Depression - Must it always be a battle?

I guess this is just somewhat of a venting for me. I've been really making an effort to follow a new program I came across on recovering from depression, and it has been working pretty good for me up until the last few days. Why is it that whenever I seem to find something that I feel is going to work for me, my depression seems to attack with a vengeance. It seems to come at me harder than ever before like it's afraid to be defeated. It's afraid be overcome and eliminated. I just don't get it. Isn't feeling good the way it's supposed to be? Why is it so hard then? I know, I'm venting here, but I just wanted to get this out of my system.

Do others out there go through the same thing? When you feel good and positive, does your depression seem to lash back and try to keep you down. I don't think most people understand this because they've never been through it, but it quite frankly sucks. I hate having such high hopes for something only to get crushed back down to my harsh reality. Year after year this seems to happen to me. I know there is a way to get past this. I know there is a way to lead a normal life.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not giving up by any means. I will continue my depression program and continue to put the most I can put into getting over this depression thing once and for all. I'm not about giving up, so I will succeed in this journey. I know there will be bumps along the way, but I also know I can get over them.

I started Depression Wiki at http://www.depressionwiki.org to kind of keep track and talk about a great depression program I'm been going through. So far the ideas and concepts in the program are awesome, and as I put them in motion, they really seem to be helping me out a lot!