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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 590094" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Not our experience....day one my son responded positively and it was beneficial. Not taking it regularly in one day. I got a call from his teachers, he sat with the other kids and listened to a story, he was always just walking around the room and digging in toys before that. We vary if he takes it at night depending on activities.</p><p></p><p>The short acting form lasts in general for four hours. My son has rebound if we wait that long so at three and a half hours he gets the next dose since it takes thirty minutes to kick in for him.</p><p></p><p>It certainly can be abused, even by kids with adhd, happens all the time. They take too much and can get high. They sell to kids without adhd, who take varying amounts to get high.</p><p></p><p>Ritalin does not contain amphetamine. Adderal does. They are all psychostimulants. Their method of action is different in the brain but all can be abused. In some people they can be very therapeutic and helpful. In others, terrible, even if they have adhd. If their addictive challenges are too much, so they can't use the medicine, then they have to find alternatives.</p><p></p><p>For some it works, for some it doesn't, for some it does but the side effects are intolerable.</p><p></p><p>Everyone is different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 590094, member: 12886"] Not our experience....day one my son responded positively and it was beneficial. Not taking it regularly in one day. I got a call from his teachers, he sat with the other kids and listened to a story, he was always just walking around the room and digging in toys before that. We vary if he takes it at night depending on activities. The short acting form lasts in general for four hours. My son has rebound if we wait that long so at three and a half hours he gets the next dose since it takes thirty minutes to kick in for him. It certainly can be abused, even by kids with adhd, happens all the time. They take too much and can get high. They sell to kids without adhd, who take varying amounts to get high. Ritalin does not contain amphetamine. Adderal does. They are all psychostimulants. Their method of action is different in the brain but all can be abused. In some people they can be very therapeutic and helpful. In others, terrible, even if they have adhd. If their addictive challenges are too much, so they can't use the medicine, then they have to find alternatives. For some it works, for some it doesn't, for some it does but the side effects are intolerable. Everyone is different. [/QUOTE]
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