What are the educational benefits of taking concerta (18mg)?

Question

I'm 16, and I was just prescribed 18mg pills of Concerta to help me during my Junior year. Other than the "medical term" benefits of Concerta (like: Decreasing impulsiveness, hyperactivity, etc)... what are the educational benefits?:

Will I DISTINCTLY feel different when I take the pill and how long does it last?

Is 18mg way too small for my grades to increase?

How does this help me take tests and etc?

Will this allow me to read for a longer period of time before I realize I'm fidgeting with a pen?

Will this at any point make my brain concentrate harder so I'm able to solve math problems more logically? (cause you know how sometimes you can work you're way around calculus/algebra problems)

LASTLY, will it (AT ALL) increase my S.A.T test scores?

And should I get a bigger dose of Concerta or, just take like 2-3 18mg pills a day?

Answer 1

If you suffer from ADHD it will most likely help your focus/concentration.  In the sense that you will be able to concentrate better it might help you SAT...but not in any other sense.  

Answer 2

Think of it like this, you have three parts of your brain working together during study, but one part of your brain can't keep up. A stimulant works on the part of the brain that can't keep up and helps to sync it. Thus for ADD people a stimulant doesn't speed us up it often makes us sleepy. If you don't have a problem or if you do more then you should you get speedy/wired and you can't study like that.

It it doesn't help tell the doctor, even though that's a very low dose it will help quite a bit.