🌧️ ADHD & Dysthymia (Chronic Mild Depression)

In this video, I describe my past mental health experience with Dysthymia (chronic, mild depression) as well as my experience of anti-depressant SSRIs such as Citalopram.

#Depression #ADHD #MentalHealth

[sergiodanielbentomesquita]

37 years to get diagnosed with ADHD. Struggled and still struggling with depression that never goes away.

[.o.o.]

"Personality of a cardbox"
That sounds quite relatable

[marek]

I had dysthymia and social anxiety for most of my life (it screwed my life really hard) and know exactly what you're talking about. :) 16-21 years old were probably the worst and darkest times of my life. Later it wasn't much better. Only for the past few years (now I'm 32 y.o.) I've been making bigger progress / recovery.

[ndutz]

Dysthymia... omg you have awakened a very repressed memory... I was in uni and I went to see the school psychiatrist... he couldn’t understand why I felt “this way”—I couldn’t articulate it...not knowing it was ADHD! And I felt even more dejected and overwhelmed because I couldn’t put my finger on this feel of incompetence that has followed me all my life. Thank you so much for another incredible video

[WHURI]

This condition is hell on earth and no one without ADHD will ever understand it.

[whois_when]

Wow I didn't know just how closely related these things are, you literally just described all of last year for me and I had no explanation for it before!

[angelinemariegosselin]

SSRI’s are freakin’ life savers! Love em

[amyrebecca]

I was diagnosed with general anxiety disorder years before I was diagnosed with adhd. Once my adhd was managed I haven’t been anxious since ☺️

[EcoHamletsUK]

Wow! It's a very long time ago, but from what I remember, that's a lot like I was. I've just started to work out I must have ADHD at 66. I was diagnosed with autism at 63, and a lot of autistic people also have ADHD. When I was quite young my GP told my parents that "I'd grow out of my nerves", in my teens my parents told me "never mind, things will work out", and in my mid 20s my GP told me to "take some pills and sort myself out". If only the knowledge that's available now had been around then, my life could have been so different. It's so frustrating when people in their 20s and 30s talk about being diagnosed late in life, when they're so young and have decades of life left!!!

[charliebarham]

Could not have related more. Got diagnosed with ADHD this morning and begin medicine trials tomorrow. I am so excited

[luffy]

Oh my God!! YOu just described my life from 16yrs to present(25yrs). I have always felt so incompetent in my academics and I also have social anxiety. Also I get depressed easily when I try hard to study and this depression keeps coming back from time to time. My only method of coping is Youtube and porn. Life is just hard and it keeps getting harder every year. I dont know how long I have to stay like this since my country doesnt have good psychiatrists so I cant diagnose and get proper medication. Well at least your video has given me a little peace. Now I know that its not totally my fault . Lets see what God has in store for me. Thanks for this video, it has helped me tremendously.

[Ace-voiu]

Yo, thanks for making a 5min video explaining my entire life. I also got prescribed anti depressants and it just didn’t feel like it was “me”. I found out I had adhd recently and I am 20 now. Always felt detached and forced a smile. I grew up wondering why no one can understand me. Turns out my impulse, my distance from people and occasional depression is all coming from a single point.

[lenbot]

You just described my life, accept I didn't figure it out till 37. The struggle is real👊

[victoriak]

This is so relatable. I'm in my 30s and just started the ADHD journey with my doctor. I described my teens and early 20s as my Eeyore phase: social anxiety, I lacked confidence and always had the mild depression cloud. Hearing from someone who understands is invaluable. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[Kostaras]

This is super relatable for me, especially for where I am psychologically atm, I'm 23 and my story is very similar to yours so far, just being reminded that other people are like that too is nice, thank you for the great content!

[carinearoyan]

This channel is more helpful than my therapist and psychiatrist together. Thank you, you are awesome 😊

[theweirdmyadhdcreativezone]

I have just discovered your channel and I thank you for it. This particular video on dysthymia has be nodding and chuckling all the way through as your description of how you were in school and as an adolescent are so similar to mine and I never actually heard that so succinctly before! Very happy to have found your channel. I’m 54 and got diagnosed last year! Ay yi yi but it’s all good

[amitmorag]

U r amazing sir!
I am a 28, started a CBT 3 months ago, thinking I have BPD (was misdiagnosed by a psychiatrist 5 years ago)
After a while my therapist made me come to the conclusion that all I really have is ADHD.
Thats how I came across ur amazing channel, so freaking informative and so easy to understand what I've been trough.
Thank u so much. U r gold!

[PrototypeQuill]

Glad to see you're feeling a bit better now. I guess it helps if you know how you're different from others instead of beating yourself up over why, which gives you clarity and drive

[edward]

Gosh this hit me in the hearth. I been depressed mildly since i can remember, in january i started zoloft and i saw what a normal mood can be, still have mood swings, but i take care of my self now at least... I lived with chronic social anxiety that made me into avoidant personality disorder, now at 25 i have to recover from a life of dark clouds.