Natasa,
The discussion of depression in CFS and ME has been muddled, poisoned even by the psychologists for their own gain and to the detriment of patients. This has made people very wary of any discussion.
The claim of the psychologisers is that people with CFS have depression even WITHOUT the symptoms of anxiety, dysthmia and lack of affect which are the cardinal symptoms of depression. Their claim is that the actual symptoms of CFS are part of a hidden depression.
They also go further and claim that pain, fatigue, immune problems are a sickness BEHAVIOUR, either unconscious or worse, conscious, which sufferers adopt to ease some other problems in their lives.
None of this is said in any way which will help patients or relieve their problems. It is used to deny benefits, treatment and compassion. All too often family accepts that CFS is a life style choice and remove their support and good will as well.
The psychologists also make much of studies which they claim show that "most" people with CFS have depression, again as a way to deny treatment and the actual experience of having CFS. These studies invariably use questionnaires where fatigue is classed as a psychological symptom.
Better studies using controls with MS and rheumatoid arthritis have shown that depression is no more common in CFS than any other long term illness.
You make much of the ignorance of people with CFS but how much do you know of the history of ME and CFS? We are still at the stage of prejudice autism was at when it was thought to be caused by refrigerator mothers.
Mithriel