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deleted_user
I recently experienced a depressive episode but for the past couple of weeks I have been so easily eroused and have had non-stop desires to have sex...still haven't at this stage mind you but if I can be so crass as to say, I just want someone to throw me up agains a wall and fuck me like an animal. I'm sorry for those that may find this to be inapropriate to discuss here but it is my experience.

Obviously when I was married this worked in well for my husband and we had a great sex life (until he raped me in my sleep when I was on pain killers that knocked me out in the last days of pregnancy).

I know that most, if not all of you will say that this is a manic episode but I don't believe that's the case. If it was, wouldn't I be seeking it out and asking complete randoms to have sex with me?
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deleted_user
knock knock
CarlaBentley
CarlaBentley
Hypersexuality for me has been possibly the most predominant symptom of my BP!!
It's always there and the 'stronger' my mood, whether up or down, the hypersexuality increases, as well!!!
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deleted_user
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Is there a place called "Sexual Drive"... where is it? Who lives there?

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deleted_user
deleted_user
If you were taking wellbutrin, I would say there's the culprit. For the short time I took it, I had an unbelievable sex drive. Multiple orgasms, for the first time in my life and I was dissappointed when I had to discontinue it...too shaky all the time.
Once I started Zoloft...all sex went bye-bye!
CarlaBentley
CarlaBentley
Mine was much worse before I was diagnosed and treated, so it isn't always the meds!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
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#5

You were coming along.

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deleted_user
deleted_user
...if I had a partner it wouldn't be an issue.

I'm not on meds either.
deleted_user
deleted_user
What exactly do you want for an answer or are you just letting us know you are horny all the time. It's not mania it's not meds, OK so what do you want?
Shelly4
Shelly4
You can be hypo manic and not have the desire to seek it out but still be hypersexual. In bipolar disorder our brain chemicals can be all over the chart at different times with the hypersexual chemistry being predominant. Meds can emphasize the hypersexuality or de-emphasize it. What you are experiencing can be a chemical stimulation. 90% of sexual desire and arousal, especially for women, comes from the brain. Men are a different story, their body parts just respond. LOL, sorry I had to say that. Hugs
Shelly4
Shelly4
That really wasnt fair of me to say about men. They suffer the same chemical reactions that we do in bipolar disorder. Hugs
deleted_user
deleted_user
A good hard...

Seriously Lindel, why so uptight? Are you yourself in need of some lovin'? All I ever hope to find on here is the sharing of experience to hopefully gain a better understanding of myself and what I go through. I don't think there are answers and would never be so arrogant to suggest I have an answer for anyone else.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Thanks Shelly. That was helpful.
Community Leaderacuriousfish
acuriousfish
I find I get it at both end of the spectrum, ie manic and when depressed..but that might be the anxious depressed which might actually be a weird form of mania.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I can understand what you are talking about with hypersex and depression. I have had that happen a couple of times. Most of my depressions are just drawn our long mental games of suicide. But on a rare occassion I have been hornier than a billy goat on steroids.

Just grab it while you can I have no answers just more questions.
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It passes with time.

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