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Could also be ADD (a form of ADHD) or just a "regular" depression.

Try self-medicating with stuff that raises serotonin levels like vitamine-b or asparatam. Excercise a little every day, a 20 minute walk in the woods are better than medicine. If it gets too tough, try to find a professional to talk to.

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ADD is an obsolete diagnosis; it's all ADHD now, with inattentive, hyperactive, and combined subtypes. (I think this is dumb--why have the H in the name if not everybody with the condition is hyperactive?--but that's what the DSM says.)

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