I could see how this "exhaustion" and lack of motivation could easily be misinterpreted as depression. I myself was unsure, however Tdoc was very reassuring when she said that if I wasn't having negative thoughts, then it was NOT depression. I could see though that if she had not "set me straight" that I could have made a mountain out of a mole hill....and even talked myself into being depressed because of it.

Also, I think when symptoms arise that are out of our norm (what ever that is..haha), even if it's exhaustion and feeling tired we worry that something devastating or catastrophic must be happening....continuing the downward spiral.
I am hypersensitive in this area, because I had a depressive state in 2009 after hypomania that lead to a suicide attempt and lord knows I don't want to go though that again. But at that time I WAS having negative thoughts, so I know what Tdoc means....