Addicted to ritalin

[aliciamarie1]

I've been prescribed sixty, ten mg pills a month since I was fifteen. I took two a day with no problem until mid-way through my junior year. I had lost 40 lbs, and began to take up to 100 mg a day. This continued until graduation, then I opted to stop taking it all together. I gained back most of the weight, went off my anti depressants, and felt "normal" again. I went through my first semester of college without touching it. Recently I decided to go back on, and feel into old habits. Even without it I'm a studying machine, but it doesn't compare to the intensity of what I can get done when I take it.. I'm just wondering if anyone else is in my situation?

 

[Secrets1983]

Hey aliciamarie1,

Welcome!!! I am sorry but I have no experience with this issue but wanted to extend a welcome and show you some support! There have been posts here and there on this board about addiction to ritalin so maybe you could do a search and read them all.... It's great to read others experiences and KNOW that you are not alone in the struggle. Because I promise you.. your not!

I wish you strength to get thru this!
~Secrets