hey. i get the whole not knowing how to feel about hearing a new diagnosis.
it shouldn't matter, esp if the treatments are similar, and yet it does...

(Having contradicting dx from different pdocs makes me question whether i have MDD with AD induced hypomania or BP 2. i already take a mood stabilizer so who gives a crap what it is called, right? and yet it still sort of bothers me...
and i think the extra stigma attached to the bp dx confuses things even more.)

but i wouldn't use this different label as a predictor of your future prognosis.
anyway, i dont have much helpful advice. just wanted to say that i hear you.
hang in there.