# Can depression come and go? **URL:** \ **Category:** Diagnosed Sz or Sza\ **Created:** [January 24, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124 "2026-01-24T15:05:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/1 "2026-01-24T15:05:33Z")
It’s coming in waves. Just like that. Out of the blue. I feel sadness and despair and after half an hour I’m fine again. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/2 "2026-01-24T15:07:35Z")
Now it’s gone, for example. I’m listening to music. I’m fine. When I’ll lay on my bed I am going to feel despair again ---
**Author:** ![Wave](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/wave/32/14465_2.png) [@Wave](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Wave)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/3 "2026-01-24T15:07:49Z")
Yes, depression can come and go ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/4 "2026-01-24T15:10:19Z")
I feel momentary confusion and despair all day long ---
**Author:** ![Wave](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/wave/32/14465_2.png) [@Wave](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Wave)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/5 "2026-01-24T15:34:47Z")
I’m sorry @Om_Sadasiva ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/6 "2026-01-24T15:40:08Z")
No problem. But I don’t understand this phenomenon. I will ask my psychiatrist, probably on monday ---
**Author:** ![2Waynez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/2waynez/32/176_2.png) [@2Waynez](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/2Waynez)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/7 "2026-01-24T15:58:15Z")
I think the mind always seeks homeostasis, a balance between extremes often falling on moderation as a set mode. ---
**Author:** ![Mars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/mars/32/4869_2.png) [@Mars](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/8 "2026-01-24T15:59:47Z")
I take a mood stabilizer, otherwise it rapid cycles. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/9 "2026-01-24T16:17:19Z")
I was taking mood stabilizer when I was first diagnosed. Maybe I need one again? ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/10 "2026-01-24T16:17:36Z")
Yes, sounds reasonable ---
**Author:** ![POET](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/poet/32/485_2.png) [@POET](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/POET)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/11 "2026-01-24T16:23:18Z")
similar things happen with bipolar especially if the depression followed by mania… can be rapid cycling if its very fast. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/12 "2026-01-24T16:31:03Z")
Ultra rapid if very fast. I have no mania though ---
**Author:** ![POET](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/poet/32/485_2.png) [@POET](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/POET)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/13 "2026-01-24T16:32:31Z")
i heard that people with Boarderline personality disorder often suffer feeling like almost both feelings at once similar to bipolar as well. so could be rapid cycling bipolar or maybe BPD if thats not out of the realm of posibility. i dont know much about this tho just what ive heard… best to talk with your doc ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/14 "2026-01-24T16:32:46Z")
I go from excitement and joy to sadness and despair just like that ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/15 "2026-01-24T16:44:37Z")
I texted my psychiatrist. ---
**Author:** ![Hemy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/hemy/32/15415_2.png) [@Hemy](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Hemy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/16 "2026-01-24T16:46:23Z")
Shifting between moods that rapidly sounds more like emotional dysregulation than it does bipolar. Even rapid cycle bipolar mood affects change over the span of 24 hours to a couple of days, and not so much multiple times over an hour. At least that’s what my psychiatrist explained to me a while ago and I did more research on emotional dysregulation. Obligatory disclaimer: I’m not a doctor, and if it’s super uncomfortable seek support. I do recommend looking up emotional regulation skills to everyone, though. EDIT: Just saw you reached out to your treatment team. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/17 "2026-01-24T16:47:42Z")
9 years ago I was having extreme mood swings in my prodromal phase and got prescribed tegretol. Later I stabilized for years with constant depression and now that ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/18 "2026-01-24T16:48:31Z")
Ultra rapid is swings by minute. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/19 "2026-01-24T16:50:55Z")
I have never experienced mania. Hypomania maybe. I don’t know if it’s a mood disease or just emotional mayhem due to schizophrenia ---
**Author:** ![POET](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/poet/32/485_2.png) [@POET](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/POET)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124/20 "2026-01-24T17:30:30Z")
> [@Om\_Sadasiva](#): > > excitement and joy to sadness and despair are you sure you’ve never has mania? the above kind of soudns like bipolar @fish i was just going to tag you lol @Fisherman1992 [Next page](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/can-depression-come-and-go/2124.md?page=2)