I found this report about depression that says:
The hippopotamus (!) (hippocampus) in our brains is smaller in people with depression (the part that deals with learning and memory) which would imply depression may come before ADHD, and I thought depression only came about in ADHD people because of the low self esteem and communication problems they have.
I suppose it could be both. Love the bias towards antidepressants in this piece, but how can something that makes you fat, also make you less depressed? - that's my logic anyway.
The disadvantage of a sufferer learning that their brain is different to everyone elses, in my opinion, is that they may be inclined to believe there is nothing they can do to help themselves. I have met so many people with depression who blame their illness for everything, instead of trying to improve their lives. I truly believe I have combatted depression myself without taking any drugs at all, and I plan to write a book about it.
