Pro's And Con's Of Ritalin

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Pro’s and Con’s of Ritalin
ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It occurs in childhood and causes children to become excessively hyper and chaotic. The symptoms are controlled by stimulants. The most popular would be Ritalin. And as we have been told a few times in class, Ritalin was made before ADHD was even discovered. This sparks many questions as to why it was produced and how people know it is the right drug for this disease. Ritalin has many good aspects that appear to help children with ADHD, but some believe it also has some terrible side affects that aren’t worth the treatment.
According to Russell A. Barkley PhD, between 70 and 90% of children treated with Ritalin improve in their behavior.(p.253) Barkley has also stated that between 600,000 and 1 million children annually may be using Ritalin at the school-age.(p.258) Ritalin reduces restlessness therefore increasing attention span with class assignments helping both teacher and student. Aggression, noisiness, and disruptive behaviors are declined. Ritalin improves social behavior by lessening the intensity felt between the child and other beings.
Ritalin is entered and eliminated from your bloodstream in 24 hours. So not only does it work as a stimulant fast if an allergies were to show up it would be out of the bloodstream within the 24 hours. Rethinking Ritalin states a story about a woman whose child had such bad temper tantrums accompanied with his ADHD that she had to remove him from preschool. So as a last resort she put her child on Ritalin and, “It worked so fast it was like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde,” she stated.
Ritalin seems to have some pretty good reasons to be the drug for ADHD sufferers but let’s explore some of the downsides.
Just to have this medicine work properly it must be taken several times a day every day to have the correct effects. ADHD is such an obscure disorder that it is hard to know what do...