On May 17 19:32 96, Lawrence Dumas of 1:229/510 wrote to Jerry Schwartz:
JS>> I don't know; I tried it myself as an experiment, and I thought the
JS>> top of my head was going to come off.  On the other hand, many people
JS>> who use speed think it helps them function.  I guess it does, right up
JS>> until the wheels fall off. 
LD>      Generally speaking... I believe in live and let live.
LD>      However, since the use of medications is such an important/effective
LD>      and controversial issue.... I would like to say that...
LD>      Ritalin does NOT make you think that your head is going to come off
LD>      unless you take the whole bottle or.... your head wasn't screwed on
LD>      very tight to begin with.
LD>      One can, however, expect the effects that your doctor tells you may
LD>      happen.  
That's more or less the effect I was told to expect if I were not ADD.  It 
didn't make me extremely manic, it may have made me jittery but I don't 
remember.  I mostly felt like my head was an overinflated balloon.
I am hypersensitive to some medications, although I am not hypersensitive to 
alcohol or marijuana.  I know that Paxil even in small doses makes me 
hypomanic; I'm on klonopin, and if I take the minimum normal dose I nod off; 
and when I tried trazadone at bedtime, I'd be likely to sleep past noon.
Jerry Schwartz
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