 [ Symptoms ] my aunt steals pain killers and she is bipolar does bipolar cause her to steal  she is in her mid to late fourties she claims she dosent steal pain killers but we have all seen her do it now her sister claims that she steals the pain killers due to her being bipolar i am wondering if this is in fact true or that her sister is just denying it to herself which in turn is not able to get her the help she needs [ Disease ] hi just where did you get this idea from lets put it this way no way good luck