Depression leads to low sex drive and interest. This is due to the condition and side effects of the medications as well. Some medications cause difficulty to perform and inability to achieve orgasm.

These situations affect both the person with the condition and his or her partner. Partners should be patient and helpful. Partners have to cope with the situation encouraging the person with condition.
These sex problems worsen the depression further.

People with the bipolar should remember that they will gain back their sexuality one day. During mania as well as once they recover from depression, they will realise this fact. It is very much difficult for married people to stay married unless they get very understanding and helpful partners.

For the unmarried it is very hard because they can not share all these details with causal relationships.

During depressive episodes, the people with bipolar condition would have low energy level. This low energy level is often seen as laziness by others. Actually, the people with condition can not do anything about this. That's the characteristic of the condition. This misunderstanding is very hard to digest.

Especially, family members and friends should cope with this situation and share their love. Do not advise too much thiking you are helping. That hurts a lot. But, help them take medications, follow theraphy, do whatever that would keep them happy that would eventually help them get out of depression.