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
Vyvanse/Elvanse (why the fuck they have different names in EU and US is just beyond me) are a so called prodrug called Lisdexamphetamine, a derivative of Dexamphetamine that has the aminoacid L-Lysine bound to it. This compound is inactive and has to be absorbed through the gastrointestinal system and then converted in your bloodstream into Dexamphetamine. This delays the peak level by about an hour and makes it more resistant to ph-levels and the influence of food.
Like the others wrote, it’s probably not entirely inert to acidic environments but apparently much better than Adderall (raw Dexamphetamine) and Ritalin/Concerta (Methylphenidate).