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 |
| 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 | 2 | Fatigue/Medicine side effects | Sweating, no appetite, laziness, antisocial, less ability to focus and get organized, desire to take more. | I was prescribed this after Provigil didn't work. I was taking 10mg in am, 10 mg at noon. It would take less than a 1/2hr to kick in and I'd feel like I had a buzz for a while. It woke me up a bit but made me extremely lazy! I got nothing done when I was on this medicine. It was almost like taking a bunch of xanax but not getting sleepy like it sometimes makes me. My hands would sweat so bad that I would walk around holding tissues -gross! After about 2-3 hrs it would start wearing off and I felt like I had drank a pot of coffee and smoked a carton of cigarettes - a really nasty feeling. I just switched to adderall and hopefully that works better than this did. | F | 31 | 3 weeks | 1/15/2009 | 1 | Chronic Fatigue | increased heart rate, heart palpitations, dizziness/vertigo, headache, nausea, nervousness | My doctor prescribed this to me to see if it would help with chronic fatigue I had been experiencing. I am very sensitive to medications so usually I would be nervous about trying something new, but I know young children frequently take this drug, so I figured "how bad can it be". I certainly have felt worse from other medications, but this one was definitely a bad experience. I only tried it 4 times. I would take one 10mg pill each time (my doctor told me to take 10mg 3x daily...thank goodness I did not!). My heart rate would always skyrocket. I am an endurance athlete and work out 7 days a week for at least 90 minutes each session (my chronic fatigue had been interfering with my workouts which is the main reason I was so eager to find something to help). Usually my resting heart rate is very low, between 55-65 beats per minute. Each time I took Ritalin my heart rate would go up to about 150 beats per minute which was terrifying. I would get extremely nervous (I am | 31 | 4 days | 12/20/2008 | 5 | ADD | Initially some apatite suppression, insomnia and slight gitters. This was corrected by reducing my afternoon dose. | This drug has saved my life. I have seen drastic differences between times in my life when I was taking it and when I was not. I failed out of one school and graduated top of my class in the next. Floated from job to job and then became very successful. I don't like the way I feel when I am taking it (I'm boring -- no personality) so, I time my doses to help me in the office or when I have to focus on mundane task's at home like paying bills, taxes etc. and then go without it when I'm recreating. When I was on the Ritalin I built my first home by age 21 and had a career in the New York State Senate by age 23 (not a senator). I then thought I could manage without it. Within a year of discontinuing use at age 26 I had lost my job, sold my house and moved away to follow a wim to live as a ski bum in Vermont. At first, things were great I owned a beautiful house (30 acres, views, apple orchard, spring fed swimming pond etc.) and played all the time. In the end I lost it all because I coul | M | 32 | 22 years | 2/28/2007 | 5 | ADD | nervous, shaky, weight loss | Helped my concentration a great deal. | F | 33 | 2 years | 5/3/2006 | 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 | 4 | depression/add | Hyped up at 30 m g. | F | 33 | 1 months | 11/16/2004 | 1 | Depressionand depersonalization | Glossy eyes, loss of appetite, addiction!!! Loss of interest in life, just pills. | My pdoc told me it was to help the SSRI for my depression/anxiety. Was at 20 mg a day, now at 60-70. I felt not depersonalzed the first hour, it was a miracle, I was finally not depressed, proactive. So I began to tak it. Then it crashed. I began to feel isolated, more dp/dr, anxious, and confused. I also became hooked. How to taper off? Please conact me | F | 33 | 5 months | 3/4/2008 | 1 | GLOSSY EYES - A NOT THERE FEELING - SORT OF DOPPY AND NOT THINKING SO GOOD | I HAVE READ VERY MUCH ON THE SUBJECT AND HAVE FOUND THAT THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE DRUG ARE VERY HARMFUL AND SHOULD NEVER BE GIVEN TO OUR CHILDREN LET ALONE AN ADULT. | F | 33 | | 5/24/2002 | 5 | Adult ADHD | There are slight side effects to inlude, acid reflux, mild dehydration, and slight loss of appetite. | After the initial effects of the drug during the | M | 34 | 1 years | 1/31/2005 | 5 | ADHD | increase thirst, loose bowl, appetite loss, increased concentration, motivation, focus, increase in sexual awareness | Been a god send. Was on Prozac but I was a zommbie and I wanted to be outside looking at the starts (very stoned feeling - calm - not motivated). In one day a total turn around in myself as it relates to self, work, and home. More calm with husband and child. Once I take a pill goose pimps run all over my body - in a good way. I can see why people can be addicted to it. | F | 34 | 1 months | 4/4/2005 | 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 | 4 | adhd | headaches, nervousness | F | 34 | 7 days | 5/14/2002 | 4 | Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue/MPS | Enlargening of eyes followed by extreme STARING, bowel stimulant, increased heart rate | The staring thing is funny. I have big eyes as it is and this just makes that worse. It helps with the chronic fatigue. It makes me very personable. I have mixed it with coffee (caffeine) and the two of them together really get me going- cleaning the house, doing the laundry, etc. Though I like this drug, I do not like the wear-off effect. I will go right to sleep. If I don't remember to take this drug, I will go to sleep and not wake up for several days. It has gotten to the point where family members check to see that I am still alive. It is a god send when taken correctly | F | 34 | 45 days 10mg 2X day | 1/6/2011 | 3 | MS-related fatigue | It only helps if I take two at a time so I usually take two in the morning and I'm good to go for most the day. Unfortunately it gives me a major headache that lasts all day, even after the ritalin wears off. Plus I'm spent by the time dinner is done. I could crash at 7 each night, no problem. | F | 34 | 1 days 2x | 1/23/2012 | 3 | ADHD | dry mouth, cold, back aches, hard come down | I love the way ritalin makes me finally concentrate and get my life in order. However, it lasts about two hours strong and then I need to take another pill. I feel weird once it starts to leave my system. I really have a lot of accomplishments from the drug, however, I have a hard time feeling aware finally. I have been so crazed for so long. I have to take 5mg. every 3 hours to have the right effect. I wanted to go on the time release because of over-dosing but I know I will have the come down and not be able to control that. It is good to finally feel on earth. I just wish it was easier to do so. | F | 34 | 2 months | 11/13/2006 | 3 | Adult ADD | First two weeks-anxiety attacks-numbness and pain in arms and neck-overall discomfort-angry when medicine started to wear off-EXTREMELY tired but lowered dose of Zoloft from 50mg to 25mg and that stopped. Slight chest pain | This is my first go around with ADD medications and keeping in mind that I also have anxiety disorder, it wasn't a surprise that I had initial anxiety attacks on this medication. Now that I toughed out the side effects, I have great focus and am very calm. It's nice to be able to 'tune' noises and people out and get work done. I am only on 10mg once a day right now so not too high of a dose. I look forward to what this will do for me. | F | 34 | 30 days | 1/10/2009 | 2 | ADHD | none | I heard that most people with ADD/ADHD are either 'Ritalin people' or 'Adderall people'. I read that Ritalin works better with ADHD (motor-mouth hyperactive-types) and Adderall does better with ADD Non-Attentive types. I'm the Non-Attentive type and I did better on Adderall.Ritalin made me feel like i just smoked a joint and took a valium. | F | 34 | 7 days | 12/17/2007 | 2 | Adult ADD | dry mouth, anxiety | I took this drug for about three days and hated the anxiety that it caused. It made me very nervous and I was way anxious! What an awful feeling to have! As soon as I stopped taking it - the anxiety and nervousness - completely gone. | F | 34 | 3 days | 6/8/2007 | 5 | ADD- ADHD | Dry- mouth, dizziness, feeling hot, upset stomach, speech problems I get stuck on words. Don't want to eat. | I have notice greatly that it has improved my life socially things don't upset as they did before. Tacks don't seem to overwhelming for me. I can fouces so much more, the channel is not switching anymore. But the bonus here at least I think...is my sex drive! I want to do it all the time. | F | 35 | 1 months 20 mg 1X day | 6/23/2010 |