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There is a theory that ADHD is actually an impairment of the brain’s executive functions. Executive Function (EF) refers to brain functions that activate, organize, integrate and manage other functions. It enables individuals to account for short and long term consequence.
Barkley breaks executive functions down into four areas:
1. Nonverbal working memory
2. Internalization of Speech (verbal working memory)
3. Self-regulation of affect/motivation/arousal
4. Reconstitution (planning and generativity)
Brown breaks executive functions down into six different “clusters.”
1.Organizing, prioritizing and activating for tasks
2. Focusing, sustaining and shifting attention to task
3. Regulating alertness, sustaining effort and processing speed
4. Managing frustration and modulating emotions
5. Utilizing working memory and accessing recall
6. Monitoring and self-regulating action
source: National Research Centre on ADHD, http://www.help4adhd.org/faq.cfm?fid=40&varLang=en
Here is an article from blogspot on ADHD treatments and their addictive nature (http://adhd-treatment-options.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-addictive-is-ritalin.html). What I think your doctor is worried about is that with Ritalin in a non-long acting form, you are going to have to take multiple pills throughout the day. This could lead to you taking too much. Remember that Ritalin is also ground up and injected or snorted for a high by drug users too.
The fact that your doctor Will prescribed Concerta is not necessarily a bad thing as it may help you the same way. It is the same thing as Ritalin, just in a controlled release form.
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