Depression without reason

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I don't know why this happens to me, but it seems that I have a 2 month cycle for feeling normal/happy, and then being depressed and feeling sad. The new bl**dy cycle of depression just began, without any reason at all, and I am getting real tired of this crap. Any other Aspie have similar experiences? Is it because in the past week or so, I socialized a lot more than usual(although only with one person)?

^ Sounds like you may have Cyclothymia. I'm also a sufferer of this as well as having Asperger's. It is like a very mild form of Bipolar disorder. I suggest you look it up on Google. There is a checklist of symptoms you can look at to see if it is likely. If my moods become too extreme I take mood stabilising meds. I cycle between being full of enthusiasm and energy and not needing much sleep to feeling miserable, lacking energy and sleeping a lot. The cycles can last for several days, weeks or even months.

Edit: I'll just add that there is often no obvious reason why the mood should suddenly change from up to down or vice-versa. Sometimes I'm aware a small thing can trigger it, especially if I obsess about it. It seems baffling that one day I can be full of the joys of the world and the next I'm having suicidal thoughts.

TallyMan has a good point. Do some research on the Internet and you may also want to experiment with various supplements to see if they have any effect.

Another thing to consider is that there is a part of life that is often overlooked. Your environment can have a big impact on how you feel. When soldiers get out of the Army and return home, they often find that there is no "place" for them. It can be more traumatic than combat. We often do not fully appreciate how much our environmental structure (home, work, friends, family, familiar surroundings, etc) provide a blanket of security. If something disturbs or changes one of your environmental elements, you can be shaken up and might not even see why.

Chemical based depression can do that. The body changes in accordance with the seasons, as does the brain. A wire may be crossed somewhere causing this to happen.

See a doctor, get on an SSRI and stay on it. Either that or learn to shove through the depression somehow, which is miserably difficult.

If there's NO REASON, NO REASON WHATSOEVER, that sounds like a chemically-based issue.

Mood stabilizers or SSRI's might help.

So will learning to correct your thinking.

Both of them, together, would be ideal.

Oh my God, reading this thread has made me find an answer to why I've been feeling exactly like I've been feeling for over a year. I've been finding it very hard to be satisfied with home and work. I know that I should be thankful that I have a secure home, and also that I have a part-time job what I have been looking for for over 4 years. But I still find something stressful about it what I can't cope with, and I couldn't even tell you what it is because I don't even know why I feel like this.

Like with home life, I find other people agitate me, and the cat miaws non-stop which is so annoying to hear when I'm in another room. Also my mum's family overwhelm me especially when they come round, leave doors open, make a noise and a mess, and criticise me for being me, and I don't want to associate myself with my cousins any more because I'm so bitter about being the only AS-sufferer in an NT family. I would move out, but I'm worried about living on my own too.

Also, I get bored with my routine, but I get stressed if somebody changes it. How does that work out?