I’ve seen some sources say that too high or low of pH levels can impact how well a stimulant is absorbed into your system. It seems the biggest source in regular diets, especially American diets, is citric acid. I enjoy many citric heavy juices, and also drink a lot of soda. Do you guys watch your citric acid intake about an hour before and after you take your medication? Do you notice an impact either way? I drink a lot of juice/soda, so I would have to adjust my diet quite a bit (granted, probably not the worst thing).

  • Another Person @lemmy.world
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    See here’s the thing I don’t understand about this. And yes I’ve heard of this before. But both Adderall and Vyvanse say on their pharmacy forms that you can mix the medication in with orange juice to take it… So obviously the manufacturers aren’t too worried about citric acid.

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    When I took Vyvanse I couldn’t eat grapefruit. It made me throw up and then I developed an aversion to it, and even now almost a decade since I stopped taking it I still really dislike grapefruit. I’m not sure if it’s because of the citric acid content or what else, but oranges didn’t ever bother me in that way.

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    To my understanding citric/ascorbic acid/vitamin C affect amphetamines strongly. I’m on Ritalin but can’t really get a definitive answer on how it affects it so I still avoid citric acid for a while before and after taking my meds.

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    man this is something else I gotta look out for? first I cut caffeine then I gotta remember to take protein bars with them and now this? Can’t I just live and eat like a normal human?? ;-;

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    Huh, i thought only grapefruit affects the medication.

    The only difference I feel is whenever the soda contains caffeine, which of course causes quite the ruckus in my brain depending on how much I accidentally drink.

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    It’s more of a concern for instant release medications than it is for extended release medications, so things like vyvanse/concerta shouldn’t be particularly effected

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      Yea, I’ve seen the same thing as well. Mine is instant release, twice a day. At least to start out. The extended release does sound kind of nice, though