Mark, thank you very much for your information and for providing your experience to me. I appologise if I seemed a bit rash in the previous posts.
Anyway, I do feel like I am not yet powerless to Ritalin, but I feel I am getting there every time I take it to relieve a headache or to feel better when I'm down. I love that it makes me focus but I also love how it makes me feel.
It is difficult because my Psychiatrist moved to a different state, and I am unable to find another. Right now, my Primary Care Provider (a family MD) is filling my prescriptions but she does not have the expertise to make changes based on my diagnosis...it isnt in her field of specialty. So, I am going to research myself until I can find someone to talk to.
I am about to head to class so I cant talk now, but I will return later.