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Ritalin kids doomed to life of helplessness, despair, major depression.
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http://my.webmd.com/content/article/...000_1000_nb_05 Preteen Ritalin May Increase Depression Early Use of ADHD Drug Alters Brain, Rat Studies Show By Daniel DeNoon WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD on Monday, December 08, 2003 "Dec. 8, 2003 -- Ritalin use in preteen children may lead to depression later in life, studies of rats suggest. ....early use of Ritalin and other stimulant drugs seems to permanently alter animals' brains. "Rats exposed to Ritalin as juveniles showed large increases in learned-helplessness behavior during adulthood, suggesting a tendency toward depression," Carlezon says in a news release. ....the drug {Ritalin} short-circuits the brain's reward system. That would make it difficult to experience pleasure -- a "hallmark symptom of depression," Carlezon and colleagues note. "The other change seems all bad. Early exposure to Ritalin increases rats' depressive-like responses in a stress test." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- SOURCES: Carlezon, W.A. Jr. Biological Psychiatry, Dec. 15, 2003; vol 54: pp 1330-1337. News release, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass. -- "Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'here are our monsters', without immediately turning the monsters into pets." --Jacques Derrida |
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Ritalin kids doomed to life of helplessness, despair, major depression.
Sure, Linda, sure.
It is strange how my son, who was treated since age 5, is doing so well. Ditto for Nessa's. "L" wrote in message s.com... X-no-archive:yes http://my.webmd.com/content/article/...000_1000_nb_05 Preteen Ritalin May Increase Depression Early Use of ADHD Drug Alters Brain, Rat Studies Show By Daniel DeNoon WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD on Monday, December 08, 2003 "Dec. 8, 2003 -- Ritalin use in preteen children may lead to depression later in life, studies of rats suggest. ...early use of Ritalin and other stimulant drugs seems to permanently alter animals' brains. "Rats exposed to Ritalin as juveniles showed large increases in learned-helplessness behavior during adulthood, suggesting a tendency toward depression," Carlezon says in a news release. ...the drug {Ritalin} short-circuits the brain's reward system. That would make it difficult to experience pleasure -- a "hallmark symptom of depression," Carlezon and colleagues note. "The other change seems all bad. Early exposure to Ritalin increases rats' depressive-like responses in a stress test." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- SOURCES: Carlezon, W.A. Jr. Biological Psychiatry, Dec. 15, 2003; vol 54: pp 1330-1337. News release, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass. -- "Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'here are our monsters', without immediately turning the monsters into pets." --Jacques Derrida |
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Ritalin kids doomed to life of helplessness, despair, major depression.
L wrote:
"Dec. 8, 2003 -- Ritalin use in preteen children may lead to depression later in life, studies of rats suggest. Of course, ADD also often leads to depression, so what's the difference? |
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Ritalin kids doomed to life of helplessness, despair, major depression.
That's interesting... it seems to be the same problem I'm experiencing.
Doctors had me on ritalin for ADD from age 5-11, then took me off. I've been getting really depressed lately. - Michael S. "L" wrote in message s.com... X-no-archive:yes http://my.webmd.com/content/article/...000_1000_nb_05 Preteen Ritalin May Increase Depression Early Use of ADHD Drug Alters Brain, Rat Studies Show By Daniel DeNoon WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD on Monday, December 08, 2003 "Dec. 8, 2003 -- Ritalin use in preteen children may lead to depression later in life, studies of rats suggest. ...early use of Ritalin and other stimulant drugs seems to permanently alter animals' brains. "Rats exposed to Ritalin as juveniles showed large increases in learned-helplessness behavior during adulthood, suggesting a tendency toward depression," Carlezon says in a news release. ...the drug {Ritalin} short-circuits the brain's reward system. That would make it difficult to experience pleasure -- a "hallmark symptom of depression," Carlezon and colleagues note. "The other change seems all bad. Early exposure to Ritalin increases rats' depressive-like responses in a stress test." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- SOURCES: Carlezon, W.A. Jr. Biological Psychiatry, Dec. 15, 2003; vol 54: pp 1330-1337. News release, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass. -- "Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'here are our monsters', without immediately turning the monsters into pets." --Jacques Derrida |
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Ritalin kids doomed to life of helplessness, despair, major depression.
"Michael S." wrote in message news:qMsBb.348977$ao4.1167334@attbi_s51... That's interesting... it seems to be the same problem I'm experiencing. Doctors had me on ritalin for ADD from age 5-11, then took me off. I've been getting really depressed lately. Maybe you would be even more depressed if you weren't on Ritalin. Jeff |
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