Long-Term Brain Damage from Ritalin/Focalin Use

ivydreamin
Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:06:56 +0000

My nephew was on Ritalin at about age 4, never got a break from it in the summers, yeah, he’s slower in his thought processes today at age 22. Certainly no longer hyperactive, in fact, sluggish is more like it.

Caution to adults thinking to try out Ritalin: it can cause extra heart beats. Happened to my brother who thought he’d try it out in his 40’s. He’s now permanently plagued with extra heart beats. Annoying and nothing he can do about it. Caused by about 3 or 4 doses of Ritalin.