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Feb 15, 2015, 09:56 PM
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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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Feb 15, 2015, 10:02 PM
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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.
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Feb 15, 2015, 10:18 PM
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Feb 15, 2015, 10:32 PM
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Bipolar manifests in different ways for everyone. You don't have to have all the symptoms to be bipolar. I'm sure there are others who don't experience hypersexuality.
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Feb 15, 2015, 11:15 PM
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I ID as asexual as well. I have no interest in sex and i dont find people sexually attractive. This is kind of odd considering im bipolar (and have bpd) but symptoms manifest differently in different ways. I have many alternatives to recklessness
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Feb 15, 2015, 11:16 PM
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I've never had a sex drive. I kind of think of myself as asexual, too. But I think I'm really a non-practicing heterosexual. Just never attracted to anyone sexually, but have had a few men in the past because I thought I should. It's been 20 years since. I get manic but the sex thing never manifests.
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Feb 15, 2015, 11:31 PM
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Feb 16, 2015, 01:28 AM
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Seems like the pdoc cannot see the forest for the trees. JMHO
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#9
Feb 16, 2015, 01:41 AM
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Not everybody fits in the mold.
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#10
Feb 16, 2015, 09:35 AM
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I'm aro-ace and I most definitely have a sex drive, it's just not sexual attraction to people is the thing. I've never noticed any changes in my sex drive and it's never made me suddenly attracted sexually to other people. I'm diagnosed with bipolar with rapid cycling, probably NOS. I had a hell of a time getting through to my psychiatrist that I'm just not interested, it drove me nuts!
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Feb 16, 2015, 09:51 AM
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Geezus. I don't get these people at all (pdocs and other mh profs). For some people, the two are totally unrelated and it's ridiculous to use one as a way to define the other. Can you find a pdoc who was educated after the wheel was invented?
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Feb 16, 2015, 02:49 PM
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I have had many episodes where sex drive wasnt a big factor nor shopping
I have also had episodes where they definitely were a factor I really dont think the sex drive thing is a defining bipolar trait LOL It manifests in a million different ways!
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Feb 16, 2015, 02:49 PM
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I tell my pdoc every time I see him I have no sex drive,,he has yet to express any interest in my concerns at all....
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