-> LG>I believe Ritalin is a form of speed, or at least it works that way 
LG>on
-> people who do not have ADHD.  That's why so many kids are into LG>taking 
t
-> these days--kids without ADHD, I mean.  They get a high LG>like Cal
-> described, and for someone who wants to be hyper and does LG>not have 
DHD,
-> it does the trick!
->
-> I do believe that Lisa is correct on this one.  As I think back to when 
this
-> first surfaced, they discovered that giving a hyper active child speed 
would
-> create the opposite reation in a child than it does in an adult.  Ritalin
-> was, I believe as one of the first drugs for kids with "hyper activity."
-> This was before the terms ADD/ADHD were used.
Lisa is correct. But as for the opposite reaction in children as opposed
to adults, that is not true.  Ritalin, or any other stimulant will have the
same effect on an ADD/ADHD adult as it does on an ADD/ADHD child.  The most
common explanation for ADD is that the brain does not produce enough
neurotransmitters (specifically dopamine).  Ritaln causes the brain to create
more of a couple types of neurotransmitters (dopamine included), which allows
the ADD/ADHD brain to behave more like the so called normal brain.
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