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Aug 30, 2014, 04:52 PM
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I have been in an episode of depression for a few weeks. But this has been punctuated by much better moods. Most of the time the depression is still there. Does this still count as a mood swing into depression? Do moods fluctual like this while being in a major mood swing?
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Aug 30, 2014, 05:00 PM
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yes, counts as depression. you can have spurts of good moods, but if the overall mood is depression, it is a depressive episode.
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Aug 31, 2014, 03:09 PM
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Any other thoughts on this by anyone? I find that I have a few infrequent days where I feel almost "normal" most all days I feel mild to moderate depression, with a couple severely depressed days thrown in for good measure.
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Aug 31, 2014, 03:17 PM
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I think I agree that if the overall mood is depressed it is a depressed episode. When I'm in an episode I usually have one or two days of normal but then fall right back in to the episode so I know it was just a fluke.
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Aug 31, 2014, 03:28 PM
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Yeah , Depression. But if your getting a day or two here that your more up just enjoy the hell out of it
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Aug 31, 2014, 07:41 PM
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I've been in a similar sort of funk all summer. Up, down, up, down, down, down, down, up, up and so on. I think it's a mild mixed episode because sometimes it even changes in the same day, and I'm not an ultradian cycler. Nothing I can't live with, but I'd sure like to have more UP days!
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