• Chewget@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    I had/did the same. Switched to adderall and found out Concerta is trash(Ritalin). I found out that they went with Concerta because time release is easier to give to children and most of all, the manufacturer gave them kickbacks when it was still legal.

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      5 months ago

      Plus with primarily hyperactive and combined, often parents take their kids in because they can’t handle them acting up. With Ritalin, when the personality is gone, there’s no more acting up… they choose that and go “wow, they’re so normal now”, not knowing the damage they’re doing to their childhood.

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        5 months ago

        That makes sense, it’s exactly what happened to me but I got the generic version of Concerta instead.

        It kept me shut up, and it kept my conservative parents happy that they no longer had to deal with an autistic child, then wondered why I never developed as a person until I was out of the house.