 [ Symptoms ] can women on bipolar medications crave carbs or sugar or both [ Disease ] sugar and carbohydrate cravings are common in what is known as atypical depression    a tendency toward overeating and oversleeping not necessarily more common in women than men sugary foods think chocolate can have a mood enhancing effect by increasing serotonin levels as well as n acetylethanolamines which can stimulate the same receptors that cannabis stimulates plus carbohydrates intrinsically have a stimulant effect so there you have it a legal way to get high