So AS and Bipolar disorder are related? I have an aunt who has pretty heavy Borderline and Bipolar disorder, she was put in a mental hospital on various occassions and she can really go nuts (believe me I've seen it happen). My family has always been a bit 'odd', I believe my mother thinks that her father had AS. I think my grandma has some sort of paranoid/anxiety disorder (never diagnosed but becomes awfully clear when you get to know her). I'm not surprised anymore that I (probably) have Asperger's.