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Hey guys, haven't posted on here for a while.

I'm after some advice.

I've been on the "cure my problem" trail for a a few months which has consisted of visiting a GP, raising the point that I think I have ADD (which he brushed over), being diagnosed with depression, put on SSRI's which just numbed me/hid bad feelings toward failures and helplessness, follow up visit (reintroduced the possibility of the problem being undiagnosed ADD), refered to a psychologist.

The psychologist was asked by my doctor to investigate the possibilty of ADHD which consisted of "were you a handful when you were a baby?" to which I replied "not that I know of" which according to him means I don't have ADD (sarcasm), apparently it's that easy to tell. The rest of that consult and the following was spent doing personality tests. He's pretty old so I'm thinking he might not know that you don't have to be physically hyperactive to have it - I lean more to the shy, withdrawn, daydreamy side of things.

I'm about to make an appointment to see my doctor again. The doctors an ok guy he just seems more interested in treating it as depression but I can see the depression is a result of the symptoms of ADD I possess. If I could function better I wouldn't be depressed. They can't seem to understand that I've developed depression as a result of not knowing why I couldn't do the "left-brained" things expected of me, I don't know if I'm being forthright enough with my doctor. I can never really concentrate and get the things accross that I want to say when I'm in his office - minds all over the place.

Any suggestions on what I should do?