when he was in the 2nd grade he was put on Ritalin, I feel sorry that he went
on it when only in the second grade. He was on Ritalin for 8 years, btw Focalin
sounds way way better. Ritalin made him show signs of rage, also had a zombie effect overuse probably then in 1999 he was put on Adderall for 6 years.
for two of those years he was on XR. I also read 2.5 MG's are for 6 year olds, etc. One day he became delusional and thought he sounded like every singer
in the world, he had no friends, well hardly, the grandious feeling made him
feel superior. With the XR he sort of messed with it, broke apart the caps
but only taking a few sprinkles and putting them in his mouth, did that quite a few times he was weening of 5XR and complained of fillers in his XR.
Then he threw the rest away, never took it again thing is he claims
it hurt a nerve terminal damage. He was struck with a real chair once
but I'm not sure if you'd call it a major shot though it did knock him down.
He got in a fight that's why...anyways...he stopped taking XR then went on pain killers, then had so much anhedonia=no pleasure from anything! everything
was dull and flat he decided to shoot himself but he didn't. he shot the ground,
was admitted to a hospital...in about a few days he did something out of an act of desperation, cutt off the anedonia...he claims to not know what he did but it saved his life...he is no longer hyper. I'am personally not trying to blame XR
but that's what he says...he loved poetry, singing, dancing...
he said if he could go back in time he wished Focalin was around,
that Adderall was only and not XR existed and that he would be prescribed
2.5 MG always. The doses he was on...
5 MG 15 MG 20 MG 25 MG
20 MG 15 XR 10 XR 5 XR...
Well this is my story! of my friend I love so dearly!
this friend of mine is now 22...
TheAlphaOmega38671.9163425926
oh, he was very ADHD. don't diss my friend!
he was very lonely! and but very ADHD and was a singer
was on stims for 14 years! without the right doctors monitoring him.
Well he told me his last few doctors were uncaring lazy bast*rds.
He either A) outgrew it, or B) that chair shot messed him up but he claims
it wasn't the chair like I said he got in a fight, secondly.
I have done research and it says without proper monitoring stims
in the long term over the years can mess up nerve terminals.
And btw by your defence of stims you are starting to sound like to me a freakin bot!
For your information he was never clinically depressed about a month after
the chair shot that anedonia came in. Need I remind you he was over-stimulated himself on XR and kept messing with it.
So A) do you blame the fight-the chair shot he got cause of some bast*rd,
or cause of breaking up the capsules, taking more than he should have.
Fine maye you can be on Adderall for 6 years more than 10 MG's,
then use extra sprinkles into your mouth, see what happens.
and btw if your a bot don't talk to me!
and I never said it wasn't real, what I meant to say
is they don't test you to see if your adhd they see
by bahavior issues, off the wall energy.
TheAlphaOmega38673.6802662037He is no longer hyper?
alpha -
sounds like your friend was never ADHD - but rather a severe depressive. Anhedonia is one of the two main warning signs of clinical severe depression. ADHD - typically is not associated with that at all.
Another proof of that would be the adverse reaction to Ritalin - bipolar and other depression disorders are often characterized by becoming worse on stimulants.
Either way the feelings your friend had were not caused by the meds - but rather that noone around him cared enough to go to his caregivers and tell what they witnessed. That's a common problem as even today many people are under the false impression that their loved one might be "crazy" and that telling about what they see might cause them harm rather than good. Social stigma also prevents them - who wants the whispers and stares when a friend or loved family member is considered crazy??
Most of all - realize that meds don't kill people. People do - in this case by the ignoring of every sign of illness in the book. You, his family, the teachers could have all gone to someone who is in charge of his meds and care and said something.
Next time someone you love is complaining their meds don't work and you see violence, depression, suicidal tendencies tell someone - even the police if you fear for their life. What use is medication if everyone watches the train go off the tracks and just says "tsk tsk"?
Most of all - I'm sick of people coming here and saying "oh that poor woman's child just kept getting worse and worse - then he/she died". What malarkey - a child is getting SICKER and noone does anything but watch? This is not a family pet that noone can afford to help - get in and do something!
Easier to blame medication. Makes me sick.
Blame yourselves first - maybe you'll do something next time rather than whine in my group- at my friends.