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How can i tell hypomania bipolar 2 from spouse's real wants?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Are you asking in a: Very veiled manner about your spouse's sex drive? Sex drive often increases with hypomania or mania. Libido may be high, lower or low when in a depressed or intercyclic state.

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Answered 11/20/2017

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