The increased sex drive is a classic symptom of mania & since you have the insight to realize it may lead to risky, irresponsible or dangerous behavior I think you should talk to your doc & "nip it in the bud" before it leaves to some behavior that you regret.

A "little" mania certainly is preferable to the crushing depression that leads to suicide attempts (have had way too much of that myself). BUT I didn't realize (& think your doc might need to re-evaluate this if you are having other symptoms such as not sleeping, racing thoughts, reckless spending of money, etc.--just look up the symptoms of mania & see if you have them, maybe not "full blown" as in hypo mania) even hypo mania (a "little" mania) can be dangerous.

I went 5 mos. of sleeping only a couple hours a night, had incredible energy, felt GREAT (after so long with low self-worth this was such a welcome relief), spending money on things like an $800 vacuum cleaner, gold-plated tweezers (surely a necessity!), hundreds of dollars in a matter of hours in a discount store, etc.

So I had been stable for 5 years previously (bipolar 1) & was only going to see my doc every 8-12 mos. due to doing so well. I didn't report the hypo mania. I just enjoyed it. Then SUDDENLY I crashed & overdosed (hadn't done that in years & thought I would never do such a thing again), ended up in the ER, etc.

It's been 1 1/2 years since the OD & I'm still trying to recover. Meds being adjusted. Therapy started up again. Now I have to report if I go 3 nights without at least 6 hours of sleep (take meds to knock me out as I do not sleep very easily now).

I'm seeing my doc every 2-4 weeks as meds are being worked on. Right now on my ins. form she puts my dx as mixed--moderate which is right on the money. I'm still having symptoms of mania but can cry easily & feel very shaky as far as self-esteem.

I guess I'm just trying to say a "little" mania in my case turned out to be very dangerous as it led to a sudden crash & OD.

Talk to your doc & continue to educate yourself. You have good insight & that is more than half the battle as far as I am concerned.--Suzy