Can you get sick from ADHD medication?!


Question: Yeah. Depending on what you take, they may stunt your growth, you may have trouble sleeping, and loosing your appetite. This is of course if you're avtually taking it for ADHD. Any other reason, you're a sick person.


Answers: Yeah. Depending on what you take, they may stunt your growth, you may have trouble sleeping, and loosing your appetite. This is of course if you're avtually taking it for ADHD. Any other reason, you're a sick person.

yes. there are all kinds of side affects to any kind of med. my son got sick everyday while on stratera

All medications, even basic ones like pain relievers, have side effects. Whether or not YOU (or the person you are asking about) will get those side effects is unknown until they are tried.

This is something to be talked about with a doctor. If there are concerns about side effects, express them. The doctor will then take that into account before prescribing a drug, or directing you to continue a drug.

It is most likely that the doctor knows about these side effects, and has decided that the benefit outweighs the risk of side effect.

Of course, it's your (?) body, so the final decision is yours.

My child was on Adderall XR and it was not being properly eliminated from his body. He had hallucinations for over 4 days and needed to be sedated to help control them. It was terrifying to watch and excruciating as a parent to know I gave this to him to begin with. He also was on Strattera for a bit and could not go to the bathroom for weeks at a time.

Many, many ADHD meds are essentially legalized speed. Ritalin is a form of methamphetamine. OF COURSE these meds have side effects, some of which are incredibly hepatotoxic (poisonous to the liver), which is why so many kids are on the meds for the school year, and taken off them during the summer. They can stunt children's growth, cause extreme weight loss and fatigue, and there are implications for the immune system as well. Were I the parent, I'd be looking at as many alternative methods of healing as possible, and you can email for a list of these, if you like. Start first with diet, and be willing to change yours and the rest of the family's as well for a cleaner, purer, less refined diet w/ no JUNK, no refined sugars, no empty foods, no preservatives, and no artificial chemicals and preservatives.

Yes, it's highly addictive and causes violent behavior in some people. Several of the recent shooters were on it.

Yes, you sure as hell can.





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