I'm undiagnosed, but I've been running on the impression that I have ADD. But now I'm wondering if maybe I am depressed too even though I don't feel it? I've noticed that I have some of the symptoms on the depression checksheets. I feel overall happy and that I have a good outlook on life. I never think about hurting myself or anything like that and I never feel completely hopeless, just down a bit.

Some of my symptoms that seem to go along with depression:
- difficulty concentrating, increased lately
- been in a general "bummed out" mood off and on for about 6 months, but that could be due to increased stress during those months... my jerky sister in law moved in with us and we've had many conflicts, I planned my entire wedding on top of being a full-time student on top of interning at an accounting firm, and I've been taking summer classes all summer without a break...haven't had a real break from school in over a year.
- have a terrible time waking up and I hate going to sleep because it feels like a waste of time when I could be doing so much other stuff
- I don't sleep much because I procrastinate with my work until it's really late
- I hate getting out of bed in the morning because 1) I'm tired obviously and 2) because I don't like the routine of my day and I don't really care about school anymore
- I've lost just about all of my motivation for doing well in school because I'm having a terrible time being a "good" student...I think it's due to my ADD problems.

What do you think? Sound like depression, or ADD and overstress?

Sounds like ADD and overstress, but then I'm not your doctor. If you could take a break and unwind a bit, you could see how much is sleep deprivation/stress, and how much is other things. But it wouldn't hurt to ask your doctor about it.

My counselor said that a lot of people who go undiagnosed with ADD tend to be depressed too. Because you go through life feeling like a loser (my words not hers) and it makes you depressed.

As soon as I started meds, I stopped messing up on everything and I no longer felt depressed. I'm not saying that meds are the only answer but they have really helped me change my life around for the better.

- have a terrible time waking up and I hate going to sleep because it feels like a waste of time when I could be doing so much other stuff
- I don't sleep much because I procrastinate with my work until it's really late
- I hate getting out of bed in the morning because 1) I'm tired obviously and 2) because I don't like the routine of my day and I don't really care about school anymore
- I've lost just about all of my motivation for doing well in school because I'm having a terrible time being a "good" student...I think it's due to my ADD problems.



Yes me too! I have all these problems that you mentioned above.. Especially the one about procrastinate till the last minute till i cannot sleep and i have to forsake sleep so i can get things done. It always been this way for me. It is difficult to differentiate depression and ADD because i tried to when i went to see a doctor. For now although i decided not to take medicines for time being, am trying out with my mind. I am trying to overcome this by cultivating a habit of good time management. My friends always scolded me for procrastinating. They told me if i have a good time management and do my things early, study my tests, exams early i wouldn't be any difference from my peers. They said my biggest problem is not able to pull myself up when i fall, and i have this tendency to gloom about my failures over long time. And i am lazy too. Thus, I decided that the way to make things work, prevent procrastinating, is to prevent yourself from procrastinating once. It is all like a discipline thing. When i was small my mom told me this and that, once i grow older no one nags and push me, i have got to find the inner strength to push myself to work. I think the theory to follow is, "Not allow yourself to procrastinate even once. It is always Now, or Never." I am saying this because procrastination and bad time management is a cycle. It goes round and never stop once you DECIDED TO let it to begin. I should never. I am trying self motivation and start everything all over again. I will start doing and acting like, I have never failed before. And start being dreamer alive again. It doesn't matter how much u have failed, but it is when are u going to stand up from failures and try like you have never failed before. That is what i guess is important..