My takeaway from witnessing a friends journey between imcompetent doctors, side effect heavy antidepressants and increasingly whacky other depression treatment methods:
When ADHD is the actual root cause, leaving it unacknowledged (and untreated) will achieve nothing and cause unnecessary harm.
This does make sense as every little bit I manage to improve on re: ADHD significantly improves my mindstate. I have an appointment to discuss meds next week and I'm hoping they're able to help, even if it's not with meds.