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Originally Posted by Alani
Hi. I was diagnosed with bipolar stage 2 when i was 18. Since i was young i always had high sexual urges but never acted on them. Any time it was time to get physical with someone I'd shut down and felt uncomfortable to continue. I'm older now and still have the same issues with physical contact. What bothers me most is the frequency and high sexual urges i have that can't physically act on. Another issue and probably the main one is that my sexual urges are for forced intercorse. Can anyone help, does anyone else go through the same thing? Is it normal? What can i do to keep the urges away?
I take lamotrigine 150mg and hydroxyzinepam that help with my mood swings amd anxiety but don't take a way the urges.
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Is there a past trauma that contributed to the "shutting down". I know that when I was younger my father was abusive and force would be used if any of my siblings showed any interest in the opposite sex. It took me a while to feel comfortable enjoying things.
As far as the fantasies, as long as you aren't acting on them without consent, it happens fantasies are just thoughts. There are however, people who enjoy role playing this fantasy. It's actually kind of common so don't feel bad. The only thing that would be wrong is say actually planning to do this or going through with it.
If you don't like the intensity of the urges you can always talk to your psychiatrist about increasing medication or adding a new mood stabilizer.