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Rapunzel, "mixed moods", which is linked to people getting involved in self destructive behaviors like SI, attempted suicide, etc. This is because you have both the symptoms of depression and mild mania at the same time - i.e., you wouldn't be exhibiting manic behavior per se, but you'd have a noticible spike in energy or motivation, but still the despair and sadness and emptiness of depression. Needless to say, this is a highly dangerous period to be in.

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i get that most often i think. i had to tell my t and pdoc years ago i thought i was bipolar. when i was at school i had major depression including extreme lethargy but i would have periods almost every day of extreme aggression where i would be violent and generally horrible. the gp at the time gave me ad's which made me go totally off on one - i almost killed a teacher (!!) - so they took me off them again, the gp said it may be bipolar but since i was only in my teens she said it was more likely to be "teenage angst" - hmm i've never seen teenage angst like that! anyway i ended up being treated for alcohol and si addiction, and "depression" and it took me to work out what it really was. i told my t and he put me to a p who confirmed it almost immediately. it makes me so angry that no one worked it out before - after all it's their jobs!!!

but in a way i can understand it, because - how often do you go to the gp or doc asking for help because you feel happy or normal? i was having times of mania where i was like a happy bunny gone mad but i thought that was normal! so i never mentioned it to the doc until i started thinking about it more deeply. it's hard to spot manic phase if the person only presents with depression - no one expects to go to the doc for happiness.

they should've got the aggression earlier tho anyway sorry if that was off topic - good luck with your research xx