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Ok here goes
1) No (not taking it would)
2) No (not taking it would)
3) No
4) No
5) No (only after not taking it)
6) No
7) No
8) No
9) No
10) No
11) No way
12) Yes but this is a normal side effect of the medication
13) No
14) No (but not taking it has)
15) No way
16) no
17) No
18) Yes
19) No way
20) Yes

>
> 1) Do you lose time from work due to ritilan?
> 2) Is ritilan making your home life unhappy?
> 3) Do take ritilan because you are shy with other people?
> 4) Is ritilan affecting your reputation?
> 5) Have you ever felt remorse after taking ritilan?
> 6) Have you gotten into financial dificulties as a result of your
> ritilan?
> 7) Do you turn to lower companions and an inferior environment
when
> taking ritilan?
> 8) Does ritilan make you careless of your family's welfare?
> 9) Has your ambition decreased since taking ritilan?
> 10) Do you crave a ritilan at a definite time daily?
> 11) Do you want ritilan the next morning?
> 12) Does taking ritilan cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
> 13) Has your efficiency decreased since taking ritilan?
> 14) Is taking ritilan jeopardizing your job or business?
> 15) Do you take ritilan to escape from worries or troubles?
> 16) Do you take ritilan alone?
> 17) Have you ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of
your
> taking ritilan?
> 18) Has your physician ever treated you for too much ritilan?
> 19) Do you take ritilan to build up your self-confidence?
> 20) Have you ever been in a hospital or institution on account of
> ritilan?
>

You may notice I answered yes to both 18 and 20. When I was 20 I
overdosed on Ritalin. I had forgotten to take my medication that
day and got in a lot of trouble at work. I was just curious and
impulsive so instead of 1 Ritalin I took 11. I was hospitalised
that night. The fact was is was the ADHD not the ritalin that
caused the overdose and If I had have taken the ritalin in the first
place it would never have happened.

Most people take drugs because they are addicted to feeling the way
we feeld normally. To escape the way we feel when we take Ritalin.
I am more addicted to being off ritalin. I hate taking it.

In fact I never ever even tried drugs, or smoking and I am 24 and
have never tried alchohol. You know why? Because I had to take
ritalin as a child. I hated having drugs in my body. I learned
from a young age how awful side affects can be.