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Originally Posted by tryinghard973
history and symptoms
age 10-15
I was always a slacker in school. I transferred from catholic to public schools in fourth grade. I had trouble with attention, focus, concentration and more. I use to get headaches so my mom yptook me to a neurologist where I was diagnosed ADHD.
RITALIN I was put on 10 mg a day angle they upped it and I seemed fine. My piers would tell me that it was pretty much speed so we started sniffing it along with drinking. I've heard many cases where people have died from that so I consider myself lucky.
That was my first drug even before smoking weed. My mom always blames my addiction on those ritalin, but she was only trying too help. I was always the life of the party. I come from an Italian family and always dated my high school sweetheart, I'm just writing this to give you a clear picture. I stopped taking Ritalin because I just didn't think I needed it
Couple articles on ADHD and ritalin
The Ritalin Explosion | PBS - Medicating Kids | FRONTLINE | PBS
Are children who take Ritalin for ADHD at greater risk of future drug abuse? -- ScienceDaily
This is just the start of a debilitating mental illness and addiction. I hope mothers don't make the mistake of giving their children diagnoses really fast. I am no doctor, I'm writing this so I can see how much damage I have done to mysel and if I can help one person then that's awesome. If you have any questions, or helpful advice I'm all for it. With dual diagnoses, in my case, mental illness and addictilpon, it just destroys families. It sure has done it to mine. |
I have pretty much gone through most of the same things that you did, unfortunately it was later on. As of right now I have just been diagnosed with bipolar and substance abuse addiction. I thought I had hit 'rock bottom' several times when i was younger, I had a pretty insane cocaine addiction, which was followed by others. Now I have seen everything in my life come crashing down around me like I never thought was possible. I am currently addicted to ritalin and alcohol. And, I am awaiting treatment. That's what brought me to this site the other day. I'm terrified. And really don't know what to do next. It was nice to see that anyone has gone through anything similar though. Thank you for your posts!