Does being hypersexual mean I'm bipolar?

That's fully understandable. Can you disclose the depression to your family and ask to be evaluated for that? Then when you talk to a therapist you can give them the full story and have confidentiality.

When you're a single kissless 17 year old virgin, call me back.

I'll wait until I'm 18 for all of that. Men don't talk about their emotions that's weak.

.?? Where are you getting your information from? Talking about emotions makes men strong...not weak

Lol because nobody cares about guys that's why girls don't care about dressing provocatively and they don't care about horny guys. Nobody cares. I don't even know why I'm here, you guys are just telling me to go to doc and cry like a little girl about my feelings just to get drugged up. I'll just medicate with weed naturally.

Weed is a drug. No one here has told you to get drugged up, in fact they are saying you don't need to get drugged up.

It sounds to me like you just want to argue. That's the male equivalent of "crying like a little girl" just saying.

Best of luck in your future endeavors.

To answer your question, hypersexuality is a symptom of bipolar, but being hypersexual does not mean you are bipolar.

This pretty much tells me you're very very likely not bipolar.

Bipolar is cyclical, hypersexuality is present during a hypomanic or manic phase, its episodic, not ever present.

You probably have an overdose of testosterone.

You're beginning to sound more and more like an oversexed, seventeen year old, teenage boy who only wants his own way! HaHa!

Ok so I won't go to the doctor thanks.

What does "kissless" mean? I've never heard that before.

You should see a doctor. Don't avoid care for fear of drugs. Drugs can help.

And too much testosterone can lead to serious health problems.
See a doctor.

Um, no. Unless... when you get in hypersexual mode, do you engage in risky sex just to find some degree of satisfaction? You’re never actually satisfied, of course. And you need to have multiple partners at one time? No concern for gender? Rough and tender? Bending over a pool table to be used by eight viral guys, sans condoms? Oh, I could go on...

So the criteria for a manic episode isn’t hypersexuality (I thought so, too): it’s the risks that you take by engaging in foolish and reckless sexual conduct.

It’s been weeks for me.

By this criteria, I've not been hyper sexual or risky. Close but pretty far off. Having sex in any capacity is kinda risky in today's day and age.....I would stay abstinent if my husband didn't complain so much!

So the bipolar component of hypersexuality isn't real? It's more about the risk taking hun? Interesting. I'm glad you are staying safe and I wish you success.

That’s not really the case. It’s not hypersexuality that defines manic bipolar behavior - it’s the risk-taking. If you can sit at home and masturbate time and time again, the risk factor is low. If you seek out daily/nightly hook-ups with any person or group of people on Craigslist and insist on bareback, fluid exchange, etc., then you’re engaging in risky sex. I can also charge $100,000 on credit cards during binge spending and file for bankruptcy when the creditors come.

And there’s the whole God-Man thing.

I’ve classic bipolar depressive/manic episodes. I’ve been in school for three years straight.

I’m better now.

Now this is a tricky answer. I don’t remember all of the diagnostic criteria for a manic episode (and I’m hypo at the moment so, yeah, I’m cruising on a better-than-anyone high) but, yes, it’s seeking the risky behavior in sexual ‘indiscretions,’ going on spending sprees (I have to have TWO of everything that I buy and I’ll spend long periods of time comparison shopping but, this is weird,I have to buy better than upper-middle-class items. Very risky spending. I think that making risky business deals is also mentioned.

Abstinence? No, I had intense short-term relationships that quickly devolved when the expectation of my girl evolving into the angel-slut finally grew boring.

I’m not a nice person.

I’m optimistic but realistic, too. I’m going to slip as I morph into deity.

You can have non-risky hypersexuality and it still counts. As long as it inerfers with your daily life. Which it sounds like it is. Bipolar in kids can look different, more like adhd and depression. I'm sure it's imbarassing to talk about hypersexuality it's embarrassing as an adult to talk about it. My son is 15 and he's in the process of getting rediognosed. I'm not sure if he deals with hypersexuality like I did as a kid. If you don't want your parents involved and you have your own transportation I believe you can go to the Dr yourself. He'll probably run tests and refer you to a therapist. Drugs are only there to help you stabilize if you're bipolar. You don't have to talk about your feelings but what stresses you and problem solving. Please see someone if your depression gets so dark that you consider taking your life.

Wow, this thread has certainly devolved into a cesspool of which I'm sorry to have taken part in.

Oddly enough I did post on Craigslist as a 19 year old but everytime I met up its been guys pretending to be women.

If I tell the doc that I can't walk around the streets seeing girls in yoga pants and booty shorts without thinking about ****ing them even when they are long gone and out of my sight, he might send me to a mental institution where they will force me to take prescription drugs. I have schizophrenic and bipolar relatives I've seen it all. I don't even know why I came here, I'll just live my life being a hypersexual virgin.

This thread reads more like 4Chan or the comment section of YouTube than PC.

If you need help with this problem, seek it, if you just want to talk about sexy girls in yoga pants, start a blog. Whatever you decide, I wish you well.

They're not sexy that's the problem. But yeah I don't belong here I don't need a doc drugging me up.

In my opinion if a dr sends you to the mental institution over thoughts they're a bad dr.

Nothing in my post contradicts what you say, sooooo, not sure why you're disagreeing with me and rectifying me... Makes no sense.

All I said was the beast is episodic. Which it is.

Right but it would be the HYPERsexuality that takes over that makes you not care about the risk. You are not seeking the risk itself although that makes it more exciting. I am in a WIERD mixed episode right now and I basically think about suicide and sex throughout the day. And you are right, the people I have thought about approaching sexually....well it would be a bad idea to say the least. I don't know what my point is but I'm saying something.