My experience definitely matches what you saw. I actually got expelled from a fancy private school because once they put me on ritalin at 7 years old, I started getting in fights, and they used that to attempt to paint me as the next Columbine shooter. That was what set off the whole cascade of antidepressants and antipsychotics that followed. Of course, nobody ever considered the idea that giving speed to a 7-year-old might have undesirable side effects, so they just kept acting like I was inherently a violent person (which I’m not). My parents still occasionally act like I’m a murderous psychopath to this day, even though the last time I ever got in a fight was 20 years ago and it was in self-defense.

Unfortunately, I never got justice. That shrink is still practicing, and from time to time I consider setting up an appointment to rub it in his face that I managed to do all the things he said I’d never be able to do. It’s not going to accomplish anything meaningful, though, so I always talk myself out of it.