... there is great risk in giving any individual drugs to control his or her learning disability. Consequently, side affects to using a controlled substance for the sole purpose of ADHD will come into play. Short-term side effects refer to the effects that will come into play immediately or within several weeks of taking the prescribed drug. The long lists of effects include insomnia, ... changes, cardiac arrhythmia, angina, abdominal pains, anorexia and/or weight loss, depression leading to suicidal thoughts, and/or Tourette's Syndrome. Long-term effects to drugs such as Ritalin occur with...

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