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Hi! i wanted to know what happens if a person without add or adhd takes a pill of ritalin (methylphenidate)? what are the effects
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Ritalin (methylphenidate): Ritalin (methylphenidate) is a stimulant, sp presumably the person without ADD/ADAD would not feel slowed down, so to speak. The would, conversely, feel sped up.
Answered 4/19/2016
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