Bipolar and Sex

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People with bipolar disorder have drastic mood swings that can also impact their sex life. How to deal with bipolar and sex life problems like hypersexuality and low libido?

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LyndsayNov.7 18:06

My bi polar partner is sexually hyperactive. Actually, this can be a big benefit in a relationship. Intimacy causes bonding. Bonding is a very good way of dealing with a person who has bi polar. Touch is very powerful, even for babies. The 'high' feeling following sex can really counteract depression, if you let it. My partner would (like to!) make love twice a day. I have never discouraged him from making love once a day; its very good for you! We have been like that for five years. He's actually very happy. Friends say he has never looked so well and relaxed. I never met a woman who objects when her husband wants her; most women complain that they NEVER make love to their husbands/partners. It's true that it IS a lot to handle. I should add that I am 63yrs old; pretty, functional and happy. if you are a 'touch' person then having a partner who always wants you can be a privilege and a pleasure. Thats how I see it and it works. During 'low' times please remember that you partner DOES really need to be with you; that they WILL come out of it. and that they may be feeling lonely and isolated. So ASK if you can touch them. Just be there for him/her. The rewards can be enormous. From Very Happy female partner, Glasgow.
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andyJan.27 00:37

@ Lyndsay : am bipolar thank you for sharing i had a bad experience that led to my divorce my sexual drive was low for years i tried hand to get medical help it did not work but something strange happen when i married i was open to my wife about my condition gave her a book about bipolar so she would understand how to live with me but the challenge was when i married her shew had a big son her goal was her security for her son but she was not in love with me ,she kept telling me on my face i was a bit active i felt rejected and used my heart withdrew away she was highly sexual active but only cared ab out sex with no romance i could not tell her i love her or even kiss her my world fell apart for me to express my feeling was import we lived for 6 years for her son to finish high school so she could live just before she left i was looking for someone i could express my feeling that were deep closed in i fell in a trap were i had multiple different partners every time i would travel away i would look up a girl i meet online and have sex my self esteem begun to grow i always practised safe sex . my wife left last year coz her too was having sex outside.my delayma was 6 years i was faithful to her yet she was not in love with me this led to a path of destruction where i almost married a lady with Hiv but i chooses to walk away . my doctor help a lot by charging my medication and reading online more about varies thing on bipolar i now have a healthy relationship with my new wife who i can 100% express my feeling too her and i dont feel the need to go out one great lesson is never break the self esteem of anyone with bipolar it can lead to suiceded or led them to a path of self destruction am happy to read your artical looking to have a healthy sex life with my wife for many years. andy kenya
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