Depression is such a generic symptom it's often confused with a disease. I maintain that it is not. There are a ton of things that cause depression, and often psychiatrists just prescribe an anti-depressant and off you go, especially in countries where doctors have an incentive to medicate people instead of curing them.
I've been mildly anxious and depressed all my life, and it's gotten worse in the past few years. Then I learned I might have ADHD, got diagnosed, medicated with a stimulant, and I'm not depressed anymore.
I am pretty sure if I had gone to a psychiatrist instead of investing into long term therapy with a psychologist (that eventually suspected I might have ADHD), I would have probably been given an SSRI and sent on my way. I hate imagining how my life would have turned out, yet the sad stories of undiagnosed ADHD sufferers put on SSRI are very common.
I've been mildly anxious and depressed all my life, and it's gotten worse in the past few years. Then I learned I might have ADHD, got diagnosed, medicated with a stimulant, and I'm not depressed anymore.
I am pretty sure if I had gone to a psychiatrist instead of investing into long term therapy with a psychologist (that eventually suspected I might have ADHD), I would have probably been given an SSRI and sent on my way. I hate imagining how my life would have turned out, yet the sad stories of undiagnosed ADHD sufferers put on SSRI are very common.