Thanks for the reply dottie. I've been thinking I'm not sure if it's anger so much, as frustration, but the frustration leads to angry feelings when I haven't reached my work goals, my kids get home and start talking to me, which gets me further behind. Then I get snappy and tell them I need to work. (and they must be thinking "geez, we've been gone for 7 hours. You couldn't get it done then?" ) Then I feel worse.

I wasn't like this in school. I even earned high honors when I went back to school at 28, plus I was working a part-time job and tutoring another girl in my class. Depression wasn't as bad then either. I had a low day once in a while, very infrequently. Don't we all?

Sooooo I'm thinking that the poor attention/concentration has to stem from the depression, which is why even though my psychiatrist/psychopharmacologist thinks I "could" have ADD, the depression gets taken care of first.

Yes, I would prefer to not "have" to take medicine, but if my brain chemistry isn't going to react well enough to behavioral modification or a vitamin (Tom Cruise, kiss my *****) I'd rather suck up my pride and take the dang Rx remedy.