Do aspie's display traits of Bipolar Disorder?

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I have issues that seem to be traits of being bipolar, such as occasional mood swings and feeling deeply depressed. Is this also a trait of Asperger's? Might I have bipolar disorder as well? Is it even possible to have both?

Bipolar can affect any group - normocentric or not. Some NTs are bipolar; some ASD people are bipolar. Most, in both groups, are not. The way your title question is framed - though you probably didn't intend this - translates to "Are people with Aspergers psychiatrically ill?" That's rather unfortunate.

You may or may not be bipolar. People without bipolar experience mood swings and bouts of (usually reactive) depression.

What usually happens when people answer questions like yours is answers that typically go: "Oh yes bipolar is a co-morbid". One could also say that bi-polar is co-morbid with any form of neurotype, because no type is exempt. Jargon doesn't make things more factual. I am tired of the "co-morbid" terminology that is borrowed from the language of psychiatry. I don't think it is very helpful in understanding the hows and whys of the constellation of different things which affect people.

Most of the medicine that i have been given since being diagnosed are also given to people with bipolar disorders.

It helps stabilize my every day mood and my emotional reactions to other things. I have never been diagnosed with bipolar disorder though. You could have both or you could just be a bit moody.

Everything that happens with a person doesn't have to be a disorder. If you are worried talk to your doctor.

(I feel like i might be sounding rude. That is not my intention, so if it is rude Sorry.)

I have mood swings but I am definitely not Bipolar. I just have anxiety and I have been told I have PMS. I also thought mood swings were a woman thing because of our hormones.

I thought mood swings were not a symptom of autism. Yes you can have both Bipolar and autism.

I would say that it is clear that most people with Autism suffer with significantly more than an a average amount of depression. Thus most people with ASD share that common symptom. Similarly both people with OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and most people with Autism usually have special interest in with which they are extremely preoccupied. Thus on the surface level the preoccupation trait of someone with ASD and the obsessions of someone with OCD trait might appear to be similar. But from what I gather the nature of depression of someone with ASD is usually fundamentally different in the process than someone with Bipolar Disorder- just as the preoccupation of someone with ASD is usually a fundamentally different process than someone with OCD. Of course there are people who are comorbid or perhaps even have all three.