Hello there, visitor from the bipolar side of things.  I'm wondering about what it's like to be bipolar and have BPD.

I've been reading through the DSM and I feel like I resonate with a lot of the symptoms listed there on BPD, but as far as I can remember, I only seem to feel that way during longer depressive episodes and during the winter (or maybe under high stress, i.e. school?).  When I'm stable, I don't remember struggling with the symptoms in the DSM.

So my question is-- is BPD something that is always there?  Or is it something that might only occur during some depressive episodes? 