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I Feel An ADHD Depression Sometimes

Every so often I feel so bogged down with my symtoms I get a sort of ADHD Depression. We hear about it a lot but what is Depression?

By now you should be familiar with the ADHD definition. Depression is a mood disorder that many people experience. It is a feeling of sadness that is more than normal. you can have when you have ADHD. If you are feeling more down than usual then you may be experiencing it.

What is Depression?

Depression is a type of Mood Disorder, so let’s look at what that is first. A diagnosis of a mood disorder is made by listing the core symptoms along with a timeline for how long they last. There are two important parts. The first is the duration and the second is the severity of the symptoms.

Experts agree that an altered mood state should be diagnosed as a mood disorder only when it is severe enough to interfere with a person’s social and work function. Also when the person’s range of symptoms is not limited to feelings but affects their body and behavior as well.

Being very down is called depressive or depression. Being very up is called manic or mania. These moods are much much more than a normal persons daily routine.

If the change in mood is to feeling depressive and then back to a normal mood that might be a unipolar disorder (depression and dysthymic disorder).

If the change in mood occurs between manic and depressive this might be bipolar disorder (bipolar I and II or cyclothymia).

Here are the The DSM-IV criteria for major depressive episodes or the ups and downs that doctors look for.

Major Depressive Episode
Has the patient experienced five or more of the following symptoms continuously at least over a 2-week period and in a way that departs from the patient’s normal functioning?

The patient reports that he/she feels depressed or sad most of the day.
There is a loss of interest or ability to derive pleasure from all or nearly all activities that were previously enjoyed.
Significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain or a decrease or increase in appetite nearly every day.
There is difficulty sleeping through the night or the need for more sleep during the day.
The patient is noticeably slowed down or agitated throughout the day.
The patient reports feeling fatigued or a loss of energy nearly every day.
Feelings of worthlessness or extreme or inappropriate guilt.
The patient reports difficulties with concentration or the ability to think; this can also be seen by others as indecisiveness.
Recurrent thoughts of death or ideas about suicide without a specific plan for doing so or a suicide attempt.

If you feel this sounds like you then talk with your doctor. Like ADHD there are many ways to treat depression. If you are already treating your ADHD. Then you can merge the two treatments together.

Just like with ADHD there is help for you.

My ADHD has caused difficulty in life and it gets me down.

I often experience a sort of ADHD Depression. I will be having such a hard time getting tasks done or find success. I lapse into a bit of a depression.

My ADHD is here for life and the struggle I go through to get things done is tough. I often fall short of the goals I wanted. In work and socially.

This constant struggle has gotten to me a few times where I was definitely in a depressive state. I think we all can get that way sometimes. My ADHD depression left me feeling pretty bad.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel though. When I started working on this website it helped me feel much better. I was using all the things that were bringing me down to bring me up.

I get so much joy out of telling my story and hearing from people who found it useful. I turned my ADHD depression into ADHD motivation.

I hope that others will read this and be able to make the same turnaround as I am making. They can find their passion and use it to give back and get out of the hole. They can begin to feel normal and good about themselves again.

I still get down, especially when I am researching and thing about the past of my ADHD. When that happens I try my best at what I love. I spend time with people I love and who care about me. Soon enough I am on top again.

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