"wow, i&#039;m really surprised with the reviews of this drug. this drug should not be taken for adhd. there are many (safer) alternatives. i don&#039;t know, maybe i was just unlucky...i was prescribed ritalin at around the age of 5-6, and from day one i had extreme fatigue, weren&#039;t interested in any other activity but sleep. it made learning from not interesting to impossible. after a couple of months taking it i had lost a lot of weight...by that time the doctors had to take me off ritalin. it has caused me to be underweight ever since (i&#039;m 20 now). if your child(ren) are hyperactive you should really consider cutting of the high amounts of sugar that they are exposed to in this day of age. don&#039;t drug them, they will soon develop in a mature being."