Right, one of the prescriptions she is known to be on because of previous court filings, is Adderal - which is brand name for methamphetamine.
When people "cook" meth at home using over the counter cold medications, they are making methamphetamine. Chemically, they are virtually identical - or so closely mirror each other chemically, that they have the same psycho-stimulative effect.
Actually, I think Adderal/Ritalin is methylphenidate. It’s been about 6 years since I did my thesis, but otherwise you are absolutely right.
The same qualities that make a person talented in arts are now symptoms of ADD. Things such as daydreaming are now symptoms. So a kid ends up taking Adderal or Ritalin. Then the mom goes to the doctor and says “My kid is all jumpy and can’t sleep.” So the doctor prescribes the kid with meds to help the child sleep. Then the kid ends up on prozac and Xanax which are not supposed to be prescribed for kids due to their tendency to cause suicidal ideation in children, and then the kids start hearing voices telling them to hurt themselves or others because the drug cocktails they are on are messing up their poor little heads, so the kids end up on anti-psychotic meds and by the time they graduate, you’ve got a messed up little person whose only coping skill is to self-medicate with whatever they can get their hands on because they’ve learned one thing: Take a drugs, that makes it all better”
Very interesting. Thanks!