Sex & Bipolar Disorder: Hypersexuality, Libido & Triggers | Dr. Heather Armstrong & Victoria Maxwell | EP. 34 🌶️

talkBD Bipolar Disorder Podcast

Sexual health researcher Dr. Heather Armstrong and mental health educator Victoria Maxwell break down how bipolar disorder, mania, depression, and medication impacts sex, how to deal with hypersexuality and low libido, and strategies to improve your sexual well-being. Hosted by Dr. Emma Morton.

(03:46) About Dr. Heather Armstrong
(04:38) About Victoria Maxwell
(06:32) How of Bipolar Disorder Affects Sex
(09:23) Hypersexuality & Triggers
(14:35) Low Sexual Interest
(17:10) Talking About Sex Is Challenging
(20:42) How Medication Affects Sex & Dysfunction
(26:33) Warning Signs & Preventing Hypersexuality
(34:15) Pornography/Masturbation Triggers Mania?
(36:24) How to Explain Hypersexuality to Your Partner
(48:21) Solving Low Desire & Building Intimacy
(55:10) Shame & Recovery from Hypersexuality
(59:54) Is Increased Sex Drive Always Bad?

Dr. Heather Armstrong is an Assistant Professor in Sexual Health at the University of Southampton in Southampton, United Kingdom. She is also a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society. Her research primarily focuses on improving sexual health and well-being among sexual and gender minority people. She has presented her work at national and international conferences around the world and has published 60 journal articles and numerous book chapters. She is an Associate Editor at Sexual Health and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sex Research, Archives of Sexual Behavior, BMJ STI, and the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.

Since being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, psychosis, and anxiety, Victoria Maxwell has become one of North America’s top speakers and educators on the lived experience of mental illness and recovery, dismantling stigma and returning to work after a psychiatric disorder. As a performer, her funny, powerful messages about mental wellness create lasting change in individuals and organizations. By sharing her story of mental illness and recovery she makes the uncomfortable comfortable, the confusing understandable. The Mental Health Commission of Canada named her keynote That’s Just Crazy Talk as one of the top anti-stigma interventions in the country.

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#talkBD⁠⁠⁠⁠ gathers researchers, people with lived experience, healthcare providers, and top bipolar disorder experts from around the world to discuss and answer the most important questions about living with bipolar disorder. Learn more about the talkBD Bipolar Disorder Podcast and upcoming episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://talkBD.live