is risky sexual behavior common for people with bipolar?

Question

i read somewher tha people with bipolar may have trouble being faithful to partners. they love their partner, but they cheat on them. is this a true symptom of bipolar

Answer 1

Absolutely! It is one of the classic signs of the manic phase in bipolar disorder. Most people aren't sympathetic towards the odd and offensive behavior of people with bipolar disorder. What happens is that the brain goes haywire and our inhibitions disintegrate. We lose control and lose our desire to gain control. We just don't care, the only thing on our minds is chaos, pleasure, and living in the moment. It is something that we can't control without meds and therapy. Most people don't understand how the human brain works they judge and don't understand.

A good way to make someone understand a bipolar manic is to give them a bunch of crack cocaine. Have them smoke a bunch and see how they act. They will become out of control and out of their character. It is the same brain mechanisms going off and firing off. People just don't get it....

Answer 2

It can be a very terrible disorder. bipolars swing from manic to depressed. it was formerly known as manic-depressive. the new name breaks it down to many specific variations to try and zero in on the correct treatment. bipolars are generally in the depressed stage. some don't need the aid of drugs or liquor to go into a severe manic episode but it is common. during the manic state they do wild impulsive things. they often go on wild spending spreees. Or do some other thing all sorts of dangerous things they would never do when not in that state. Can be extemely dangerous. People kill others, themselves, set fires, you name it. They can take meds to prevent those peaks from happening. But bipolars like me love to be high not low. You you get it now you rotten little freak!!!!!

Answer 3

Okay people... let's talk. I AM BIPOLAR... so, I can talk from personal experience. Risky behavior? I'd say bipolar people engage in more risky sexual behavior than most. Why? Because the depth of their pain and the height of their passions are exaggerated far beyond that of people who do not have this mood disorder. Does that mean that all bipolar people engage in risky sexual behavior?
Absolutely not. Those who are lucky get help and find a way to level their mood swings where that be by medication or other methods. Difficulty staying faithful? While I'd like to say it doesn't affect bipolar people... it's simply not true. Being bipolar means having unstable moods... moods, desires, thoughts, needs, and emotions. If a bipolar person is careful to manage their disorder they are as normal as someone without the disorder and fidelity would be the same as well. However, the thing that really sucks about being bipolar is... it is the most difficult disorder to manage that I can imagine.
Why? Because you can't see it, because the person who has the disorder is disabled by it. Disabled how? Mentally, because it disguises itself and it is hard to discern delusions from reality and rips every shred of one's belief in self from within them. Physically, because it attacks you at times bringing on a depression that isn't just emotional but physical. It is as if you are tied to your bed, nauseous, terrified... of losing your mind, and awake but unable to function. It's not lazy... it's crippling clinical depression. That does something to a person, something horrible. It changes your heart and suppresses your soul. Medicine helps but it is so incredibly difficult to even reach the diagnosis and when you do finding a balance in medicine is very tedious and often takes decades, YES... DECADES. So, people with this disorder appear normal at times because the disease is easier to manage at times. And they sometimes make life altering mistakes and seemingly out of character decisions because their thoughts are muddled and their moods are shifted in ways they cannot control. Are they the same person? Somewhere inside.. yes. Is the disorder an excuse for their behavior? No. It isn't an excuse but people do things for reasons and the degree to which this disease alters your perceptions is of an incredible magnitude. The world... looks different... paranoia is common. People with bipolar disorder (who aren't being treated) have an altered reality and simply make decisions that are a result of their belief in that reality. The heart.. soul... essence of that person remains within them and will resurface. If you love someone who is bipolar I can tell you that if you hold them close... if you love them unconditionally... it is very unlikely they would leave the comfort of that reality for another one, even one in someone else's arms. All bipolar people really want is their life back and for someone to help them stay in the reality they remember prior to the onset of the disorder. They want what everyone wants.. to be loved. This disease is of an enormous magnitude. FIND HELP and don't give up. In short... statistically, yes.. it is a true symptom.

Answer 4

People with bipolar disorders indulge in a lot of risky behaviors when in a "manic phase". Sexual promiscuity (and usually unprotected) is just one. They may also indulge in drugs, shoplift, over buy esp. things they don't need, suffer from insomnia, have more energy than normal, and just seem over happy. Then, when in a depressed phase, they will regret what they have done and beat themselves up for it.

Answer 5

I've heard that too. When they are in a manic cycle there is a tendency to act out sexually. That, like bipolar disorder, can best be managed with a combination of drugs and therapy.

Answer 6

Bipolar people have no stereotyped character and are likely to behave in strange ways. Infidelity is one of those traits. Most bipolars end their marriage with a few years after the birth of a child...as the stress is too great for them to manage.

Answer 7

Bull Crap!! What a crock! Are you trying to excuse yourself (or someone), because they can't be faithful?

I am sorry, but you can't make excuses for ANY body to cheat on their spouse!

Risky behavior might be taking a dare, meaning it's the idea that you MAY be caught, but the fun of doing it and NOT getting caught is so intriguing.

We've prob'ly been there, at some point. What I mean, is thought about it, or done it. THAT DON'T MAKE IT RIGHT!!!!

Answer 8

It's well established that it occurs with greater frequency in bipolar patients. They are at risk for it. But it's not universal.

When these folks are manic, or feeling good, they are also prone to extravagant shopping sprees and other exuberant destructive behaviors.

Answer 9

Yes they can have risky behavior. However the search for love is the cause more so than the "high" we get from screwing around. I have never cheated on my man. I know a few others who when the monogamous relationship presented itself, we have become more faithful than mans best friend. I call it "The eager to please" syndrome. Cheating is just as much a problem for "normal" people as people with psychological issues.
I have found the stats to be the opposite of what you read. Could you tell me where you saw this article please?

Answer 10

When i was 13 I was in a group home for girls and in group they talked about this and from what i have heard from Doctors and staff is that in most bi-poler cases they are sexual promiscuous some times causing those kinds of things to happen.So yes in most cases.