I'm convinced I've had ADD my entire life and I've told practically every doctor I've seen for the past forty years what my symptoms were but it took over 20 years to ever get correctly diagnosed and then, even after that, I couldn't find doctors who believed me, doctors who believed in Adult ADD/ADHD.

Miraculously, through pure happenstance, I have found a psychiatrist who seems to understand and is willing to treat me for ADD instead of depression.

One day I asked this psychiatrist one question that seemed to turn the tide in my direction. I asked wouldn't it appear that if someone was prescribed antidepressants for 40 years and not one ever helped their symptoms, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume their problem was not true depression?

At that same appointment, we began discussing the possibility of ADD and things have been so much better.

I was and to some extent still am "depressed" but I believe it is more a depression born from a lifetime of frustration than a chemical imbalance.

I've probably been prescribed Wellbutrin by 3-4 different doctors over the past 10 years and I will say it came the closest to making a difference but it has taken Vyvanse (a stimulant) to really give me any relief whatsoever.

I guarantee you having any mental health issue, ADD/ADHD or anything else, that seems to defy accurate diagnosis and treatment will lead to depression but I personally don't know if antidepressants can help what is more (IMHO) frustration and desperation than clinical depression? They've never helped me.