Hi Linlan, welcome! I have been dealing with depression and anxiety for years. And I have tried various ssris in the past, none that helped. It never occurred to me I was ADD (for I have always been fabulous ). One day I was chatting with my son's psychiatrist (he is ADD and anxious...not depressive) and I told her how much I knew what he was feeling on the inside. She told me that being ADD can be very taxing and definitely lead to depression. Not so much because you're bummed you are scatter brained but because of the way you end up talking to yourself your whole life .
I am currently on Vyvanse. Love it. omg. I actually get stuff done again. I don't like being wired, don't like too much caffeine, so the benefit here is it comes in many doses, so start at 20 and you could go to 70 mg. I'm on 20 (although I was on 40 for a year) and my son takes 50 a day. If you're interested in more details, pm me. I still have bouts with it, it comes and goes. The trick is to have it come less often, for shorter periods of time, and with less severity. good luck!
CC
