Sorry you're going through this.

Starting last Friday, I became heavily depressed after crashing from (hypo)mania and stayed that way until yesterday. I was fortunate that a med change (increase in my rexulti) improved my mood so quickly. But having depression "fresh on my mind," I know how much it hurts to feel down and lose interest in the things you love. For me, all I wanted to do was sleep and die.

Realistically, though, things will get better eventually. They have to. They always do. Even if things don't go back perfectly the way you want them to be, they still, at the very least, get a smidge better. And I think that bit of hope is worth clinging on to.

I think sometimes you have to push yourself out of your comfort zone when depressed. Don't want to exercise? Go for a walk anyways. You'll feel so much better. Don't want to cook a homemade meal? Go do it anyways. You will feel a sense of accomplishment and feel healthy in the process. Don't want to shower? Do it anyways. You will feel more relaxed.

Just little things like that go a long way. And if you still don't have interest in doing things, that is perfectly understandable. That is the beast that depression truly is. BUT we shouldn't let it win every battle. Yes, some battles we may not win, but that doesn't mean we have to lose every single one of them either. We still have the ability to do things even when our motivation suffers, and I always try to remember that.