*** Quoting Jerry Schwartz to Armand Haine dated 08-13-96 ***
> On Aug 09 01:15 96, Armand Haine of 3:800/809 wrote to Jerry Schwartz:
> 
> JC>>    After all, Ritalin (speed) can become addictive quite easily...
> 
> JS>> I have never heard of anyone who had withdrawal symptoms when not
> JS>> taking Ritalin.  If Ritalin were addictive, people with AD(H)D 
> would
> JS>> not have to be reminded to take their medication.
> 
> AH> I'm not quite sure what you meant by this.  Surely any drug that is
> AH> addictive would make the person want or need take it.  Can this be 
> said,
> AH> say, for cocaine, opium, alcohol?  If the drug/medication benefits 
> the
> AH> person, they would have to remember to take it.
> 
> I meant, quite simply, that all of the evidence suggests that Ritalin 
> is NOT addictive.
> 
Are you denying that there are withdrawal symptoms when a long-term user of 
that medication suddenly has their access to that medication removed?
I was put on Ritalin at age 5 in 1966. I was taken off in 1978. Abruptly.
By a new physician who said "Oh, he doesn't need *that* anymore! He's already 
growing out of that hyperactivity and Learning Disability, he won't need it 
anymore. Well, he was half-right, I *did* grow out of the hyperactivity.
But getting cut off from my medication wasn't pleasant at all. It reminds of
quitting cigarettes. Not easy by any definition. 
Happy Days!
Walter Five
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