Bipolar mania excessive masturbation

A few years ago, a middle-aged woman from Vancouver, British Columbia, happened to read an article about bipolar disorder and hypersexuality , written by her very own psychiatrist. Hypersexuality may be the last frontier in bipolar disorder. The research is limited. Only seven studies have ever been published on the subject and their findings diverge: According to these studies, hypersexuality occurs in 25 to 80 percent of all patients with mania. And that hardly tells the story. For, despite its primal role in human behavior, sexuality remains one of the hardest, most sensitive subjects to dredge up in any but the most cursory details.

Have you ever wondered if you or your partner might be just a little too interested in sex? Everyone has a different sex drive, and some people enjoy sex a lot more than others or are a lot more open about it. It tends to cause feelings of distress to the person with the disorder it as it gets in the way of ordinary living. Terms for an overzealous sex drive have been around for thousands of years, including nymphomania, Juanism, excessive sex drive, satyriasis, and many more.

Some people know me as a 3-time Olympian in track and field. And while my athletic journey began in my youth, my personal journey with mental illness began in , a year after my retirement. I was the proud new mother of a beautiful baby girl, but was dealing with post-partum depression I sought treatment and was prescribed anti-depressants. Fast forward to March of

Masturbation is common in all societies. Despite being common, it is admonished culturally and almost all religions prohibit masturbation and consider it an act of immorality. The prohibition for masturbation leads to a lot of cultural beliefs, including certain myths, which influence sexual behavior of the person.