If someone is already ‘hyped-up’, why give him or her an ‘upper’? Ah, you see, stimulant drugs, when given to ‘hyperactive’ children, have a ‘paradoxical’ effect compared to that in adults, and actually calm such children down! But is this true? It is now realised that the actions of stimulant drugs are the same in … Continue reading Isn’t it counter-intuitive that if a child is ‘hyperactive’, you can ‘treat’ this with a stimulant drug (Ritalin, amphetamines, etc.)?