Hello Pastel Kitten: I'm no expert on such things... but I see no reason why depressive episodes couldn't be mixed with hypomania... & irritability as well. It's also possible that there are physical aspects to your fluctuating moods. I was watching the latest segment of: "The Brain with David Eagleman" on our local PBS TV station last night. And one of the things Eagleman, who is a brain researcher, talked about is how decisions we make are subtly influenced by aspects of our physiology. For example, he talked about one study that showed that whether or not a prisoner was granted parole was influenced by whether or not the judge had had lunch! If the judge was hungry, parole was less likely to be granted than if the judge had eaten!

Anyway, I'm glad to read that you were able to accomplish all of that cleaning as well as to take that nice walk. I walk quite a bit & find that it is a great help.