Word: ritalin
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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...
...full of clutter. He had trouble managing everyday tasks and meeting deadlines. "I would ask myself, 'Am I lazy?'" he says. Then a diagnostic workup revealed that Haber has ADD (also known as ADHD, or attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder). Now he's treating it. He takes the stimulant Ritalin to help him focus, and he sometimes consults with an ADD coach, who helps him keep the clutter...
...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...
Zac’s zany antics at public appearances led to his portrayal in the media as a poster-boy for Ritalin. Nowadays, the bubbly youth with shoulder-length blonde hair is nowhere to be found; with his cropped ’do and reserved mannerisms, Zac is the consummate professional as he explains the band’s newly distinguished rock edge...