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Jeanne,
It can help, as can other cerebral stimulants (other amphetamines, Sudafed,
etc.)
HOWEVER, my research on the Web re: amphetamines (the class to which Ritalin
belongs, or is closely related to) raised a big red flag for me -
amphetamines, and Ritalin (per my MD) eventually destroy the dopamine
producing neurons in the brain.  This is very bad - dopamine is one of the
main substances the brain uses to produce feelings of pleasure, and if a
person takes too much dopamine neuron destroying meds, the meds will quit
producing the pleasureable feelings that help overcome the depression and ADD
like symptoms, and the person's capacity to experience pleasure can be
permanently and massively destroyed, as I understand it.  Obviously, severe
depression is a frequent sequelae.
It may still be worth the risk, I know if someone had told me injecting rat
poison and plutonium would help me get better, anytime in the first few years
post injury, I was desperate enough that I would have tried it.
Kendall