Comments on: Have you ever taken Ritalin and was it addictive?

By: April

April — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:53:59 +0000

i am 26.f and i am on 80mg of ritalin a day for adhd and i have been on it for just about a year now andi have not seen and addictiveness in it, but everyone is differnet so i cant say if no one ever would be…..but in my case no. there are days i have not takn it and i have been fine with out it..some times i have forgetten to take it a whole weekend from not being home and i was still fine being off of it….never seen a sign i needed it other then to help me consintrate better
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By: lighthealer

lighthealer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:19:59 +0000

its legal speed. it can make you feel completely in touch with yourself and everything in the world. very easy to abuse. you can get the same results through meditation.
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By: Mindy T

Mindy T — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:48:59 +0000

Ritalin is not a treatment for depression. Ritalin is used to treat ADHD and it has a fairly good safety record. However, it has a few stimulant side effects which include depression, sleeping disorder and headache. Increasing dosages and frequent episodes of bingeing, followed by severe depression are symptoms of Ritalin abuse and addiction. If used as prescripted, Ritalin does not cause any addiction.
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By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:59:59 +0000

I have never take Ritalin, but is is essentially methamphetamine and yes, it is addictive. I would strongly recommend that you try some of the typical antidepressants before you try speed. St. John’s wort is an over the counter medication that works well for mild depression; other than that, talk to your doctor. There are a lot of different types of antidepressants on the market. Be aware, it can take as long as 3 months for them to be effective, as they need to create new synaptic pathways in the brain and it takes a while for them to develop.

For the ‘zombie’ effect, that is only for people who have ADD/ADHD. For everyone else, speed makes you more hyper and pumped up. Due to the brain chemistry of people with ADHD, who have abnormal wiring, speed calms them down and makes them more ‘normal’. Giving them too high of a dosage of speed calms them too much, causing them to seem like zombies. My stepson has ADHD and the medication he is on (Adderall) contains methamphetamine, and we had to up the dosage to get him to the point where he can sit still long enough to fulfill his homework and reading requirements.
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By: EmilyRose

EmilyRose — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:34:59 +0000

I took Ritalin for like a month and didn’t find it addictive. I was taking a fairly low dose, though, and under the supervision of a psychiatrist. My understanding is that it can be somewhat addicitve, and you should be careful.

Treating depression with stimulants strikes me as somewhat odd because stimulants like Ritalin work by increasing the levels of epinephrine and norepinephrine in the brain, and many antidepressants increase the levels of those neurotransmitters as well as several others. Is this something you’ve been discussing with a psychiatrist, or something you’ve come up with through your own research? If your psychiatrist recommends it, then I’d have to say you should go for it. However, if it’s just something you’ve read on the internet, well, there’s a lot of BS information on the internet.

PS. The "zombie" side-effects only occur if you’re taking too high a dose
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By: tiff

tiff — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:04:59 +0000

my son used to take it.He was like a zombie I took him off it .It really scared me. Good Luck to you!!!
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