Pattern of a string of wins & losses.

I seem to be in a pattern: I will win, and seem to play quite well, a whole string of 5-7 games and then lose catastrophically 7 out of 10 even against players rated 75-100 points below me?  Does anyone else ever have this happen to them?  Any suggestions?  My current remedy is to stop after two straight losses and doing some lessons or tactics then resuming 48 hrs. later

are you playing each game with the same level of focus and attention to detail?

OP: People with ratings as meagre as yours and mine suffer from lack of board vision. We fall victim to what another person on here one time keenly called 'observational errors' (- I like that term :P ) As long as either side may blunder a major piece, or otherwise 'miss' something major, small rating differences matter only statistically. An 800 can beat a 1200 and although it doesn't happen all the time, it happens often enough that it shouldn't surprise anyone.

If you put a lot of effort into each game, you should be able to be more consistent in 'Daily' time format. At least that's what I find. Take the time to see and actually be cognizant of all of the pieces and possible captures, short tactics, etc.. I find that 'good' players often 'blitz' their Daily games, so you can often beat players who can kill you in live chess.

Yes, I believe I do as evidenced by the fact that after 20 moves I generally have less time left than my opponent.  But it sounds like it might help to do what blastforme suggests, i.e., actually be cognizant of all of the pieces and possible captures, short tactics, etc.. 

I have this happen in blitz quite often. Just last week I went from 1500s to 1662 to 1399 or something drastic like that in just one day. Suddenly it seemed like after beating 1600s  easily, that the 1400 and 1500s were playing more like 1800s for a 24-hour stretch. And now, a win or draw with no losses for my last 8 blitz games to put the rating back over 1500 with the streak.

I'm guessing it was more to do with how much sleep I got the night before or some kind of mindset thing on my end more than anything else, but it was definitely weird.