Tell him that you want to try Ritalin. Be serious and straight forward. Tell him you are having dificulties paying attention in school. Read up on the diagnostic criteria and make a list of all the symptoms you do have and show it to him. If he has concerns over the potential for abuse, tell him you are willing to work with weekly prescriptions to prove yourself. If he won't help you, ask him to refer you to another Doctor that is more comfortable treating AD/HD. If that doesn't work, call me. I will do a phone consultation and then do a refferal letter and phone call to a NC doctor who treats AD/HD. That should work. interesting article that applies to you Dwaine - http://www.baltimorepsych.com/Gifted_ADD.htm
Actually, yes. Ritalin is a psychostimulant, alcohol is a Central Nervous System depressant. They tend to cancel each other out. In other words - 6 beers and 1 Ritalin = not much buzz, and not much focus. An interesting observation from a Ritalin/Alcohol user - The main problem I've found is that ritalin partly suppresses the *physiological* effects of alcohol (though your judgment still mostly goes down the toilet). The problem is, of course, that ritalin takes effect and wears off a LOT faster than alcohol does. So... let's suppose you take one last ritalin, then go out and drink 6-8 beers over the span of those 2 or 3 hours. Right around the time you're starting to feel *really* drunk and decide it might be a good idea to stop, the ritalin falls off, and you can go from "drunk" to "within an inch of death from alcohol poisoning" over the span of 30-90 minutes. It's not fun. Of course, it's even MORE dangerous if you're at a party where you can sneak into a room somewhere and doze off, because THEN the ritalin will wear off while you're already asleep (and probably away from your friends who might otherwise recognize that you're in serious trouble and get help).
