If i think i have Inattentive ADD that means i probably do huh

i have no direction in life, i give up on my goals all the time, everything seems pointless really (even life itself), i'm dependent of others, i don't see myself being a responsible mature adult ever, i've never been interested enough in anything to develope any hobbies or passions for life. also i'm pretty sure i didn't learn anything in highschool though i tried. it takes me forever just to stay focused and read a paragraph. i'm not stupid i just get distracted. but i have self-esteem problems so maybe that's why i'm so bad at writing. does this make me unmotivated and inattentive or just depressed?

You have to be tested for it to be sure. It all falls under ADHD today with the type you are talking about being the inattentive type. The trouble is, given that I dealt with it for a long time, is that ADHD can bring on anxiety which could eventually lead to the road of depression.

This happened to me. I was treated for depression when I was 23-24 with Zoloft. It wasn't practical I suppose at the time to consider ADHD, or the older ADD term for me since I was in my adulthood so I was treated for depression, and anxiety.

It was until two years ago when I was 36 that I discovered that I wasn't able to do anything but hyperfocus on tasks or I was off on a tangent. I had struggled with all the notions of just anxiety and depression until my stepdaughter of five years now has been dealing with ADHD since she was five and she is going on thirteen. She is the hyperactive type but I began to realize similarities in our traits so I took a leap of faith and consulted her psychiatrist. Man, that was a huge walk through a door.