[MEATMAN]

In my list of drugs I didn't want but had to take, Ritalin was a major one. Started in the first grade, never thought about it then. But my dosage kept going up without my input or opinion, until I was taking 20mg 3 times a day! The extended-release, too! It may have had something to do with my *cough*problems*cough*, which sent me to a psychiatric clinic (or, for the politically incorrect like me, mental institution; or, more accurately, NUT HOUSE) five times, starting in the 8th grade. I did not get to graduate from middle school. Thankfully, I managed to persuade my doctor to get something less brutal, so I am taking Concerta now. It works much better, and so far, I haven't had any problems yet. I still fantasize about strangling my idiot classmates, though.