07-10-2010, 12:59 AM
No. however, the distinction between personality disorders and those that are not considered personality disorders is an artificial one, and most if not all categories of mental disorders will be changed as time goes on and they are better understood. We're still in the dark ages so far as understanding of brain disorders goes.
Personality disorders are more persistent than bipolar, whereas for many people with bipolar, they have well-defined episodes of illness, often separated by YEARS of no symptoms, even if they don't take medications.
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