I understand Clinical Depression is more than just feeling down, “depressed”, or demotivated - it’s an actual depression in brain activity (which tends to manifest itself as feelings of sadness, but not necessarily - and people with CD can still laugh, smile, and have a good time... at times).
(I wish they’d change the name of CD to something that avoids the layperson’s concept of “depression” - that alone would help the well-meaning but ignorant people who think it’s just a matter of finding a way to cheer oneself up and certainly nothing to do with serotonin...).
It seems like you're the one who should be laying off the "well actually" explanations. The example they were responding to, as it was laid out, is not an example of clinical depression. Just because a person in with adhd is depressed due to factors catalyzed by their adhd does not mean they have clinical depression.
I prefaced my answer with “I understand that...” because I’m aware I might be wrong. I wasn’t being assertive or authoritative. I welcome the feedback and corrections posted in the replies to my comment.
Probably because it has nothing to do with serotonin as far as science has been able to show. If I'm wrong, please provide a link because I've been looking for that link now for well over a decade.
(I wish they’d change the name of CD to something that avoids the layperson’s concept of “depression” - that alone would help the well-meaning but ignorant people who think it’s just a matter of finding a way to cheer oneself up and certainly nothing to do with serotonin...).