RITALIN Reviews (METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.4 (214 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare RITALIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR RITALIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 1 | Adhd | Ritalin made me like a zombie. Terrible headaches. I literally felt drugged!! It did make me very calm and things were easier for me to manage but the negatives definitely outweigh the positives here. | F | 28 | 4 days 10mg | 6/24/2012 | 1 | ADHD, ADD | Depression, Mild Schizophrenia, Tolerance, Paranoia, Seizures, Dehydration (Daily), Dermatosis, MEMORY LOSS (All of these side effects are still present even though i stopped 11 years ago) | When I was on Ritalin, I was like a zombie. It's the best way to describe it. Eventually I built up such a tolerance my father was worried that it would adversly effect me and got me on a different drug. I'm trying to spread the word. This drug is BAD. All of my side effect symptoms remain, it's 11 years later. The drug damages the brain in a chemical fashion, your brain does not heal from it. | M | 28 | 11 years 30MG 3X day | 10/6/2011 | 4 | Adult ADHD (official) + fatigue | ...Continued from previous | & several generics); Ritalin LA [sust-release over 8-hrs] in 20, 30, 40mg]; and Concerta s/r 12hr tabs (in 18, 27, 36, 54mg) + atomoxetine [Strattera] . That's it! No Adderall, dexmethylphenidate (Focalin), s/r Dexedrine', lisdexamphetamine (Vyvanse) or methamphetamine (Desoxyn) - Crystal Meth pills I believe - awesome!!! I've read about a MPH patch too (Daytrana?), & the newest formulation in America, 'LiquADD' - liquid dex - 2! Of course, those must all be extortionate to patients in the US; in Aus, UK, Canada, New Z, all of Europe and every other developed country on the planet (except the USA for reasons which elude me), we have public healthcare systems, where medical treatment and pretty much all medications are at least heavily subsidised, if not free: I don't pay a cent for any of my meds, or to see my GP, psychiatrist etc! But I digress... The point is that I need more than 60mg of Rit a day! I'd like to combine Rit with Dex, but my dr's never done that. He offered me a combo of Concerta with normal Rit, but I've read some v unpleasant things about Concerta in patient reviews, and after reading those I really don't want it at all! Has anyone used either Rit + Dex, or s/r forms of MPH w standard tablets? Pls email me & let me know if you have! - And also if uv bn presc'd doses of MPH <60mg/day [=72mg Concerta btw, I want to hear from folks on more!] (Pls don't just email me to tell me not to shoot it up! I know ur not supposed 2 but it bloody w | M | 29 | 5 months | 10/29/2009 | 3 | BIPOLAR, Lack of concentration | funny feeling in my head (almost a headach), when I turn my head I cant seem to judge the speed, miss-judge my strength eg.slam doors. | taking it with Lithium | F | 29 | 3 days | 9/25/2009 | 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 | Narcolepsy, ADHD (combined type) | Extreme sleepiness, irritability, depression, fatigue | Although counterintuitive, Ritalin actually made my narcolepsy WORSE. I had previously been on Adderall XR as well as its short-release counterpart and had switched to Ritalin due to cost issues. In order to combat both ADHD and narcolepsy, I am prescribed very high doses of these drugs. When switching from 120mg/day of Adderall to 120mg/day of Ritalin, I was astonished by how different the two drugs were. Even though both drugs are part of the amphetamine family, their effects are quite different. I experience no irritability, excitability or sleepiness on Adderall, but I can barely function on Ritalin. Even though patients who TRULY have ADHD/ADD are not supposed to be "hyped-up" or have increased energy while taking these types of drugs, I was amazed by how much Ritalin actually leaned towards the polar opposite end of the spectrum. The fatigue, sleepiness and mood disturbances I experienced while taking the drug were actually comparable to the effects of Ambien (a | F | 29 | 5 days | 10/10/2007 | 1 | ADHD | The popular ADHD drug Ritalin used by millions of Americans has been linked to linked to heart attacks, strokes, hypertension and sudden deaths. | M | 29 | | 6/30/2006 | 5 | concentration | none | M | 30 | | 1/5/2007 | 5 | Recreational | I always known it was an Upper to me, while I always liked Downers, I Abused this drug, I'll admit that, It about killed me, BUT I abused it! I would take it to get speedy. | Well, for a rush or speed, if you just want to experiment, it's ok, but my heart was flying out of my chest. | M | 30 | 1 months | 2/2/2010 | 4 | Ritalin | headache after second pill, thirst | I'm switching to this temporarily so that I can travel in Asia for 2 months. This is legal to carry while my usual Adderall is not. Adderall really was my mircale for depression, I struggled on other meds for several years before finally feeling better. Switching seems to be going ok, I feel maybe a little more "up and down". I plan to go back to Adderall when I return, but for international travel, Ritalin seems to be about the only option. | F | 30 | 1 weeks 10 mgs. 2X day | 6/8/2011 | 4 | ADD | Headaches | M | 30 | 4 months | 10/2/2004 | 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 | 3 | Adult ADD | euphoria, loose stools, gas, physical and psychological addiction, depression and scary withdrawals on the days I don't take it | Ritalin is very helpful for helping me pay attention to my tasks, my dosage is 10-20mg/day. I always take my ritalin with a large meal to lengthen the absorption time in an attempt to avoid addiction. My doctor reccommended I only take ritalin on days I really need it to avoid addiction. I need it pretty much every day to get things done, and on the days I didn't take it I began having withdrawal symptoms just like a hard core junkie would have: couldn't rest, couldn't sit still, I was insane and unable to do anything but pace and lay down and pace and lay down. I was very scared, the only thing I could do to stop the withdrawals was to take a ritalin. I've been methodically reducing my dosage, took 5mg/day for 2 months just to stave off the withdrawals and have just now been able to not take ritalin. I'm disappointed because the drug does help me with my attention deficit, but I don't want to be addicted, so I guess I'll just have to find other ways to cope with my ADD, wish me luck. | F | 30 | 1 years | 2/26/2006 | 2 | ADD | dry eyes, sore stomach, loose bowels, anxiety, depression | My Dr put me on 10 mg 3 times a day for ADD and despite the rave reviews from others, it did not agree with me. I did feel more focused but the side effects did not make that worth it. | F | 30 | 4 months | 12/11/2007 | 1 | The mythical "ADHD" condition | Migraine, lethargy, brain damage, depression, nausea, anxieity, paranoia, shortness of breath, painful breathing, fatigue, weakness, suicideal thoughts. | I was forced to take it between ages 7-13. I was labeled "ADHD" and "Autistic" all because I was trying to get expelled in order to transfer to my original school. I didn't care that it meant living with my violently abusive mother again, I was a great deal worse off in the school I was in at the time. There were days when I wasn't made to take it, but nowhere near enough. I never recovered from what the ritalin did to me and I can never hope to live a full life anymore. | M | 30 | 6 years 1 pill 1X day | 3/31/2019 | 1 | ADHD | Not able to eat,feeling sick after eating,being in a fog or haze the best way to explain it. Yes it was calming but like stoners. | This was from 7 to age 9. My dosage was moved from 10mg to 15mg to 25 over the two year period. The time taken was move up as well from one time a day to 2 times a day. Do I was able to fight the drugs effects so my dosage was moved up. It is a sedation drug in my opinion but not to help learning for children at all. I would really call this drug calming effects and muscle movement but not anything to do with learning to put a child it a zombie like state dosen't help with learning. Think before putting a child on this drug in other schools or class to help them or make it fun. | M | 30 | 2 years 25mg 2X day | 9/10/2013 | 1 | ADD | I have to get off this stuff. I'm so mean and angry. I can't live like this, I swear I'm going to get a divorce if I don't stop acting this way. Not worth it. I would rather be a scatter brain. | F | 30 | 7 days 20 mg | 7/26/2016 | 5 | ADD, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | none | ritalin really helped give me breakthrough the fatigue that was crippling me. | F | 31 | 6 years 20 3X day | 7/24/2011 | 5 | ADD | I feel it works better than Modafanil which I was taking off label for ADD. I think Ritalin has little hangover. People do like modafanil however it was not for me. Your mileage will vary too. | I took it as a child too for 2 years. Just started again. | M | 31 | 30 days | 5/20/2005 |