It is impossible to have both depression and bipolar. This is because depression is a symptom of bipolar disorder – often, an extremely vital symptom – and is therefore simply a part of the bp for you. Go ask any qualified psychologist or psychiatrist if the two are diagnosed at the same time and most, if not all, will say “no”. You do not have bipolar and depression: you have bipolar disorder, with bouts of bipolar depression. Please stop listing them separately, it gets on my nerves every time.

Read more here: http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/can-a-person-be-diagnosed-with-simultaneous-depression-and-bipolar-disorder/