Hey everyone,

This is my first post here, and I'm just trying to figure out what's going on. I was newly-diagnosed with ADHD this past January and I've been on Ritalin since my diagnosis. I started off at 10 mg two times a day, moved to 10mg three times a day, and was most recently at 15 mg three times a day over a month-and-a-half time span. I called the doctor today to update him on my symptoms and he asked if my medication seemed to be working, and left a message saying that it sort of worked, but I wasn't seeing the effects I had wanted to see. The nurse called me back and said that the doctor told me to stop taking the medication completely, that "there's no use in taking anything if it's not going to work."

Here's my question: couldn't he have increased my dosage to 20 mg 3x a day? Could he have prescribed me with an alternate medication? Or, should I wait a few days and (hopefully!) notice that the Ritalin WAS indeed working, that I just had different expectations?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and my thanks in advance.

Did they say that they would be trying something different?

When do you go back?

When I first started on meds I started Strattera. After 3 weeks I told my doc that it wasn't working and he told me to stop because if it wasn't working it probably wasn't going to.

But he started me on something else at the same time.

:)hello and welcome to forums

Ive been taking ritalin for 14 yrs

what results are you looking for

when is your next med check?

keep us posted we care:)

Yes, that is weird. He could have increased the dose. For the brief time I tried Ritalin, I was on 75 mg/day. I finally could not tolerate the side effects and called my doctor. He told me to come in to get a prescription of Adderall, which I'd taken for a long time beforehand. And in the meantime he told me not to stop taking the Ritalin because I'd feel even worse without it at that point.

So it is strange that your dr just told you to quit and said nothing more. I'd call back and say you need SOMETHING, like another drug, or a higher dose, and would like to see the dr. as soon as possible.