[jnygrl]

I was put on Ritalin as an adult, believing the shrink when he said I had adult ADD. After two days I dumped the entire bottle. I hated the way it made me feel...spacy and loopy. On that day I swore I would never drug my future children with it.

Oh, and I dumped the shrink too.

[JamesP81]

It didn't make me feel spacey it just made me feel...insignificant I guess would be a good word, but there's more to it than that.

I got to where I wouldn't talk with people. So from 3rd grade to 8th grade, I didn't socialize. When I finally quit taking it, I found myself a freshman in high school with the social experience of a third grader. Pretty bad scenario that ended as badly as you can well imagine. It literally took an act of God to correct the problems I had.

The truth of the matter is that kids, boys especially, have short attention spans and are hyper. That's not a disease: that's normal. If a person feels they can't handle that as a parent, then raising kids is not for them.

[Right Wing Assault]

I hated the way it made me feel...spacy and loopy.

Again, probably the wrong dose. It shouldn't make you feel weird.