OK, so I have been taking Concerta for ADD since I was 7, and my friend has ADHD. We both agree that the medications (Concerta and Ritalin) make us less hungary, but when it wears off, we get really hungry! Not starving, but like we skipped lunch. And I am having problems with my self image involving the pill. I feel controlled by it, and like i am unable to do well in school without it. I cry about it sometimes. I have friends at school, but i'm having problems with them.too, like i think my best friend isn't good enough for me, and i know im a biotch for thinking that, but she is sort of quiet, unlike some of my other friends. But then I am quiet, too, because the pill makes me concentrate more, so I feel left out and shy and quiet and lonely, even around my friends. And I know that there are tons of people whose lives are wores than mine and everything, because ADD doesn't give me serious problems, but i dont want to take the stupid meds anymore!!! I feel torn between my happiness and my grades and school. I really want to stop the pill for a week and see, but waht should I do if i don't go through with the pill and stop taking it. do any of you have some concentration tips? Thank you all so much!

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