u/DryLetter9148

Hi everyone.

I’ll keep it brief, appreciate your time and apologize if this post is redundant.

I've been dealing with serious mental health issues for over ten years now, since my late teenager years. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. Therapy has been moderately helpful, but medication hasn't had any noticeable sustained effect despite trying several options.

As l've became an adult and my responsibilities have increased, things have become harder and harder to manage. I feel completely surpassed by the whole situation.

I looked online for testimonies related to long-term depression, finding that some people had been stuck for years because of a misdiagnosis or an incomplete diagnosis.

My history and symptoms line up surprisingly well with ADHD, but I‘ve always thought of ADHD as something vague that many people can identity with and is overdiagnosed. I assumed that if had it, it would have been detected in childhood, when I was already explored by psychologist for the possibility of being “gifted”. I’ve also been socially programmed to believe I just don’t try hard enough. So I never seriously considered the possibility.

I consulted a new psychiatrist for an alternative point of view, I didn’t love the previos one anyways. After a long talk she brought up the possibility of ADHD, before I mentioned it myself (which I was planning to do later not to create an initial bias).

She recommended trying medication at a controlled dose and see how l respond.

I’m scared that l might not actually have ADHD but that the medication still have a positive effect simply because of how it works, which might lead to a confusion. I know she will guide me in all of this but I felt like asking here meanwhile.

Could you help me understand how to tell the difference or offer any kind of advice I could find useful?

Thank you.

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Possible misdiagnosis of ADHD as depression