This definitely happened to me a lot prior to being diagnosed and the 1st 2 years of my diagnosis. For me the increased coping skills came from therapy and I also had a mind shift about the depression. I use to get scared every time I started to get depressed because I thought it would result in me being hospitalized etc. This wasn't true. Now when I'm depressed I really try to continue with my routine going to work, exercising etc. It's hard, but I find if I don't the depression becomes worse. I also started using a SAD lamp and this has really made a difference.