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Ritalin and amphetamine have almost identical adverse effects on the
brain, mind and behavior, including the production of drug-induduced
behavioral disorders, psychosis, mania, drug abuse, and addiction.
Ritalin can cause permanent neurological tics including Tourette's
syndrome.
Ritalin can retard growth in children by disrupting the cycles of growth
hormone released by the pituitary gland.
Ritalin "works" by producing malfunctions in the brain rather than by
improving brain function.  This is the ONLY way it works.
Our society has institutionalized drug abuse among our children.  Worse
yet, we abuse our children with drugs rather than making the effort to
find better ways to meet their needs.  In the long run, we are giving
our children a very bad lesson--that drugs are the answer to emotional
problems.  We are encouraging a generation of youngsters to grow up
relying on psychiatric drugs rather than on themselves and other human
resources.
LC>AR> RF> wears off about 9 pm.  Still is having sleeping problems.  I
LC>AR> RF> did twice give it to him late in the day and that did seem
LC>AR> RF> to help him get to sleep earlier than 3am.  Two questions
LC>AR> RF> for ya:
IT IS NO WONDER AT ALL TO ANY QUALIFIED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELOR
that this child and others cannot sleep when full of speed.  The
question should be the qualifications of those who prescribed it for
that child in the first place.
LC>AR> RF> Can Ritalin help some sleep?  He is only still on a very low
LC>AR> RF> dosage.
NO!  Ritalin acts like speed, like an amphetamine.
 LC>for my son they put him on clodine for sleep.  without it he
would not LC>sleep until midnight. LC>have you tried some melatalin? it
is a herb and helps me to sleep, but I LC>do not have ADHD, but it is
worth a try.
Whoppee!  We are teaching this one early on how to offset the symptoms
caused by one drug with another one.  Usually they have t
spend a couple of years learning this on the streets.
Better Living Through Chemistry has become a national slogan.
oLC>AR>Actually, I think Jeremy is experiencing what I call a "rebound".
He needs to be taken to someone who knows the toxic symptoms of drug use
and evaluated for possible addiction and reaction to that same drug!!!!
LC>yep this is normal
It isn't.  It may be "normal" for kids being given drugs instead of
other therapy, but it is far from being normal.
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