As far as I'm aware (and from what my doctor has told me), that's different to Clinical Depression/Major Depressive Disorder. One of the key diagnostic criteria of Clinical Depression is a state of depressed mood without clear cause.
The treatment for depression caused by other mental health conditions (e.g. ADHD) and Clinical Depression are very different, although they are often comorbid. Generally successful treatment of the underlying condition also makes the depression go away. Giving antidepressants to someone who has ADHD with depressive symptoms (without treating the ADHD, i.e. it's undiagnosed) generally doesn't alleviate the depressive symptoms.
It isn't strictly depression that's a diagnostic criteria for a lot of disorders/conditions, but rather a negative impact on normal functioning and everyday life. Some people are just rendered incapable due to their mental health, unable to hold a steady job or impulsive to the point of committing assault or other crimes. Some people just take it on the chin without getting depressed about it, but others (those with the biological underpinnings of depression I suppose) get depressed or anxious. There's plenty of chronically underachieving people with ADHD who are perfectly happy, and others who experience significant distress.
> Giving antidepressants to someone who has ADHD with depressive symptoms (without treating the ADHD, i.e. it's undiagnosed) generally doesn't alleviate the depressive symptoms.
You have captured my point exactly.
> Clinical Depression is a state of depressed mood without clear cause.
Sure. It is easy to have a depressed mood without clear cause if you just fail at identifying the cause.
Back when I didn't know how to identify aircraft, I saw unidentified flying objects pretty often.
The treatment for depression caused by other mental health conditions (e.g. ADHD) and Clinical Depression are very different, although they are often comorbid. Generally successful treatment of the underlying condition also makes the depression go away. Giving antidepressants to someone who has ADHD with depressive symptoms (without treating the ADHD, i.e. it's undiagnosed) generally doesn't alleviate the depressive symptoms.
It isn't strictly depression that's a diagnostic criteria for a lot of disorders/conditions, but rather a negative impact on normal functioning and everyday life. Some people are just rendered incapable due to their mental health, unable to hold a steady job or impulsive to the point of committing assault or other crimes. Some people just take it on the chin without getting depressed about it, but others (those with the biological underpinnings of depression I suppose) get depressed or anxious. There's plenty of chronically underachieving people with ADHD who are perfectly happy, and others who experience significant distress.