ADHD and the back bone.?!

ADHD and the back bone.?

I'm 15 and have been diagnosed with ADHD, ADD. Either two, since I was about 6. And I can tell you my life is SH*T. Here are the details, I was able to do everything in my class, I would wright amazing Stories, my creativness was amazing, my other class mates never did anything like this, all they did was nose down on there books doing their work, I never could stay still doing work, but for other things I could do them fine, school was hard for me, my Teacher then came to my parents and told them I was different, that called up Ritalin, I hate the stuff, I've been taking it for over 7 Years, I always said no, but it was forced down onto me, I hated it!!!! ! Heres the line, it dropped my IQ and made me so skinny I get made fun off, looked at differently, I don't see myself normal anymore, my brain is so messed up on this drug that it has changed my hole life, so heres something NOT coming from a doctor, or a nurse.
Please, Don't give your children Ritalin, or any drug for that matter.

My children all have ADD but they never had Ritalin because I had heard of the side effects as you described. My children were put on a different type of medication - Tofranil and they all improved. All of my children are creative in their own ways. One of my daughters is an artist and the other daughter is training to be an event planner. My son like you was very good at drawing. He wanted to join the Army and now won't because he doesn't want to go Iraq. He was my youngest and he had the most trouble with his ADD. He still hasn't found himself but I have confidence in him.

parents only try to do the best for their children and giving you Ritalin is what they were advised to do. So don't blame your parents. Now that you are 15 maybe you could talk to the doctor yourself and maybe there is another type of medication that will help you better than Ritalin. There's no harm in asking your doctor to review your medication.