![]() One user said her doctor's consultation fee alone costs $400, while each pill costs $2. ![]() "You can't claim to be perpetually inattentive but score As all the time," he said.Īnother 23-year-old student, who was diagnosed with ADHD by a private psychiatrist three years ago, admitted that she "probably doesn't need" Ritalin and takes the pills only in the weeks leading up to her exams.Įven if abusers get around such checks, financial obstacles may stand in the way. When anyone over 19 comes in claiming they have ADHD, he requires that they bring their report book and, in some cases, their parents to verify their academic history. Most ADHD cases are diagnosed during childhood, said Dr Chan Herng Nieng of Singapore General Hospital. To prevent abuse, psychiatrists have implemented a series of checks to ensure young adults claiming to have ADHD are not doing it to get Ritalin. If they do so, it is in conjunction with long-term counselling. Practitioners told The Straits Times that they try to avoid dispensing Ritalin altogether, preferring less addictive alternatives. Names of those who purchase them, as well as the quantity they buy, must be recorded. The pills must be kept under lock and key. Not all hospital and private psychiatrists, and even fewer general practitioners, dispense Ritalin, and the health authorities say they can do so only under strict supervision. The practice also takes place in the United States, Europe and China, where experts have expressed fears of a "Ritalin generation". "Many of us found out about the drug from our seniors." She claimed such pill-popping has been going on for at least a decade.
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