A friend of mine is doing research for a thesis paper with a topic of psycho-pharmeceutical drug effects on the child and adolescent brain and social development. I was prescribed Ritalin as a child, but never took it and was prescribed Paxil as a teen and never took that either, choosing instead to rely on St John's Wort (which worked wonders for me.) Therefore, I can't really help him out with my personal experiences of that nature. But if this applies to you and you'd be interested in sharing your experiences (anonymously, of course) with him for his research, please feel free to send me a PM with any questions.