https://nw-adhd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ADHD-Medication-Information-Sheet
i know vitamin c basically neutralizes adhd meds but lemonade good
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[three users express surprise]
Wait for real
Wait really???
vitamin c does WHAT?
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Food restrictions: All of the first line medications for the treatment of ADHD are moderately strong bases (pH of 12-13). If they are present in the small bowel at the same time as a weak organic acid (citric acid or ascorbic acid/Vitamin C) the medication forms an insoluble salt and can not be absorbed into the body. You may have swallowed your medication but, [following is underlined in red]
if you washed it down with orange juice or a soda, none of the medication actually gets into your blood stream.Therefore, avoid the following foods for an hour before and after your dose. Once you feel the benefits of the medication, you may eat or drink anything you wish.
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[just the bold bits, there’s a lot to type otherwise] FOODS TO AVOID WITHIN 1 HOUR BEFORE AND AFTER TAKING MEDICATIONS
1. Natural and artificial juices
2. Soft drinks
3. Poptarts, granola bars, Power Bars – anything that comes in a foil packet, can sit on your shelf for months without going stale and be eaten without cooking must have high levels of preservatives such as citric acid.
5. Vitamin C
6. Oral suspension medications
yea lol
I have been struggling
For a long fucking time
with why my adderall was having such uneven effects and varying efficacy
and the weird pattern of what made it work and not work and if it was building up in my system or not
and fucking nobody told me I shouldn’t drink a glass of Kool-Aid to take the pills with
or eat fucking Pop-Tarts or Life cereal
this is the most useful information I have ever received from tubr and it seems to be confirmed by several other places upon searching
so this actually should be spread like wildfire like actually
tumblr user firebirdscratches:
Me reading this realizing tunglr dawt kom gave me more information about my medication than MYDOCTORRRRRSSSSSS MYYYYYYYY FUCKENNNNN DOCTORSSSSS PLURAL MULTIPLE DOCTORSSSSSSSS
The inverse also applies here: be cautious with alkalinizing things that you might consume (You’re a westerner? That means you’re likely only going to need to watch out for OTC heartburn remedies.)
Also it’s a handy tip for if you accidentally took double your dose or if you took a dose too late at night and now you can’t sleep - consume a decent amount of something acidic like some OJ or take some vitamin C and it should crash your amphetamine levels out of your bloodstream.
Edit: But don’t do this often as it may increase the risk of kidney damage, as per Poisoning and Drug Overdose by Olson
Edit 2: I remember trying to dig up conclusive info on the pharmacokinetics of AMP vs MPH and not getting much on MPH, upon another look it still seems pretty sparse but it appears as though MPH is not affected by urinary pH in a significant way as per this article (see: 3.5 Elimination):
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17425255.2019.1675636
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This isn’t the picture that I’ve gotten from literature but I’m not a doctor nor am I good with chemistry so take this for whatever it’s worth:
(Sakai 2010)
(Olson, Poisoning and Drug Overdose 6e)
(Matsuzaki 2018, Towards Further Verification of Physiologically-Based Kidney Models: Predictability of the Effects of Urine-Flow and Urine-pH on Renal Clearance)
it’s about making your urine more acidic, not your blood. this is oversimplifying but think of it like, acidic urine traps the molecules there and removes them from circulation to be pissed out. your kidneys are always filtering them out to some degree but acidic urine effectively amplifies that process.