot of things I would not normally have done.

Rant away, it is helping me sort though things too.