 Does anyone else in a depressive episode have sudden mood swings? I guess maybe they're not mood swings, because let's say something happens that would usually make me really really happy or excited, I get happy about it, but then that feeling only lasts like 5 minutes max before I crash back down. Like during the depressive episode, most things don't make me happy and I lose my joy and hobbies and stuff. But then if there's something that would make me extremely happy, it's like that emotion breaks through a depression barrier or something and I feel almost hypomanic for a really short time, before that barrier closes back up and I'm back to being unproductive. So like during the depressive episode, I experience ups and downs and it doesn't consist entirely of me feeling depressed, even though most of it is me feeling down. I guess I'm wondering if anyone else experiences the moments of hypomania or just feeling a little better during a depressive episode, usually when something really good happens or you do or see something you really like. Like i seem to experience symptoms of hypomania: easily irritated/reckless behavior every once in a while, before crashing back down only minutes later. Please tell me someone can relate??