Word: ritalin
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Ritalin was supposed to make me sharper and prevent this kind of distraction. My pharmacological experience is rather shallow?I had a nasty SweeTarts addiction a while back that scared me off the harder stuff?but I knew that millions of kids with attention-deficit problems were on methylphenidates, as Ritalin and its cousins are known. I too have attention problems. I too am still maturing. Why shouldn't it work...
Lots of adults have started taking Ritalin, hoping it will give them mastery over their oversubscribed lives. Could I get my work done more efficiently? Could I make decisions more quickly? Could I just maybe tidy my desk? I wanted to see what it would be like to have focus, clarity, direction. So I found a friendly psychiatrist, whom I'm going to call Mark although that's only half his name. After giving me a long lecture on the risks of taking it, most of which I was too busy answering e-mail to hear, he sent...
...with a wet sock. At 3:10 a.m., I remembered I owed my mother money. At 4:12 a.m., I felt guilty about something I said to my son. At 5:14 a.m., I deeply regretted a headline I had written. Dr. Mark hadn't warned me about this: Ritalin is basically a drug that wakes you up to remind you of what a loser...
...work the next day, however, the TV bookers showered me in praise. The word adorable was used several times. The word funny was used. The words better than Diane Sawyer were not used, but I got the picture. Ritalin plus Ernie Anastos (a local-TV newscaster). It's a winning combo...
...said, 'Don't be ridiculous.' But then I read about it and realized that maybe she was right. I've always been distracted. I cannot stick to one thing. It's like somebody's changing channels in my brain over and over again." Cooper too has tried Ritalin and hired a personal organizer...