ThomasKishCalMaker20:4206-29-96Re: Ritalin
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TK>-> CM> I took Ritalin before, from my mother's request, but I decided
TK>-> to CM> stop taking  it because it was doing wierd things to me,
TK>-> seeing as how CM> it's a form of SPEED and all. It made my heart
TK>-> go 90 so I was like CM> constantly pumped, which also  caused me
TK>-> to sweat excessivly.
That happened to Dave (my son).  It was really a little frightening.  He 
was switched to Imipramine, it didn't work either.  Back then, because 
of the lack of long term reports, I chose to take him off of all meds.
TK>Cal don't give up, work with your doctor and keep him informed of
TK>what's going on.  
Good advice!
>brain is so complex, that no two ADDers are alike.  Ritalin is the
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TK>most commonly used med because it has a good success rate, but it
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TK>does not work in all cases.
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Wish they taught this to school teachers! :)
Jane
"In that moment he was a strange other planet person.  I believed what he 
said, but I had no way of explain  his jewel airplane parked out in the 
summer  hayfield."
Jane Segal   FIDO: 1:209/276
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