ritalin

dirtyplotte · #1 08-03-2007, 02:41 AM

has anyone ever been prescribed this medication? for what? how did it affect you? are you still on it?

my shrink has prescribed ritalin for me. he is convinced i have ADD. so starting tomorrow i will be on wellbutrin adn ritalin. im concerned. i mean.... this guy has a huge reputation. his family is internationally known in the world of psychology, and im lucky to have him in my city, but im weirded out. ive never even considered the idea that i was ADD until i began seeing him. he's not so convinced that im borderline either. he thinks that my problem is dopamine receptor based.

kesh · #2 08-03-2007, 04:38 AM

the more time i spend on kr, the more i'm developing a scientology like antipathy toward psychopharms

i guess i have the zealotry of an ex user

dirtyplotte · #3 08-03-2007, 04:54 AM

ex user of what? are you going to naysay and be irrelevant, or are you going to be useful to me

dirtyplotte · #4 08-03-2007, 04:56 AM

Feeling Overwhelmed, Stress of adult ADD, ADHD for women, Kathleen Nadeau

this article is about women and ADD. i just never understood much baout ADD, but by every account i have this in a very intense way.

it will be interesting to see what ritalin does to me

kesh · #5 08-03-2007, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by dirtyplotte

ex user of what?

various ADs and benzos

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are you going to naysay and be irrelevant, or are you going to be useful to me

i'm going to naysay and be irrelevant

srsly though i've only experience of kids with adhd on ritalin, and it's like jekyll and hyde, but backwards. i didn't know they gave it to adults. withdrawal is meant to be unpleasant

you could try phenylalanine and/or tyrosine with vits B6 and C, 2 hours either side of any food. they're amino acids your body uses to manufacture dopamine