>> On 10/5/2012 7:05 PM, Wayne Throop wrote:

>>> ANYnow, google also sez there is a relatively large number of ADHD
>>> sufferers who self-medicate with caffiene for themselves and/or their
>>> children.  I didn't browse enough to get quantitative with the
>>> "relatively large number" bit, but apparently it *is* done... and
>>> since you don't need a prescription, people do it off-book.

>> Well, in any event I have edited my sig.

> Still no good - Meth and Ritalin (and Adderall, and Dexidrine, and...
> The list could go on all night) are so close to each other, both
> chemically and in physical effects, that for practical purposes, you
> might as well call them all the same thing. All are variations on your
> basic "amphetamine" molecule - a critter with literally thousands of
> variants. Considered as a group, the various amphetamines are, and have
> been for years, right up near, if not AT, the top of the list of "most
> powerful (and addictive...) stimulants known to mankind".

> Feed an ADD/ADHD kid stimulants of ANY kind, from caffiene to crank, and
> it's almost certain you'll knock at least SOME of the "hyper" out of him.