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Old Apr 06, 2013, 01:50 AM
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Sounds like it could be to me. hang tough. You need to change doctors and find someone who specializes in ADD. Often times people who have ADD will develop depression due to there self esteem taking such a huge hit over there lifetime. Not to mention we are afraid to engage people in conversation as they think we are not listening to them, which give them the impression they are uninteresting. When in fact it is not your fault nor there's for what occurs. We also feel a lot of times we can never do anything right which forces us further into depression. Often if ADD is diagnosed correctly and treated with medication and the medication works. Self esteem will rise, depression will get better and confidence will reemerge. So I suggest trying to find a new doctor and see where that takes. You it is not an easy road to find one sometimes. I had been through 3 doctors over my life before I found the right one. She was my 4th try. I got the same diagnosis as you from the first 3 doctors I saw + a few other conditions. They told me I had anxiety, depression and social phobia. Ocd like tendencies. Once I was diagnosed with ADD they all made sense and were all cause by my ADD. All the conditions could be perfectly explained by my add. Hope this helps

Doctors label people with depression/anxiety because it is easier to diagnose. Plus there is a lot less yellow tape to navigate when someone is diagnosed with them vs ADD. Doctors have to watch there ADD patients for signs they are abusing the adderall etc.