Jane Segal On (29 Jun 96) was overheard to say to Lisa Gano
 JS> LG>-> BZZZZZZT!    Wrong.  Ritalin is not a form of speed.  Ask your
 JS> LG>-> doctor or the pharmacist who fills the prescription or go to the
 JS> LG>-> library and look it up for yourself.
 JS> LG>I believe Ritalin is a form of speed, or at least it works that way
 JS> LG>on people who do not have ADHD.  That's why so many kids are into
 JS> LG>taking it these days--kids without ADHD, I mean.  They get a high
 JS> LG>like Cal described, and for someone who wants to be hyper and does
 JS> LG>not have ADHD, it does the trick!
 JS> I do believe that Lisa is correct on this one.  As I think back to
 JS> when this first surfaced, they discovered that giving a hyper active
 JS> child
 JS> speed would create the opposite reation in a child than it does in an
 JS> adult.  Ritalin was, I believe as one of the first drugs for kids with
 JS> "hyper activity."  This was before the terms ADD/ADHD were used.
 I can't emphasize strongly enough that your BELIEFS bear little
 resemblance to the facts.  Until you have researched it for yourself,
 and I mean R E S E A R C H E D as in reading medical journal
 articles, case studies and talked to a reputable physician - as in
 one who knows lots about ADD/ADHD - then you are merely gossiping
 about what you have heard someone else say.
... One's certainty varies inversely with one's knowledge.
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