Hi Alan,
I am here in response of my brother Rik DL ;)
I took Rilatin as a kid, because my grades at school below average, but just enough to pass...
I indeed had difficulty focusing back then and was quite active. Conclusion: I had "ADHD" --> Welcome Rilatin!
Initially it looked like it helped me as a young kid, because it calmed me down and kept me less distracted.
But in my later teen years when taking it, I felt fuzzy and weird and did not experience as helpful, so I faked taking it to show my parents that I take this. My parents were convinced that this would help me as it did back in my younger years, but anno 2018 we all are getting smarter day by day…
After looking back at my times at school combined with Rilatin, I can say that (like many others) most stuff I saw at school did not interest me, so I just did that enough effort to pass at the end of the year. Rilatin was supposed to help getting me over the finish line.
But if you take it or not, who of us still uses all the uninterested lessons from school up to this day?
Not me… I have my OWN interests. I don't need Rilatin or any of these so called helpful drugs...
Thanks @sdl1987 and thanks to Rik DL for sharing. I 'virtually' spoke to him about this on Facebook. I agree with your assessment and I'm sorry that you had to experience the 'doping'. Sadly, I did vaccinate my kids when they were younger but I would refuse any prescribed drugs now. I've already told my wife that our relationship would be very strained if she agreed to drug our children and as a legal guardian of them have refused to give my permission to do so.
Thanks again for sharing your story.
Take care.