If ritalin is a stimulant, why is it used to treat hyperactivity?!


Question: If ritalin is a stimulant, why is it used to treat hyperactivity.?
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Usually with ADHD and ADD the portions of the brain which control concentration and focus are understimilated while the rest of the brain is overstimulated. Adding ritalin stimulates the concentration and focus parts of the brain thus allowing the person to "calm down" and more readily concentrate on a task.Health Question & Answer

I don't know the scientific answer for that. But, if you or someone you love is on it, ?you should know prescription drugs should always be a last resort - except maybe - and I say maybe - in only the
most critical cases. Make the time to look at the fine print or look under Ritalin Medicine Warnings you'll freak out all the damage it causes the body. Do your own research with all prescription drugs. I have not tried Ritalin, but was on Adderal for some time, and still I do not know how can doctors prescribe this strong medicine on children. I am adult, and my heart was beating a million times fast that it was going to explode--I looked like a mad woman. Imagine what it can do for kids. I think doctors should take it first before prescribing it so that they can know the side effects and stop prescribing it. If you can't quit the medicine, you can keep taking it as your doctor tells you, but also try along with it natural alternatives and in time maybe you can wean yourself out of it. For example, #1, food maybe the problem that is causing this. Try to do a No-Yeast/No Gluten diet of NO sugar, NO wheat, NO milk, NO white flour, NO gluten. Eating healthy. Only fish, chicken, ALL GREEN vegetables, Soy milk, brown rice, black beans (not from cans) are allowed. That will make a big difference with hyperacivity. also, take alot, alot, I mean, alot, of the healthy bacteria ACIDOPHILUS as sometimes these conditions are due to candida overflow in the body where the bad bacteria, (which we all have, but when it overpopulates it gives us allergies and many, many bad symptoms) and almost takes over the good bacteria in our bodies. Take it with Black Currant Oil (small, easy to swallow gel capsules), and Caprylic Acid capsules you can open and take with vegetable juice. Again, get very well educated on this Ritalin in the internet.Health Question & Answer

It does the opposite for the kids who actually need it. I've heard that people give their kids coffee (stimulant) to calm them if they are hyper. If a non-hyper person takes the drug, they get hyper. Medical stuff.Health Question & Answer

it acts as a stimulant for people who actually don't have ADHD. I'm not sure of the chemical mechanism that does so, i'm sure someone else could post that or you could google it.Health Question & Answer

Stimulants aren't universal, a stimulant simply stimulates certain parts of tha brain. So ritalin stimulates tha part of the brain that provide focus.Health Question & Answer

Apparently it only works as a stimulant in people without hyperactivity. I'm not sure where I got this from but have heard it multiple times from multiple people. Take it with a grain of salt of course...Health Question & Answer

i personally prefer natural treatment therefore i am looking under alternative health
avoiding foods with artificial colors, flavors, preservatives can helpHealth Question & Answer

Because when you are already stimulated a stimulant will bring you down not up.Health Question & Answer

to give people focusHealth Question & Answer



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