Hi bluedolphin, being "alright" for weeks at a time, feeling happy briefly sometimes, really is a great start/really is somewhere compared with where you've been!!! So give yourself real credit for making it that far, it does mean something!!!
Sometimes the road out of depression can seem never ending, or as if it's never going to really happen, right? But sometimes it can be about just hanging in there, doing what you can, and getting the support you need with it/the right support.
Hoping you're getting whatever support you need right now, whether that's from a pdoc, a T, friends or family...........but of course we're here too!!
Alison