"Highs" and "Lows"?

Hey everyone.

So lately I've been having more ups and downs with my depression over say, the past 2 weeks, which is kind of new. Usually I just feel low constantly, and then I feel "less low" on other days, but I'm able to function adequately on the "less low" feeling.

I don't know if these feelings are "highs and lows", but it's like I will feel generally calm and that everything is going to be okay, and it makes me feel good. And I get a little energy boost from that feeling and it prompts me to do things I like, and I'm not depressed at all. And then later on, out of the blue, I just feel really down. And then it picks back up, and it's a new cycle. I know no one can diagnose, and I shouldn't work myself up about it, but does sound like bipolar disorder to you? Or do other people with MDD also get these feelings? Thanks in advance

I'm not one to diagnose, but I have ups and downs too, or rather, calm periods and then what I call crisis period depressions. You can get high periods and low periods. I suppose the thing is, and there is a depression test on pc that you can take, if your depression starts to make you feel really bad and interfere with your thinking and functioning you should get some help, being therapy or a psychiatrist. Best of wishes.