Articles and blog posts relating to hypersexuality and changes in sex drive as symptoms of bipolar disorder.
If a partner with bipolar disorder ‘cheats’ it is important to distinguish the underlying cause— relationship problems, or hypersexuality? by Julie A. Fast I was standing next to my partner’s hospital bed when he told me he had slept with someone (he had just been diagnosed with bipolar disorder one the day before). I...
READ MOREI live in Southern Ontario, Canada and spring time is something I look forward to every year. We get more hours of daylight and after spending a lot of time inside during the long, cold days of winter I am motivated to be outside more. This year I isolated myself during the month of February....
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Hypersexuality can often be the most difficult and challenging symptom to overcome in people with bipolar disorder. Relationships are put in jeopardy, and health may be at risk due to having unprotected sex with strangers. It’s important to treat the disorder itself and be on the lookout for any warning signs of mania. Here are...
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Little has been published on mania-induced hypersexuality with many psychiatrists skirting the issue on this sensitive subject. The limited studies of people with bipolar disorder conclude that hypersexuality occurs in 57 percent of those with mania (ranging from 25 to 80 percent). Ultimately, when sex crosses the line from pleasure to compulsion, it can become...
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Here are 5 tips to help you control your hypersexual urges, before they control you. Over the past few months, I’ve been getting an increased number of people on my blog that are curious as to how I’m able to keep my hypersexuality under control. For me, if I don’t stay focused, I’ll never...
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Three time Olympic runner, Suzy Favor Hamilton wants her story of hypersexuality, scandal, bipolar diagnosis and recovery to inspire others to go the distance. By Scott Pitoniak Suzy Favor Hamilton knew that writing a memoir about her bipolar disorder would be incredibly challenging—in some ways even more difficult than preparing for and competing...
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What’s the worst part about confessing to your spouse that you cheated on them? Is it in the outpouring of your heart when you try and convince them that you didn’t mean to hurt them? That it meant nothing and you felt compelled to do it? Or is it the look of confusion, anger, and...
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Are people are truly responsible for their actions, even when they are within bipolar mania, depression, or psychosis? Having bipolar disorder is extremely difficult and I feel irritable when I watch the news or read an article online. I have been feeling quite disillusioned with the world, especially when the media’s coverage is consistently about...
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Marriage without mental illness, so I’m told, is challenging enough. Add bipolar disorder, and you are in for some extra work. “Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.” – Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer...
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The compulsions associated with hypersexuality can be as damaging as addiction. So, what exactly is it? I’ve long said that society discusses human sexuality less than bipolar disorder. I don’t mean pop culture sex talk, but openly and frankly discussing sex. Despite using half-naked models to advertise pretty much anything, we seem remarkably unwilling...
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