I was on Ritalin as a kid and eventually it seemed to lessen in effectiveness, so we switched to a low initial dose of Adderall. Didn't do much, so we went to a

I was on Ritalin as a kid and eventually it seemed to lessen in effectiveness, so we switched to a low initial dose of Adderall. Didn't do much, so we went to a higher dose a week later, and then the next higher a week after that. And then I was manic for a couple days. So we switched back to Ritalin, or found something else. Statistically they're probably pretty similar, but individual bodies and weird and variable. (Neither was addictive for me.)