How Bipolar Disorder affect Women ?

 Women and men are equally likely to have bipolar I disorder, but women are more likely to have bipolar II disorder and may experience more rapid cycling between highs and lows. Women with bipolar disorder are also more likely than men with bipolar disorder to have other physical and mental health conditions, including problems with alcohol use, depression caused by bipolar disorder, thyroid disease, obesity caused by medicines that treat bipolar disorder, and migraine headaches. Women with bipolar disorder tend to have more depression and anxiety symptoms than men.

In women with bipolar disorder generally, depressive symptoms are more likely to be dominant. In fact, women with the condition are twice as likely to experience depression as men. Women are also more likely to experience psychosis with depression. Because depressive symptoms tend ton be dominant. Women with bipolar disorder often receive an incorrect diagnosis of depression. Researchers found that women with bipolar disorder were two to three times more likely to attempt suicide than men.

Women with bipolar 2 is more likely to alternate rapidly between episodes. Rapid cycling, in which moods change quickly in a short period, also seems to be more common among females. In one study, almost 30% of women with bipolar disorder experienced rapid cycling, compared with just over 16% of men. 

In women with bipolar disorder, symptoms can appear or reappear during or after pregnancy. Some women also have symptoms that get better or worse throughout the month with their menstrual cycle. Women with bipolar disorder experience a seasonal pattern of mood disturbance more often than men. Women have depressive episodes more often in the fall and winter than the spring and summer.

During manic episodes, women with bipolar disorder may engage in certain impulsive behaviors. For some women , this kind of behavior can involve a preoccupation with sex and a heightened sex drive leading to unprotected sex or risky sexual situations with potentially damaging consequences, both physical and emotional. Hyper-sexualityv, or an increased interest in sex, is known to be a symptom of bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorder is equally common in men and women. But women are more likely than men to have a depressive episode first and to have more depression and anxiety symptoms. Women are also more likely to have rapid cycling and mood episodes that are triggered by hormonal or seasonal changes.