 [ 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 ] i would like to know why you want to take these medications together you may not be aware but they are actually very similar medications    think of them as family members so you want to take one or the other not both