Mood swings in and out of depression?

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I'm not sure if this is the right board?

But basically, I've started noticing that I have these small periods of depression followed by small periods of positiveness (is that a word?). It's really quite annoying because one day you're all optimistic about life and the next you're like f it.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else has experienced the same kind of swings?

Thanks!

im not a physician and take what i say with a pinch of salt, as there could be many things to take into account, as with depression there are many different areas associated with it, but from what little you describe as the sudden ups and downs is similar to bi-polar, however this is over a period of time, if you get these symptoms intermittently spread over time it could be related to something else... I think some are very wary about giving any form of diagnosis on here! Can only view these things as just advice... See a physician, depression is a very real thing and needs to be looked at sooner rather than later

Depression exists because people fail to understand our intentions..that leads to stress..on long term basis leads to depression

Yeah. I get those sometimes.
Usually I am pretty positive but when I am stressing over something I get depressed easily, it feels like I am on the edge all the time and can break in tears at any moment. I can still get distracted and have fun but anything distracts me from the distraction, including my own thought and suddenly the bad mood hits me again. It can change within a mere second when I am in this state.

Periods like this last about 2-10 days around/after/before a stressing event. Might take longer if the stressing thing is spread in time but in that case I usually learn what to expect or learn not to think about it so it isn't so bad anymore.
I believe it is the famous resistance to change because the events that stress me like this are mostly changes in routine, even if they are just thoughts about change (for example just planning how to move out from the house one day is sure to get me down, despite me wanting to move out).

Welcome to my life, the past 15 years. SSRIs now seem to make the problem worse, the highs higher and lows lower, and incredibly fast switching; that happened to me after being on them for about a month recently.

It is better than being down all the time, but the lack of consistency of who I am makes planning, and therefore life in general, extremely hard. I can't take on responsibilities that I want to take when I am up, because I know I won't be able to do those things when I'm down, and its really, really hard to know what I can and should push through. In each state of mind I have a hard time understanding how I am like in the other state of being, and even though I logically should know that, it seems to not matter.

This is not bi-polar, as the change happens too quickly. However, there are people who call something ultradian cycling, or ultra rapid cycling which you'd probably fit the description of, but it's not in the DSM, which is the North American bible for mental health, and seems to be a relatively new term for something. I would not be surprised if some environmental chemicals are the cause of this (also like I suspect the are for some autism).
There are a lot of people with your issue.

I am diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, under extremely suspect circumstances, but I know I have other aspergian traits and a dad on the spectrum.

Periods of positiveness can be described as mania as it's absolutely a thing. The term however is used when those periods result in poor decisions that the person makes due to their over-zealousness. Not all mania is happy, it often is, but it's generally always very 'active' for the person.

I was diagnosed at 51, so I'm still learning a lot.

I described to my psychiatrist how I'll have a near panic attack when first arriving at work (for instance) and then another one before heading home. This doesn't make sense to me because my home happens to be great and work is enjoyable too. She said, "That's an ASD thing, and it's called Transition Anxiety." According to her it can range from an extreme of completely melting down with a break in routine to relatively mild discomfort during and around transitions in day to day life.

In all my reading I had never heard of such a thing. It doesn't make it any better but at least I know it's a thing now and not an indicator of some new kind of anxiety or depression.

Hope this helps!

My mood dips and ebbs like the liquid I hold it as, it takes me all the day sometimes to identify which area is causing me the issue as I have a few different things going on and they can all be having a good feeding frenzy at the same time if it's a really low period.