RITALIN Reviews (METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 3.4 (214 Ratings)

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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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DATE ADDED
 
 4   Tiredness, eye strain as if been reading to long. Taking ritalin for ADD, scattered thoughts, random thinking, inability to maintain steady actvity. This has been reduced since taking and feel better for it, ritalin has also reduced the restless legs feeling i have previously lived with, But I am tired from waking up till going back to bed. It's like I'm always" just finished work tired" not better or worse... M 43 3 months
10 mg 5X day
6/4/2012
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 5  ADD, OCD, ODD Dry Mouth Really Bad, rotting teeth (falling out), Lack of sleep, Weight loss (which is good for me) Changed my life and I wouldnt be without it, Down side is all the side affects apart from weight loss...after 8 years my mouth is still dry and my teeth are decaying badly! Wasnt Diaganosed till i was 16 as no-one belived i had ADD only my family, In the End went to ADD/ADHD private clinic in Horsham as was diagnosed stright away. Was on My Tablets from 16 - 21 and then i hit a downer in my life, but i have just sorted myself out and am now back on my meds properly...I MEAN THIS IF YOU NEED THESE TABLETS THEN TAKE THEM dont do what i did and mess your self up. I am also on Concerta XL and Clonidine F 24 8 years
30MG x 6 3X day
3/14/2012
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 5  ADD, Fadigue caused by depression Tolerance and Addiction. But all this can be avoided with a little caution. This drug is PERFECT. When I take it, I get into a machine-like state of mind that I can do things with extreme efficiency. It helps into study, work and even social meetings or internet trollings. It also can help one to stay awake in the night. It also sometimes left myself a little cold and harsh. It's only important to see that it's not a cure. It's a stimulant that give you a rush. It's necessary to take it only when needed. Not only the abuse potential is high, but also de tolerance and addiction also. I recommend to sometimes don't use it to get the brain recover itself to avoid tolerance and addiction. M 21 6 months
10mg 3X day
1/29/2012
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 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
 4  ADHD peaks and lows during the day I was diagnosed with ADD at 32. ER medicines do not work for me. I started out on a low dose 2 x day. Over the course of the last two years my doctor has let me adjust dosage to see what works best. I am currently at 20 mg every 3 hours with an optional 10 mg as needed. I stay within 100 mg daily but i can flex it out. this seems to avoid the hyperfocus and the up/down as it wears off and waiting for it to kick in again. At first I felt crazy for taking it so often but long acting does not work. It has changed my life. I don't think there is a max dose. It depends on the person and their general health. I would rather take what I need to enjoy life rather than just exist even if they determine it will shorten it. Talk with your doctor. Keep a journal. Adjust it in small doses and see what happens. It changed my life so much for the better. F 38 1 years
20mg 4X day
1/14/2012
 3  ADHAD Speedy feeling, focused, many bathroom visits, major rebound appitite when it wore off, glassy eyed This worked okay...I read A TON of books while on it! The problem is it made me glassy eyed and I felt stoned and I became paranoid people could tell I was on something. Yes, I WAS on something. An RX. But, still I was on a drug that I could feel. Also, I was on the generic and it seemed to not last more than a few hours and when I crashed, I would eat a lot. It did give me a good morning boost of energy and woke me up. My dr. will keep giving it to me indefinetly, however, I've consulted other drs. and all of them recommended I stop taking it. I switched to Adderall to see if that would be better and I no longer have the glassy-eyed feeling but it also causes the appetite rebound. I end up eating a lot at about 10 pm. F 35 1.5 years
5 2X day
1/10/2012
 1  I was ADHD im afema 1 days
12/31/2011
 5  Depression, anxiety ADD None M 59 1 months
30
12/13/2011
 5  ADD/ADHD Well, when I was about 5 i was put on ritalin for my adhd. I would always scratch and pick at sores. or even scratch until i MADE sores especially on my scalp. it was just like, if i felt a bump anywhere, i wanted it gone, and i would spend hours scratching. yet, my grades improved so much as well as my behavior. I was taken off of ritalin at about 10th grade. I was put on conserta. everything was still the same but i didn't itch. now, at 20 years old, i still take conserta during the day, but i take 10 mg ritalin as needed to help me with school work in the evenings. and I've been scratching like crazy again. i didn't realize that it may have been the ritalin causing this until just a few hours ago. F 20 15 years
10 1X AN
12/6/2011
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 5  Narc/dep None F 38 8 months
20mg 2xD
12/3/2011
 2  ADD, fatigue Made me a little tired and jittery, nothing terrible the drug just diddnt work for me. it diddnt do much of anything, i in creased my dose and it just made me more jittery M 20 2 weeks
? 2X day
11/29/2011
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 5  Depression- eating disorder Worked Wonders - Has helped me control my appetite- improves my mood and abilty to function and has given me a new enthusiasm for my life.. There are periods of ups and downs during the day tho' when the dose starts to wear down and I'm sometimes tempted to increase the dose on my own and this concerns me - dont want to be come an abuser. F 50 4 months
10 mg 2X day
11/17/2011
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 3  add I've always had Problems concentrating and it's always been pretty obvious I have add but my parents didn't want to put me on drugs. I turned 18 and had to make the decision for myself whether or not I should get tested. I haven't and won't because I know I would then be labelled as disabled basically and I really am not... I'm actually a lot smarter than a lot of people around me it's just I can't concentrate. Anywho, long story short I got some Ritalin unprescribed, used it seemed like a miracle I could finally concentrate and it felt amazing. I depended on it to study and do my assignments for a little while. The other day i realized I've been out of touch reality and my personality is changing. My side effects made me wake up from the zombie like addiction Ive been trying to hide. I'm scared. loss of appetite, change of views on a lot, negativity, addictive, feeling invincible, suicidal, psychotic thoughts, increased concentration at a cost. F 18 15 times
10 mg 1X day
11/3/2011
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 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
 1  Bipolar, ADHD Twitching, Involuntary Muscle spasms, Drowsiness, Loss of appetite, Confusion, Blurred Vision I was on Ritalin for two years, and for me, it wasn't worth it. I did not concentrate any better, I believe the only reason I stayed in my seat during class hours was because I was extremely tired after an hour of taking it. I constantly fell asleep on the drug. F 21 2 years
40mg 2X day
10/4/2011
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 4  ADD CONCERTA lasted too long i couldnt fall asleep at only 1 dose of 18 mg. I take 10 mg when i wake up the 5 mg at noon. i am unwinding by 6 pm and can fall asleep at 10. This drug works but i wouldstill like to be able to accomplish more then i am. My dose may be too low? over all i am impressed- oh I HATED adderall alot! F 44
10 MG 1X day
9/1/2011
 1  Add Irratability breathing difficulty blurred vision mood swings etc. I have been on Ritalin for almost 20 years. At first it seemed like a miracle drug but I now see this drug could have destroyed me. I had almost all the side effects. I began abusing it soon after I started taking it. Some nights I would stay up all night (occasionally playing on line backgammon for 12 straight hours) my boyfriend commented that he could see a change in my facial movements. It was incredibly easy to get highest allowable dosage. Granted, I could clean the he'll out of my kitchen, but the cost was way way too high. Wish I never took it. Closets may have been a little messy but my life wouldn't be a disaster. F 44 18 years
20 mg 3X day
8/16/2011
 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
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 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
 5  ADDHD Adult I had to write, because I think that anyone who has actually suffered with ADD or related conditions, knows that we are not looking to be addicted to anything. I am so sick of reading about how everyone abuses ritalin. and we are all just a bunch of druggies who just want to feel sorry for ourselves. For almost 50 years I refused to admit to ADD, from the old school, I did not believe there was anything "like that". If I only prayed harder or stopped feeling sorry for myself, it would get better, soon always soon. Until I started taking Ritalin, I was just a mess, that is all I can say. Low self-esteem, always wishing I was dead, never sticking with anything, never having a focus, always feeling like I could not think straight, and feeling guilty because I felt that way, why was I lazy, why didn't I try harder, why do I ruin everything, why am I a failure. After Ritalin, things just don't seem so overwhelming, I feel like a person who can do at least something, I feel 53 1 years
10 1X day
6/2/2011

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