Ritalin is Good, Ritalin is Easy
Seven years ago I was diagnosed with ADHD or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In other words, I had a chronic problem paying attention. As a form of treatment for ADHD, I was put on a controversial drug called Ritalin. Now being at the age of sixteen, it was not really my choice whether I wanted to take a doctor's prescription or not. Now that I have grown up a bit and understand things better, I am questioning the benefits of prescribing Ritalin to treat ADD. My personal experience with Ritalin is mixed. I use it when I am in school and at work and it allows me to concentrate and focus on what I need to do. I use to be a troubled student. Things never came easy to me and far too often they never came at all. Ritalin was like putting on a pair of glasses. Suddenly everything became focused and organized. My schoolwork went for a category I will refer to as second-rate to a straight A student. I was no longer battling with myself to comprehend something. People who knew me as a child would never believe me as to what I have accomplished. That came at a price though, when I am taking Ritalin I drop about fifteen pounds and have constant nausea. I
Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology. "Ritalin--Other Resources." http://www.breggin.com/ritalin.html (08 Feb 1999). This brings me to the question of who is taking Ritalin? Apparently, five million children in the United States alone are prescribed Ritalin to treat ADHD (CHADD). That is about three to five percent of all American school children prescribed to the drug. Ritalin usage has already risen seven hundred percent since 1991. The American Psychiatric Association believes that about one to three percent of the school-aged population is afflicted with full ADHD. An additional five to ten percent are described as partially effected. Also another fifteen to twenty percent show subliminal or suggested behaviors of ADHD. Dr. Edward Hallowell, an expert in learning disabilities, believes Ritalin usage could grow as high as ten percent of all school children. Are their really that many people affected with ADHD and how will we treat that many people? Hallowell, Dr. Edward M. "Whats it like to have ADD." 11 Feb 1999. http://www.add.org/content/abc/hallowell.htm (07 Feb 1999). Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology. "NIMH Fails to Endorse Ritalin."
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