Ok so I was diagnosed with bipolar 1 a year ago, finally, after years of being undiagnosed and suffering from delusions, magical thinking that caused me to basically become homeless and unable to communicate with anyone. I was given lamictal which has been working great so far. My close friend, more like a mentor, has seen me at my lowest points when I was drinking heavily and  i seriously thought i was not on earth and people were trying to kill me. She thinks i definitely have BPD with schizoactive traits nd that that's the root of the problem. My question is, are the these two diagnoses similar? Do they intersect somewhere on the mental illness spectrum? If anyone has this similarity please comment as I'm trying to understand and am new to figuring all this out. Much love and be well 👋🏼