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Doesn't the sugar intake give you more energy though?

sugar dosen't digest well with lactic acid in the system.

Hmm, yes that'd make sense I guess.

>Doesn't know where to put something
>necroes own thread

oh well.

Ritalin. Does anyone use or has anyone used it and does it work? Is it worth getting diagnosed with ADHD?

Haha fuck no. Nobody needs Ritalin, there are other alternatives. But doctors get kickbacks for prescribing Ritalin to every kid that comes through the waiting room.

Small wonder it's such an abused drug on the street.

Other alternatives such as? I heard it worked pretty well actually, patients being able to study for a much longer time. A friend of mine was a very heavy sufferer and he needed them or he went absolutely nuts.

It might be necessary in severe cases but ADHD is a very over-diagnosed condition as it is. If your kid is having trouble concentrating in class it might have more to do with the fact that he's a kid and is easily distracted.

It might be worthy of note that I don't have a kid and am talking about myself. I'm also not diagnosed with ADHD, and don't really know if I have it or not. I'm just trying to find out if it's worth getting diagnosed really, and with finals coming up, I could use a boost to my studying :p.

If you don't have it, Ritalin will not help you. It's termed a stimulant, and only works on those with ADD/ADHD due to the disorder causing a strange reverse effect of calmness.

That's interesting about the reversal of effects.

I was on Ritalin for a while and I was thirsty

Hella thirsty

I wanted to jump into the ocean with my mouth open and just never stop drinking

It was like hell in my mouth

Fuck Ritalin

Ok, but let's assume I do have ADHD, would getting Ritalin be worth the pain in the booty to get diagnosed and tell my parents and family, as I'm not sure what their reaction would be.

Also, I've read articles about Ritalin being overprescribed and I haven't seen a case yet where patients complain the drug doesn't do anything. It seems to be fairly powerful and patients with only faint learning problems are able to study non stop for hours on end with it. That's beside the point however, if I don't have ADHD I don't want the drug.

Adderall is the new ADD drug.

No. If I could go back in time I would smash the faces of the school officials who forced my parents to take me to a doctor that would diagnose me with ADHD.

And I mean I would grab their heads and hurl them through the thickest fucking windows for all the hell they've put me through because they were too lazy to take a look at me and notice that I was inattentive due to the fact I had already learned the shit and had succumbed to boredom.

They then used that diagnosis to deny me entry into the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program, meaning I was stuck in those same boring classes and nothing had fucking changed except a tick next to ADHD in my medical chart and a prescription of Ritalin that, due to my not having the disorder, did exactly what a stimulant is supposed to do: make me active and further exacerbate the problem. So I'd add a concrete curb stomp to those officials for that one as well, free of charge.

And because of their laziness, I have to legally put down I was diagnosed with ADHD on every single federal paper that wants to know my medical history. I am due to see a Navy psychologist who will decide if I exhibit the disorder or not, which would mean the difference between a career as a Nuclear Engineer or nothing.

So no. Not worth getting diagnosed for a bit of studying. Get some black coffee, some good music, and man the fuck up.

Alright, thanks for the feedback. You're definitely right that your parents and psychiatrist fucked up. Most of what happened to you doesn't apply to me though, as I'm already in university. I'll have to look it up, but I think it isn't required to mention non-serious mental disorders on federal papers here.



You're probably right about this though.