Bipolar disorder can cause both increased sex drive as well as reduced side drive depending on whether you are in the mania, hypomania, or depression phase of bipolar.

Hypersexuality is one of the key features of mania or hypomania. It is the effect on your body of your brain's chemistry of the time. Hypersexuality is one of the things that can ruin a bipolar person's marriage or committed relationship. In these days where sexually transmitted diseases can kill, unrestrained hypersexuality can also be deadly. Not every person who has bipolar disorder experiences this, but for those who do, it may be a serious problem.

Having low sexual drive due to medications and being in the depressed phase of bipolar disorder can always take a toll on relationships. Unfortunately lot of psychotropics can cause sexual side effects and it is essential to talk to your doctor about those side effects. Finding the right combination of bipolar medications to control mania and depression is an essential step toward keeping one's sex drive normal.