Does sadness make ADHD worse? | ADHD Information
Ok, where do I start?
All of my ADHD symptoms became really apparent around the time I was diagnosed with going through depression. I wasn't diagnosed with DEPRESSION, just normal going through it.
This came about as a result of numerous events all at one time. I got hurt really badly at work and now have injuries that will only get worse. My grandfather who I adored passed away and I still cant bring myself to talk about him a year later without crying and having an anxiety attack. Then I was driving my Dad's car back after borrowing it and swerved to miss a sheep on the road and ended up almost killing myself and my daughter and coming to a stop in a farmers paddock with the car on its roof.
Im starting to think my ADHD has gotten so much worse after all these events and I cant seem to get myself out of this depression that Im just going through.
Do many of you find therapy to be beneficial as well as the meds? The meds are helping with my concentration but at times I feel like Im on the edge of losing my sh*t completely.
One day Im happy the next Im miserable, irritable and just plain sad
Any advice or personal stories would be a great help guys, for the sake of my sanity.
therapy DOES help!! It gives you a safe place to talk and helps you learn about yourself and new ways to make it through without falling back on old habits. It's wonderful when it is there!
Depression is when you feel sad when there's no real reason. You have reason. Call it being sad. It's normal when things aren't so great like what you've been through. It passes and better times come along. So don't worry so much!!
When I was building up to finding out about my ADHD I had lost my corporation. I lost my woman. I lost my unborn son. I lost my families' respect. I lost all my money. I was sad. Was it depression?? Hell no! It was a medical condition called beingus saddus. But it was a saving grace - it forced me to look deep into my ugly insides and ask "WHY??!??" I looked at my paternal uncles' and how they destroyed themselves. I looked at how I destroyed my own life. I could have collapsed inward and looked at slitting my wrists and ending it all. There would have been some that said I was justified and others that would have said "good riddance".
Once I started my therapy and meds the beingus saddus cleared up fast. I found a job I love and new friends. My family that had watched me from afar started to warm up again. I left behind my bad relationship and fixed a lot of my debt issues. I even started to date once more. My smile that was always lost was found again.
You can get through. It's sad. It's human. It will pass.
We are all here for you. Life has bumps - you just have to ride out this big one.
THANKYOU GLEN 
I really do have to stop listening to my mum who says therapy is being self aborbed and a waste of money. Ive tried explaining my feeling to her and she says its no different to anyone else who has to live life, whatever that means
She also thinks its a waste of money that would be better spent on my daughter's education.
Maybe its my mum that's sending me to the nut house 
By the way, I saw your pic on the basement thread last night too. I managed after two hours to get my ugly mug up there.
Thanks again, you make me smile 
Thanks CG and and bepatient. Took the test and it reckons yep, depression. So I'll mention it when I see the doc on Thursday. All you guys really are a Godsend
By the was CG, Im used the swinging both ways, my bestfriend is Bi, so even if you were Id just take it as a compliment 
yes.
i deal with it a lot.
there are times i'm nearly non-functional due to the combination.
Depression DOES make your ADD symptoms worse too. Being unable to focus and being forgetful are signs of depression too. When you have both it feels kinda like a double whammy. And btw, I thought your picture was really pretty. What chu talkin 'bout, Girl? ( I really don't swing both ways, just in case you read something on another thread - I WAS JUST KIDDING!)Seriously, If you are really feeling very depressed, get help. It can get really, really bad. Meds are a blessing. Take one of the depression test online and see where you are. Are you having death thoughts?
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Thanks
CG and and bepatient. Took the test and it reckons yep, depression. So
I'll mention it when I see the doc on Thursday. All you guys really are
a Godsend
By the was CG, Im used the swinging both ways, my bestfriend is Bi, so even if you were Id just take it as a compliment
Peita,
I would do the on line test or get cked. by a Doc. for depression. There is something called "situational depressoin". If it lasts more than a certain amount of time it can lead to clinical depression and then meds. might be warrented.
Here's a link with some good info.:
http://www.tvpress.com/idn/idn7/lifeout.htm
Peita Pan, Geess Girl, do not get down on yourself so much..you have got hit so Hard, Depression or just Plain old fashioned Saddus Major.. Girl never mind the negitive reaction from others.. family included.. You need to unload this sadness on a trained professional... and of course you can come here anytime.. as you can see there is "nearly" always some of us on that have had to deal with sadness, (admittedly maybe not as piled up in such a short space of time as yours). Girl you got a hot Mexican looking out for u as well...so come on things are happening. 
Well that cheered me up to no end ryan
CG, you still didnt tell me where your pic is........
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Well that cheered me up to no end ryan
CG, you still didnt tell me where your pic is........
[/QUOTE]Oh, still haven't looked it up. Maybe I'll take one of me sporting my new boot