Emily Mitchell

So if you're losing estrogen, what else have you got? You know, you give up that. So what's going to happen? Will I lose my mind? So do I give up? I was thinking of it as quality of life, as if I were giving up my brain if I take this.

So if you're losing estrogen, what else have you got? You know, you give up that. So what's going to happen? Will I lose my mind? So do I give up? I was thinking of it as quality of life, as if I were giving up my brain if I take this.

I was finding myself in meetings where I couldn't think the thing through. It was cognition. It's the, you know, the thing, the mojo you're looking for. And so it was affecting just the brain's calculus. You know, you're talking and you're in a meeting or something and you have to, it was just affecting my ability to do that.

I was finding myself in meetings where I couldn't think the thing through. It was cognition. It's the, you know, the thing, the mojo you're looking for. And so it was affecting just the brain's calculus. You know, you're talking and you're in a meeting or something and you have to, it was just affecting my ability to do that.

And because it was better, I know that there's something to it. I'm just not sure exactly how it works. So I'm now, that is my current kind of work now is to understand that better.

And because it was better, I know that there's something to it. I'm just not sure exactly how it works. So I'm now, that is my current kind of work now is to understand that better.

I was a famously active child, kinetic.

I was a famously active child, kinetic.

So I was famously hyperactive, kinetic, always moving. When you hit public school and you're in kindergarten, as I was... There is nap time, and I couldn't sit still, lay still on my mat. My mother made me a chain of safety pins that we attached to my mat so I would have something to do.

So I was famously hyperactive, kinetic, always moving. When you hit public school and you're in kindergarten, as I was... There is nap time, and I couldn't sit still, lay still on my mat. My mother made me a chain of safety pins that we attached to my mat so I would have something to do.

She tried things that would help me not conform, but to participate in the structure of the day. And because I was young, I don't know how it went, but say the teacher complained. And then my mother took me to a our doctor who was a pediatrician who was young. He was just out of med school. I mean, he was in a young crop of new pediatricians.

She tried things that would help me not conform, but to participate in the structure of the day. And because I was young, I don't know how it went, but say the teacher complained. And then my mother took me to a our doctor who was a pediatrician who was young. He was just out of med school. I mean, he was in a young crop of new pediatricians.

In Michigan, in the Detroit area, Oak Park, Michigan. And he, I remember him. I was fond of him and I felt special in his office, you know, and, And he said to my mother, you know, Emily likes people, and the last thing she needs is to be a problem to her teacher as she starts her public education. That's not going to be good for her. So I have something that we should try. And it was Ritalin.

In Michigan, in the Detroit area, Oak Park, Michigan. And he, I remember him. I was fond of him and I felt special in his office, you know, and, And he said to my mother, you know, Emily likes people, and the last thing she needs is to be a problem to her teacher as she starts her public education. That's not going to be good for her. So I have something that we should try. And it was Ritalin.

And I took it, and it helped. It helped.

And I took it, and it helped. It helped.

I called it my silly pill, my silly pill. And it was just part of my life. So it helped me be a good student. And we didn't realize that until I stopped taking the Ritalin.

I called it my silly pill, my silly pill. And it was just part of my life. So it helped me be a good student. And we didn't realize that until I stopped taking the Ritalin.

When I was in fifth grade, I stopped taking it. And my grades immediately went down. And it didn't alarm my parents, you know. I think it was just the thing to do at the time. You just, you grow out of that. You don't have to take that anymore.

When I was in fifth grade, I stopped taking it. And my grades immediately went down. And it didn't alarm my parents, you know. I think it was just the thing to do at the time. You just, you grow out of that. You don't have to take that anymore.