[freedumb2003]

I know you have and will get lots of "testimonials" about how Ritalin saved people's brother/kid/cousin/friend etc.

It is all crap. In my youth, I was what we called "hyperactive." Thank GOD they didn't call psycorps on me to medicate me into lobotomy-like semi-comotosity.

I learned how to concentrate, how to act properly, how to behave, how to succeed.

Nowadays it is 15 minutes from "problem child" to medication. So much easier than parenting (God rest my Mom's soul who gave me the examples to last my life).

You have to wonder how these "ADHD" kids would have done 30 years ago.

[SoftballMominVA]

Ritalin did not save her-neither did Wellbutrin, Adderal, Adderal XR, Prozac or Strattera--although Strattera worked the best.

Sometimes meds just don't work and the only thing that helps is providing a stable family to work through problems and decisions.