[Lazamataz]

One clue ADD does exist is this: To those who do not suffer from ADD, ritalin acts like a recreational stimulant, somewhat like methamphetamines.

However, to a person such as myself, I get NO recreational drug effect from ritalin. All that happens is I can concentrate better.

[steve8714]

Hardly anyone serious says ADD does not exist, however overdiagnosis is rampant. Side effects of long term use include severe sleep disorders, irritability, hallucination, depression and other long term adult problems. As the father of one who was drugged by the ed-est in 1990, I can tell you that no one has yet been able to tell me the physiological cause of this "disorder". His symptoms? Inattention, disobedience, unruliness, and other things I did 30 years earlier whenever I was confronted with ill-perpared or incompetent teachers. Such teachers were rare in the fifties and sixties, unfortunately common in the eighties.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I had heard that ritalin, when given to an adult, acted as a stimulant, basically doing the opposite of what it would do with the chemistry of a pre-adolescent. Is this true?

[LisaAnne]

I had very good results using Bio-Feedback to increase my concentration.

[Drew68]

To those who do not suffer from ADD, ritalin acts like a recreational stimulant, somewhat like methamphetamines.

No kidding! A few years ago I copped 40mg of Ritalin from my ADD-diagnosed brother. I finally went to sleep two days later.