((((((((((garden gal)))))))))))

Yes! I get mood swings like that all the time. Although 90% of the time I'm feeling all right, the smallest things can set me off and leave me in a funk for hours or even days. Then, just as inexplicably, my mood will lift again.

Are you on meds? Mine have led to some wonky moods for a couple of reasons over the years. If you've just started something new or are coming off of something you've been on, your mood will fluctuate as your body gets used to it. The other possibility is that this is your body telling you that your meds are taking you on the right track, and maybe an increase or addition of a secondary medication will further your progress (this was what ended up happening for me). Either way, it'd be a good idea to tell your doctor and/or therapist (if you have one) about this.

What I have found it good to do is make some kind of record of my good days. Go for a walk and take pictures of everything you find beautiful, write a journal entry describing EXACTLY how you're feeling, do a craft or bake or tackle some chores you hadn't felt like doing before. That way, if/when my mood dips, I have some kind of tangible reminder that depression is not a permanent state of being. Depression makes me forget what it feels like to NOT be depressed, to feel anything else at all. With depression we often lose sight of the fact that this is not a permanent thing, that this is just one state we're in but that we CAN feel different, feel BETTER than we're feeling right now. It helps me get through the bad days by showing me there is light at the end of the tunnel, that it's possible for my depression to lift, that I don't have to live thinking the misery is all I'm capable of feeling. If I have something solid to look at to remind me of those good days -- some writing, pictures, progress on a project, whatever -- it's even better.