Posted by PoohBear on January 14, 2004, at 17:11:02
In reply to Re: Meds and Your Body: TRUST YOURSELF, posted by nobodyz on January 8, 2004, at 16:10:52
> However, being desperate for sleep, for instance, doesn't seem to lend itself to being willing to take speed. What good would speed do to make me sleep? I guess the question is more along the lines of "What kind of magical thinking is going on in those of us who take a med that is doing the opposite from what it's supposed to, and we continue to take it? Do we think the med is going to change?". -nobodyz
>Actually, many people with ADHD find that some drugs have the opposite of their intended effect. This is the reason that ADHD people will often be prescribed Ritalin to "calm down", when for most people it truly would be "speed".
TR
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