I have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday, and I'm looking for some advice before I go.

I know my meds are working. I can feel their effects. The fact that I get out of bed in the morning, the fact that I'm (mostly) eating properly, the fact that I actually HAVE good days ... I know they're all thanks to the meds, and that's great. But I also still have bad days, really bad days. They don't last forever but there's really no stopping them once they start, and I usually have to ride the bad spells out. When the meds first started working, I went for a really long time without any bad days, and my doctor was even talking about weaning me off the meds. But I've been having quite a few bad days lately, and there's no way I'd want to stop them now because I know they're the only things giving me good days and making the bad days bearable (ie, they could be MUCH worse and last MUCH longer without meds). Should I ask the doctor about upping them, or should I just resign myself to the fact that I'm going to have really bad days every few weeks, and take them as they come? It's not like I want to be euphoric all the time, but I also don't want to keep hitting the point where I can't get out of bed for three days straight. I'm on 150mg of effexor right now -- I dunno if you can even take more than that. Has anyone gone through this too? I am loving my good days. I am loving that I'm getting some control over my life now that the depression's lifted somewhat. I'm taking care of myself, I'm making progress in therapy, I'm making progress with my family and my other relationships and for the first time in a long time, things are going well.

I've been keeping track, and I don't think there's anything triggering these bad days, they seem to come at me out of nowhere. I'm terrified of going back to being as bad as I was before. My counsellor says she's seen a definite improvement in me, that I'm on the right track -- I do not want to start slipping again! Is this slipping, or will the bad spells just go away? Any advice would be highly appreciated.