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Originally posted by pony_trekker
I have a relative who took it. He was a D student without it and he was a D student with it.
Generally, kids are easier to manage while on it but there is no correlation, let alone causation, between Ritalin and academic improvement.
Add a whole host of known side effects (tics, insomnia, cramps, loss of appetite) and some maybe not yet known (cancer?) so no thanks.
Do you know Ritalin? I know Ritalin.
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So you would judge my Aunt and Uncle? Interesting. They didn't put him on it in order for him to get better grades. They put him on it so he could actually function in a classroom setting.
No, I haven't researched it. No, I don't have kids. But knowing my cousin and the sorts of issues he had pre-ritilin, I'm offended if people are out there judging people who are put into the situation that my Aunt and Uncle found themselves in.
Or, more succinctly, Shut. The. Fuck. Up.
