Expert: Norm Bishop - 4/24/2011

Question
Please tell me what you think of this website?

http://www.ritalindeath.com

I am now terrified as I have been on this drug 20 years and now i have become allergic to it. I also take lots more than i should. In the name of Jesus Christ help me

Answer
The website is someone's opinion of ritalin...statistically in the US at least, there have not been findings that should alarm anyone.  There seem to be no apparent long term effects.  

I would suggest that you see a physician to talk about the allergy development and either attempt to live without the drug or use a non-stimulant alternative that now exist.  

You should know that I am not a doctor, rather, and educator and I don't have the qualifications to prescribe medicines, I only know what I have seen in my experience as an educator.  Your first reaction is to see a doctor in a case like this...find out what your alternatives are and then make the best choice for you.  Some adults with ADHD do fine in life without taking stimulant drugs, finding that normal caffeine sources do just as well, while others seem to need something that is time leased, like adderal.  

Don't panic, but realize that the allergy is an early warning...