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Can you have borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder?

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Yes, you can have both a mood disorder such as Bipolar and a personality disorder such as Borderline.

Yes especially if Bipolar Disorder goes untreated for a while it could develop into something more serious like Borderline PD, Narcissism, or ASPD (Antisocial personality).

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