Mood fluctuations

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How many of you have fluctuating moods? As in feel happy, then out of nowhere feel depressed about something, then get over that and feel happy again. Could it be a sign of something more than my autism or is this just a typical autism trait?

Yes.They are not extreme but they do fluctuate for no apparent reason. I keep meaning to keep a chart to see if there's a pattern.

My mood fluctuates, from minute to minute, throughout the day. One minute I'm happy, and one minute I'm sad.

Lately, I've been feeling happy one moment, then the next thing I know I'm grouchy for no reason, then I'm back on my feet.

Yeah, I do experience that a lot... and not just during that time of the month either.

Oh god, this is a huge problem for me...

The smallest thing will set me off; one moment I'm perfectly happy, having a great day, and the second something bad happens ("bad" qualifies as "oh no, soandso is mad/hates me," most of the time) I shatter. I'll launch into a massive crying fest for practically no reason, and it's hard for me to come out of it (my fellow-aspie boyfriend says it's possibly an AS thing, I'll get "stuck in a rut" in my track of mind).
I've been working on calming myself down more quickly (therapy lol) and it's been getting better, but I still get set off easily. The difference is it's now slightly harder to escalate to full-blown panic attack (happens more often that you'd think), because I'm getting better at stopping earlier. It also helps that my boyfriend's very aware of it and is working on helping me deal with it, because usually it's him that accidentally sets me off (the one real downside of AS+AS relationships hahahahaha; he'll say something that makes me think he's mad, even though he's not). So whenever he'll say something accidentally offensive, he'll immediately switch to very clearly telling me he's not mad and everything's fine and I shouldn't panic, etc.

Sigh. I feel like such a girl :\ lol

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My parents suspect I may be bipolar because my mood changes at the drop of a hat for supposedly no apparent reason. I just have an extreme low, never the extreme high of bipolar. I've never felt true happiness.

I used to have *really* severe fluctuations in my mood, it's not as bad as it was a few years ago...but sometimes it can still be quite bothersome for me. I have heard that people with autism/Asperger's often have problems with regulating their emotions...but problems with mood fluctuations could point to a lot of different things. If you're really concerned about it, you may want to consider seeing a professional about it. You don't have to, it's just a thought if it ever gets to a point where you feel like you can't cope with it.

I've had the tendency for fluctuating moods since my depression. Mostly it's just mind over matter now, but when I get really upset abilifi helps, like the time my dad was in the hospital for a month. Would've lost it on my own.

It's interesting to hear how hard it is for you to figure out causes. For me, my mood doesn't fluctuate randomly much, I just react really strongly and abruptly to events. Not sure, on balance, whether that's a positive or a negative.

It's also interesting that a lot of the people responding to this seem to be women.