I believe certain symptoms of GAD can be a part of Bipolar, but they come secondary and as a result of the main symptoms of BPD. Let's take hypomania for instance: the main symptoms like distractibility, flight of ideas, doing too many projects, etc can bring on anxiety symptoms. The full diagnosis of GAD, however, is separate from Bipolar and often has a different origin, although of course some people have co-occurring BP and GAD.

How has your social life been affected by BP, if at all?