Welcome to the club...tee-hee.
I'm supposed to start Ritalin soon m'self, and keep finding reasons to procrastinate. How ironic and funny huh!?!
I'll be keeping an eye on this thread and hopefully I'll join you sooner or later.
My son has taken Ritalin and has had a good experience with the med so far, however, I was recently diagnosed with ADHD, and tomorrow the pdoc is planning to put me on it as well (plan B) since the Daytrana patch did not work. The Daytrana patch caused redness due to the adhesive sticker, and then the more I thought about it, the more I realized, that when I was younger, I had problems with adhesive sticky stuff years ago. So- I should have avoided it in the first place. DUH! So, I feel really bad for even trying it. I only lasted 5 days on it.
The pdoc said that plan B would be Ritalin LA with an afternoon dose of Ritalin for PM assistance to get my by in the evening since I drive my DH a bit a-wall.
Please tell me there are others here who are adults that have good results with the Ritalin. I'd love to hear some good stories.
Thanks,
Coffeegirl
No one has replied, so I will just throw my two cents in. My daughter (age 12) used Ritalin LA with a regular dose Ritilan after school for a while and it worked well. There are many people (adults and children) who do GREAT on Ritilan. Good luck!