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Sharon,
I have expertise in psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment. The story you just described is evidence of bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder has two poles: depression and mania (or hypo-mania). Most people with bipolar disorder suffer from moderate to severe depression about 80-90% of the time in any given 1 year period (your complaints about self-esteem suggest you suffer from depression), and cycle into mania or hypo-mania (hyper-sexuality is a CLASSIC sign of bipolar mania) about for about 10-20% of the time within that same year. Your story is not at all "wierd" or "strange." In fact it is not at all uncommon among people who have the disorder. One of my patients was a beautiful, Yale-educated daughter of state Senator who wound up prostituting herself in a crack house while in a manic phase one time (and she didn't even need the money).
You should seek treatment and counseling, because bipolar disorder tends to get progressively more severe if left untreated. Also, individuals tend to do things while in a manic phase that can really wreck their lives.
It is not possible to reliably diagnose someone based on an anecdote on a message board, but the story you described is a trademark sign of the disorder. There are great new treatments available, and some very reliable old treatments as well.
If you would like to PM me with any questions, please feel free to do so.
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why are you wearing that stupid man suit?
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