Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 Could someone explain to me the reason for taking Ritalin with regards to MSA? Thanks Jan (from AZ where it keeps getting hotter & hotter) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 Jan, Rob took it to try to help with alertness and energy level. Carol & Rob from cloudy & cool Lexington, MA Ritalin Question > Could someone explain to me the reason for taking Ritalin with > regards to MSA? > Thanks > Jan (from AZ where it keeps getting hotter & hotter) > > > If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may > unsubscribe by sending a blank email to > > shydrager-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 Carol, Thanks for the info. Hey, I'd take cloudy, cool, rainy, breezy, mildly warm and I'd even take Ritalin because I could use some energy to keep me going in this heat. Jan, from " It's a dry heat " Arizona. > Jan, > > Rob took it to try to help with alertness and energy level. > > Carol & Rob > from cloudy & cool Lexington, MA > > Ritalin Question > > > > Could someone explain to me the reason for taking Ritalin with > > regards to MSA? > > Thanks > > Jan (from AZ where it keeps getting hotter & hotter) > > > > > > If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may > > unsubscribe by sending a blank email to > > > > shydrager-unsubscribe@y... > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 Waking up fully and alertness, otherwise I drowse and sleep all day, and am thefore also more prone to not eating and having accidents. In my case I take dex-amphetimine but it is prescribed for the same reasons Ritalin would be. At Friday 6/14/02 10:42 AM, you wrote: Could someone explain to me the reason for taking Ritalin with regards to MSA? Thanks Jan (from AZ where it keeps getting hotter & hotter) If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may unsubscribe by sending a blank email to shydrager-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 Jan Elmer took it early in the disease as an off the wall kind of thing. His GP gave it too him. He took it for a year or 2 before he ever questioned what might be wrong with him. His GP told him he had " a little Parkinson " and that was all that was wrong. (???) When I found out he was taking it I ask why and he didn't have a clue. His response was because Doc told me too. That was when I insisted he consult with another doctor and never take anything unless someone told him what it was for and what it was to do for him. To this day, I have no idea why he was put on it unless the doctor thought it would raise his BP because he was having some problems with it then. Believe me I ask lots of questions and received no answers. I did find out later that this doctor had a tendency to put many of his elderly patients on Ritalin for some reason. He was an old doctor then and is still practicing medicine today. Sally in KS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 CNS stimulants such as Ritalin, don't give you energy just alertness, for energy you need fuel, eat better and more often. At Friday 6/14/02 12:14 PM, you wrote: Carol, Thanks for the info. Hey, I'd take cloudy, cool, rainy, breezy, mildly warm and I'd even take Ritalin because I could use some energy to keep me going in this heat. Jan, from " It's a dry heat " Arizona. > Jan, > > Rob took it to try to help with alertness and energy level. > > Carol & Rob > from cloudy & cool Lexington, MA > > Ritalin Question > > > > Could someone explain to me the reason for taking Ritalin with > > regards to MSA? > > Thanks > > Jan (from AZ where it keeps getting hotter & hotter) > > > > > > If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may > > unsubscribe by sending a blank email to > > > > shydrager-unsubscribe@y... > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 Ritalin is given (at alarming rates) to children to calm then down and allow them to focus on tasks. It has the reverse effect on adults, kicking you into a state of anxious alertness. The attached anxiety is why I would not take this medication. (Dex-)amphetamine got a nasty reputation because it was used as a diet drug (suppresses appetite), President Kennedy used it to keep him alert during the Cuban missile crisis. Because of the well-publicized abuse of the prescription medication and the unfavourable status it gave doctors who prescribed (decidly there was over-prescription in cases) it lost favour as a medication and remained in use only with narcolepsy. As a street drug it is known as speed. College students abuse(d) it at exam time. Doctors hesitate to prescribe it because of the abuse potential, however, Ritalin is also being abused as a street drug. - bottom line - you may need it because it works - be responsible. At Friday 6/14/02 03:36 PM, you wrote: Jan Elmer took it early in the disease as an off the wall kind of thing. His GP gave it too him. He took it for a year or 2 before he ever questioned what might be wrong with him. His GP told him he had " a little Parkinson " and that was all that was wrong. (???) When I found out he was taking it I ask why and he didn't have a clue. His response was because Doc told me too. That was when I insisted he consult with another doctor and never take anything unless someone told him what it was for and what it was to do for him. To this day, I have no idea why he was put on it unless the doctor thought it would raise his BP because he was having some problems with it then. Believe me I ask lots of questions and received no answers. I did find out later that this doctor had a tendency to put many of his elderly patients on Ritalin for some reason. He was an old doctor then and is still practicing medicine today. Sally in KS If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may unsubscribe by sending a blank email to shydrager-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 It may also be prescibed by psychiatrists for 'apathy'. At Friday 6/14/02 03:36 PM, you wrote: Jan Elmer took it early in the disease as an off the wall kind of thing. His GP gave it too him. He took it for a year or 2 before he ever questioned what might be wrong with him. His GP told him he had " a little Parkinson " and that was all that was wrong. (???) When I found out he was taking it I ask why and he didn't have a clue. His response was because Doc told me too. That was when I insisted he consult with another doctor and never take anything unless someone told him what it was for and what it was to do for him. To this day, I have no idea why he was put on it unless the doctor thought it would raise his BP because he was having some problems with it then. Believe me I ask lots of questions and received no answers. I did find out later that this doctor had a tendency to put many of his elderly patients on Ritalin for some reason. He was an old doctor then and is still practicing medicine today. Sally in KS If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may unsubscribe by sending a blank email to shydrager-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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