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Believe it or not, even though Bipolar disorder consists of depressive and manic episodes, it is a completely separate disorder to Major Depressive Disorder and thus both can be diagnosed as separate diagnoses and not all those with Bipolar Disorder will have Major Depressive Disorder.
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Can you explain more? How does a bipolar person with MDD look different from a bipolar person without MDD?
MDD is diagnosed when a patient has a major depressive episode. All people with bipolar I or II have major depressive episodes, so, if these diagnoses could be simultaneously given, all bipolar patients would also have MDD.
I'm 90% certain that you can't have both...
Did you get your dx of MDD before your dx of bipolar? If so, your diagnosis was probably changed when your doctor got to know you better.