I couldn't really tell you. It took me years to see my hypomania as that. I thought it was just the awesome side of me. While I've had multiple pDocs diagnose me as BP, my current pDoc told me that the label doesn't matter and that the profession is beginning to see things on a spectrum rather than black and white....what matters is what works. Now, I strongly resist my diagnosis, so maybe he was just telling me that so I would deal. IDK. I think the point I want to make though is try the meds he's prescribing and see how you do. He'll keep adjusting until you fell better and that's what matters. Work on knocking out the nasty D and then see where you go from there. Even if he called it BiPolar, you'd essentially be going through the same process with slightly different meds. It's just that, a process. Good luck!