RITALIN Reviews (METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE)

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RITALIN  (METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE):  This medication is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - ADHD. It works by changing the amounts of certain natural substances in the brain. Methylphenidate belongs to a class of drugs known as stimulants. It can help increase your ability to pay attention, stay focused on an activity, and control behavior problems. It may also help you to organize your tasks and improve listening skills. This medication is also used to treat a certain sleep disorder (narcolepsy).    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 2  ADHD I was taking this to treat ADHD, but I found Adderall to be much better. I was taking this to treat ADHD, but I found Adderall to be much better. This drug, in my opinion, is inferior to Adderall, which I currently take, and has helped me profoundly. F 43 6 months
20MG 1X day
10/14/2015
 3  Adhd Close to no appetite, a little bit more anxiety than I used to have, weird feeling in my stomach, nausea, insomnia, lightheadedness, headaches,loss of weight, really good focus up until about 5 - 7 periode of school, and occasionally shakiness. It would be better if you combined medical marijuana whith this drug. M 13 1 weeks
18 MG
9/22/2015
 5  behavioral/academic issues Appetite suppression. Difficulty getting to sleep. Occasional anger and heightened emotions in confrontations. I recently stopped taking Vyvanse after feeling seriously burnt out, where I felt oddly unable to function despite being on the medication, and spent 5 years without it. I turned more to marijuana which alleviated the majority of my focus issues, but caused other problems with memory and thought organization. I became reliant on MJ and recently turned to Ritalin/methylphenidate again since my productivity had dropped to a lifetime low, and my preference for MJ is completely gone. I think I needed a break after being on methylphenidate and later Vyvanse for so long. As an adult, I started relying more on MJ to 'come down' from some of the intensity of Vyvanse (and job/life stress) but it (substance use) all has a way of compounding problems. Nevertheless, I have been going back and forth between this and MJ over the years to help me focus on my information technology studies and workload. I think there is not enough information about the similarities between these two substances and their effects on people like myself, but for me there is no question they both provide a relief in the same area of mental function. Of course, no one seems to relate or understand this absolute fact in my mind, but it's so significant for me that I decided to leave this review here. I get such a huge benefit from this drug at age 34, though I was first prescribed in 2nd grade and only stopped for a few years as an adult before I decided it would help me at work. I do fear that in a few ye M 34 20 years
5mg 3X day
7/10/2015
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 1  I never took it None F 26 1 days
0
5/20/2015
 3  ADD Worsened anxiety, some loss of appetite, angry all the time, always felt parched, more apathetic than usual, made me feel like I was nothing (like a rock). Although it somewhat helped me, it also messed me up. I used to eat a lot, my appetite went from hungry to keep myself well to never hungry at all. I also felt thirsty all the time even if my mouth wasn't dry. I was also diagnosed with major depression disorder before getting branded with ADD. I would feel apathetic due to depression but ritalin worsened it, I never wanted to partake in anything even though it helped me in school. I felt somewhat of a zombie. There was once that I felt like I had overdosed but I took my regular dosage; my head was heavy, I was slow, and I felt as if everything was a dream but after a long while it wore out. I have a love-hate relationship with ritalin, but I don't think I will continue with this medicine to help me with ADD. F 17 1 months
25 MG 1X day
5/6/2015
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 1  ADHD Extreme weight loss, heavy hair loss, insomnia, extreme social anxiety, fear of people, motor tics, stunted growth I took it from age 10 to 14. Every few years my doc would up my dose until I was maxed out at the highest dose for my weight so she coudn't up it anymore and it was ineffective after 5 years. While on it, I lost so much weight I was borderline anorexic, I was already tiny only 4' 8" while other kids where 4' 11" or over 5' because it severely stunted my growth and I only weighed 78 lbs. at age 14. I couldn't sleep at all but my parents insisted I keep taking it because if I didn't my grades suffered and I was in trouble at school all the time. I developed uncontrolable tourettes-like motor tics, like the need to make cat purring noises, shaking my head to the side abruptly, clicking my tongue, or breathing in odd rhythmic patterns. It made me OCD to an extreme, Also developed a sudden fear of people was afraid everyone was around me was laughing at me, staring at me, judging me. I was normally an extreme people person with no fear of public speaking or singing but I was afraid to even swallow in class, thought everyone could hear it very loudly. My hair kept falling out in big chunks, luckily I have thick hair so it wasn't too noticeable. Finally stopped taking it at age 14. F 29 5 years
40mg 3X day
5/6/2015
 1  Hyperactive/adhd Anxiety, Nervousness, Feeling out of body; detached, apathetic, violent, defiant, suicidal, I am 41 years old. My parents put me on this medication when I was 2 years old. They claimed it helped manage me. I claim it messed me up so badly that in my pre-high school years, my parents took me to specialists all over North America to find out “what was wrong with me”. The doctors kept upping my dosage. I told them I didn’t like what the medication made me feel like, but parents back then didn’t listen to their kids. At 16 I quit cold turkey (because my parents kicked me out of the house due to the side effects of this drug). I experienced intense emotional distress, like paranoia, anxiety, nervousness, etc. Today, I have gotten much better at managing my emotional issues (WITHOUT DRUGS MIND YOU). But I still feel those emotions rather intensely. DO NOT GIVE THIS DRUG TO YOUR CHILDREN. PLEASE DON’T. If only my parents were more understanding and worked with me rather than shoving pills in my face, I believe I would have grown up without any of the familial drama that led to me being a street kid. I believe that constant attention to the child in positive, understanding environments is THE BEST THING for a child. Listening to your child, I mean really listening, can go a long way to alleviate much of the problems facing ADHD children. M 41 14 years
10-60 2X day
4/15/2015
 3  ADHD - inattentive Dry mouth/THIRSTY, poor appetite, anxiety attacks (even while on Zoloft), exhaustion Hit and miss. Allows me to prioritize but does so at a price. I have rarely been so tired ALL the time. F 28 2 months
10 mg 2X day
3/18/2015
 5  Increase focus/attention motivation Little sleep OCD agitation mood swings always want organised house loss of breach loss of appetite Great for added energy motivation confidence F 35 10 months
90
3/2/2015
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 3  add feel good 1h after taking my pills then get a big crash 3h after and have no ambition to do nothing else in my day a I get depressed. is this normal ? M 41 3 months
60
1/23/2015
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 3  Adult ADHD Dry mouth, feeling like a robot, makes me tired, and sometimes apathetic. Obscure thinking about life. Depression. Hopeless and bleak feeling. It's an alright drug, I understand why they give this to kids, it would have been perfect for me in school. I actually have ADHD, so it calms me down. But it's not right for me. I'm going to try to change it over to adderall to see if that helps more. Don't over dose on it. You will never comprehend what you will think about on it. It's a trip. M 23 2 weeks
20mg 2xday
1/20/2015
 4  adhd extreme fatigue Extreme weight loss, no appetite, jittery, extremely productive, I have pots syndrome and it kept me from getting low blood pressures. I fell in love with this drug. Now I'm sitting at the we finally out of a horrid heart rate and of all days thanksgiving, well night of. Anyways I have a heart problem and have battled anorexia for over 20 years so it was very hard to get prescribed I had to beg so I didn't tell my psychiatrist it was screwing with my heart. I only took 20mg yesterday, idk why this happened my heart rate got over 197. I somehow drove myself my 3 and 4 year old and hubby were testing didn't want to disturb them. It may of screwed up my heart this drug I'm not sure it was worth it. Now I need a heart cath and almost passed out on the way here. Thus suckered I really loved this medication too damn it I live this stuff my heart doesn't do not take If you are a cardiac patient or anorexic :) it's nice drug tho just almost sent me into a god awful Rythm I'm forgiving tho :) F 30 3 months
20mg 3 x d
11/28/2014
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 5  Extreme Fatigue / Depression Slight loss of appetite. A slight headache the second day. Since then, nothing else out of place so far.. I feel naturally rested awake, motivated and my concentration and follow-thru is unbelievable. I don't feel as if I am "high" or on medication at all. F 33 4 days
20 mg
10/14/2014
 5  ADHD Dry Mouth; it's honestly great otherwise! F 19 3 weeks
8/6/2014
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 2  adhd Numb feeling. Weird not myself. Down. Sleep loss - cant fall asleep and/or stay asleep - need 1/2 an Ambien nightly. Blurred vision. Snappy- nervous feeling in stomach. Id rather have the ADHD. This does not naje mr feel well at all. Forgetfull too. F 56 3 months
25mg
7/28/2014
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 2  Hypersomnia Had sleep study done and was diagnosed with Hypersomnia. MSLT showed 1 REM sleep and fell asleep with in 3 minutes. Doctor prescribed me Ritalin 60mg. It worked at first but after a few days I noticed that I was becoming irritable with petty little things and I'm not an irritable person. Also started getting blurred vision. I told my doctor and he cut it back to 40mg. It's been great to keep me awake but when it wears off I feel depressed. This drug really helps with staying alert but I don't like who I am on it. I don't feel like the same person. F 31 9 months
40mg
6/7/2014
 4  Chronic Fatigue& ADD Some Agitation & Insomnia. Some burn out when pushing the body. I have a very low tolerance to drugs and respond very well to small doses. I was taking only 2.5 to 5 mg of Ritalin for just under 8 weeks. This not only helped my focus and completion of tasks but also my long-term Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (40 yrs). With this low of dose, I still felt the crash when I tried to stop just the 2.5 mg. dose (Depression & Fatigue just Yesterday. So I am back today on 1.25 mg/day and will move carefully to 2.5 mg. My maximum dose taken which cause increased side effects mentioned was 6.25mg/day for 3-4 days. I take a lot of supplements and anti-oxidants which could be why I'm getting the results I have. I do believe that this course of Ritalin just may have helped me lower my doses of Thyroid (T4 &T3 from 50/25(T3) to 50/15 Lab confirms good levels with the exception of a suppressed TSH. M 64 7 weeks
1.25 mg 4X day
4/29/2014
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 1  ADHD Anxiety, zombie like, flat expression, loss of interests, lowered threshold of seizures. F 9 3 weeks
20mg 1X day
3/29/2014
 5  hypersomnia/narcolepsy Some appetite loss, weight loss, jitters, sleeplessness (if taken too late) 39 3 years
10mg/3x
3/16/2014
 1  Add I passed out in class F 15 1 days
18mg
12/17/2013

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