I knew not to have citrus, but never considered my apple cider vinegar water may be lessening my meds. This being said, I would highly recommend avoiding Gatorade to replenish electrolytes or stay hydrated on ADHD medication as it contains high amount of carbohydrates, sugar, and other things that negatively impact the performance of many ADHD medications, Your email address will not be published. Best of luck to everyone. Drinking acidic beverages will speed up the process even more, for instance orange juice or even vinegar if you really trying to rush the process. I just screwed myself and literally am not feeling the effects of the adderall. Yes a adderall holiday helps me out or i split the tablet in quarters and only take it on a weekend if i really need it and it’s good to take a break from the adderall to lower the tolerance to it Ritalin is similar use same method be safe. (weird sounding I know, but the dermatologist said there was evidence out there to support doing this) Since Tagamet lowers the pH of your stomach, will that improve absorption or do nothing at all. Tell your doctor if you have had problems with drug or alcohol abuse. Hello I drank a lot of orange juice around 7am and took concerta around 8:30 9:00 . I’m so sorry you’re struggling with this. My son is on a Tagamet regime for treating a large wart on his toe. Whenever I take a break from adderall, I can’t stop myself from binge eating and my appetite is out of control lol, Thanks for sharing, Britt. In his book, Finally Focused, Dr. James Greenblatt writes about the connection between blood-sugar / glucose and ADHD. I just started 20mg of Adderall today. Does apple juice affect adderall I like to drink orange juice or V8. You might do better on a different dose or a different med. Absorption can also be effected with significant acidic intake. It’s the citric acid that blocks the absorption of the stimulant medications. Not to mention is a detox for my body. How long should I wait to drink acidic products after taking 30mg xr? Thanks Jason. Hello Dana! Better check with your doctor. Is it safe to drink orange juice or V8 with my medications and. Melanie, I don’t think the folic acid will make a difference. It is currently 4:00am and I have not felt tired or fallen asleep (which is really WEIRD as someone who normally feels at least weepy/unfocused when being up this late). Best of luck. Should I take more or less adderall, or switch ADD meds. Just sayin’. Hope the test goes better this week! I am 37 years old, 5’7″ and 129 pounds and I drink at least 64 ounces of water a day and max 128 which equates to 4 big cups that I leave at my desk. If are giving it time to wear off and you still can’t sleep, yes, talk to your doctor. Would it be different for children vs. adults? My other Psychiatrist never did that to me. Good luck, Dana. "Adderall XR Medication Guide", Revised 2007, March, Shire U.S. Inc "Concerta Prescribing Information", Revised 2009, Nov, McNeil Pediatrics "High-Fat Diet May Affect Absorption of … Fast forward 15 years and I just never sought treatment again, just dealt with it. I often experience signs of dehydration. I know you wrote this question long ago, but maybe someone else will read this with the same question. So ive been on concerta since I was 11 and im on 54mg 1x daily. But you don’t need to avoid Vitamin C if it is ascorbic acid. It has just the right amount of sweetness, lots of vitamin C and helps wash down those morning meds. Still one hour, or slightly longer? Keep talking to you doctor. Don’t take the meds at the same time you drink your “lemonade” mix. Should I be drinking more than 8-10 ounces of water per day while taking stimulants? When we focus on the details of their ADHD treatment, finding they are making common ADHD medication mistakes isn’t unusual. what's your opinion? However when I begin to get hungry later if I don’t eat something quickly I’ll get terrible acid reflux. You can drink more water, drink alkalinized water (one brand is PH 10, which is very basic for a food item), and also, paradoxically, citric acid (the body somehow reacts to it in a way that actually alkalinizes your urine- but don’t drink it within +/- ~2 hours of taking the drug), to lower the attrition rate (though you will never arrest the process entirely- drug molecules will be metabolized or filtered out or destroyed eventually, no matter what you do). Hi Tony, It’s nice to hear OJ doesn’t effect your Adderall. Obviously he doesn’t trust me and I don’t know why. Perhaps check with your pharmacist? I don’t know if I’m the only one that has that and I don’t know if it’s “safe” to microdose but I do not want to get the point were I’m needing these huge dosages because at least for me I would not do well when the effects wear off. Cream of Wheat or cottage cheese ½ cup. Today is the first day I felt like it was safe to take my 30mg XR – 5 days after the tooth was extracted and I feel awful. … used to drink lucozade a lot… wondering if it may cause problems …. I hear about this with the stimulants. Do a test for a few days with and without lemon water and see if you notice a difference. Yes, I do answer all questions old and new. According to Dr. Daniel Amen, a rule of thumb is to drink half your body weight in ounces. The grapefruit warning is because with some medications grapefruit juice will inhibit one of the enzymes responsible for breaking down the medication therefore increasing the bioavailability of certain drugs to potentially fatal levels. Dana, It’s interesting because I have noticed the thirty day thing as well but there are only 4 months with 30 days: September, april, June and November. Be well, Dana. My experience with clients is eating before taking meds seems to make the meds work more smoothly and effectively. There is so much useful information! That which is retained by the kidneys instead of being allowed to pass is sent to your bladder for later expulsion from the body. If the OJ is the only difference than it probably is. I recently started aderall xr and I get headache after 10mg aderall xr. Hey, Austin. Even a small, healthy, protein-based snack will help. Also, the issue with acidity doesn’t just cease after it leaves the digestive system. Try taking the Adderall with water for a couple of days and see what you experience. Many people are sensitive to milk. I wanted to reach out to you to ask about exercising. Hi Annie, What a challenge you have! I personally with adderall if I have had an acidic breakfast try to get a good bit of water in and a couple tums before the medication but normally I’ll wait about 30 min to an 1 hr and then take the medication. After reading this and yes I was dry mouth and dehydrated I’m sure. Your meds will work better and you’ll get a meal in before the medication suppresses your appetite. Do you do paid telephone consults? Or, perhaps the dose is too high. I’m glad you’ve figured out a plan that helps your Adderall XR work. I try to get the most liquid out of the bottle. Thanks, Dana. Or should it be fine now that I’ve cut out citrus juices? Can peanut butter be a choice? I wish I had known this long ago. I feel like I drink constantly, but it could just be that I think about drinking every time I get thirsty but my morning grapefruit/orange juice routine means that I can’t actually remember if I really did it or not. Also I have dry mouth after aderall xr, do you think it will go away eventually ? I felt nothing at all! I’ve been on Vyvanse awhile and find it very effective with minimal side effects, I recently increased my dose due too increased tolerance (with my Drs.approval of course ) now that I’ve increased my dose , I have Intense salt cravings , I try to make sure I drink enough water or other electrolyte beverages especially cause it’s hot out , but it doesn’t seem to help and sometimes makes it worse . Though I could have misunderstood the last time when I heard it or I am confusing it with another similar word. Then i realized o wow theyre right. (If you spend your weekend drifting and unfocused you need your ADHD medication then, too. Amphetamine salts are available in generic and brand versions. Any advice you can give me to help with this problem. I happened to stop myself as I remembered I had already taken my medication that morning! When dd took Adderall the pharmacist told us this. ), The solution is simple: make a reminder in your phone to refill your prescription a week before your pills run out. Dehydration causes brain fog. Good luck, Dana. All of this can be found by googling alkaline diet or the best alkaline foods. I did all of these things today. You can buy frozen mango and pineapple and blend that with orange juice add banana if you desire. Is there any support that caffeine later in the day would affect this, or is my doctor merely confused? While your general body and blood PH are very tightly regulated by your body (it’s something in the low 7 range IIRC, and fluctuates +/- 0.1 or so; you will fall ill or die if it deviates much from normal range), your urinary system can swing wildly from acidic to alkaline and vice versa from food or other factors (baking soda will very rapidly and acutely alkalinize your urine- and also give you terrible diarrhea). I know for a fact I drink a minimum of 8 ounces every day. Check with your pharmacist or physician to be sure. I have had no side effects at all and have been on it for 4 years.adhdentirelife - my son takes dexamphetamine (I am not sure what the USA equivalent is) and this made a big difference for him. After taking Adderall (30mg) for a number of years, I switched to Vyvanse (70mg) and was amazed that I felt totally over-medicated on the equivalent dose of Vyvanse. POSSIBLY. It minimizes absorption from what I’ve read. Good luck! I heard there are some drinks you shouldn't take Adderall with, an acid drink like orange juice will actually not allow the adderall to work at the full potential...using something like tums or baking soda will allow better absorption of the adderall, adhd will be there forever , so i suggest trying to eat normal and not trying to enhance the effect, Is it ok to take nexum and when should i take with adderall. I have seen three hypotheses for why fruits and/or citric acid may interact with amphetamine, and they are all clearly false: As the meds wear off your brain is craving glucose? Wait an hour and see if that helps you be less tired. I Took a Multi Vit before bed at 12Am last night and was drinking a mostly orange fruit drink all night. Also about the sleepiness for the Benzodiazepines (tranquilizer) and the wine. Peanut butter shouldn’t be a problem. False negatives (and positives) happen often. My doctor counts on the calendar exactly 30 days to the day until he writes the next prescription. I started Adderall shortly before. Or try eating first to see if that helps. In case you didn’t get that, I’ll repeat…oh, YES! Heartburn is listed as a common side effect of Ritalin. Will drinking sodas with your adderall affect the medication? and last thing to note. What are are the drinks? So consider holding off on drinking cranberry juice for an hour prior to taking your adderall. Blend. It’s easy to test it out on yourself. Also, are you supposed to eat first just so you get a meal in you or does it really make the meds more effective? See if it helps. my metabolism? Your article was the first to show when I searched “Vyvanse and orange juice” on Google. Juice from the orange (Seville orange juice [SOJ]) is used to “knock out” intestinal cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 in … Hope this helps, Dana. That’s it. Dana. No water in test but breaks allowed. Ionized molecules do not absorb and since amphetamine has a pKa of 9.9 most of it will be ionized (above 99.99%) in acidic pH and absorbed slowly so if you add orange juice to that it won't help. Stimulant ADHD medications are dehydrating. Dr Greenblatt has some keen direction about sugar and how it makes ADHD worse. When I took Adderall the dry mouth side effect never went away. Hydrate up! I’m a 30 year old female, and 120lbs, 5’5. I only give you my suggestion because I had been on the Exact similar prescriptions with near identical issues, and after a short while I had learned that the Miratzapine Rx was causing excessive fluid build up (primarily within my lower legs, ankles, feet). Period. can help. Hi Allison, as far as I know it’s the citric acid that reduces the medication effectiveness. “My first sign that I’m dehydrated is brain fog. I haven’t heard that milk impacts the medication as a rule. Healthy food – protein. And I hope this atleast put my focus and mind where I need it to be to concentrate on taking the test to my full potential is at its peak. Eat all the yogurt or drink all the water or orange juice right away after it has been mixed with Vyvanse. And what steps will you take to avoid them? The Extended Release should last 8 – 10 hours if the dose is right. Perhaps it does for you? People don’t always ‘feel’ the longer acting meds – Concerta and Vyvanse – working. Without these, it’s like trying to drive a car with no gas in the tank. what happened? Same thing goes for my son who is on 54mg Concerta and 10mg Ritalin in the afternoon (mind you he’s a big boy at 6’ 260lbs). Adderall is a highly abused medication. In the US alone, there are quite possibly one million school children doing this every day. I’ve been on Ritalin for years but this past year it has not been working at all. Good luck! Your idea to try drinking lemon juice at night is the next thing to try. I know this is a late reply, but it may help someone else. DATE: 11.02.2012 nick: crabmuili Orange juice potentiate adderall Amphetamine Potentiation 2) Is Orange Juice (and other products with citric acid) actually sufficiently. I read also that some people take it before they’re going to sleep since the effects or dissipating anyway. If the combination effects me, what symptoms will i have? i just drank water glass after glass all day, trying to piss all the Adderall out of my body. OH. I’ve just found your site and it’s very helpful. Here’s a comment from another reader: Try looking into your Miratzapine Rx as your direct result on why you feel such intense sugar & salt cravings. Dana. I’m an avid coffee drinker but I’d rather not affect my medication. Gosh, Tricia, I don’t know. The pediatrician suggested we mix the 10 mg Adderall capsule with one teaspoon food. If not, are there any other medications or supplements that can help w the appetite and/or nausea? I generally drink between 60-64 oz per day (advised by my doctor.. PS- Thanks! My stomach was for sure ... Adderall Acid Reflux Orange juice ½ cup. Adderall stimulates chemicals and nerves in the brain to help control symptoms such as difficulty focusing and controlling impulses. I noticed that I’m losing weight, like, becoming really skinny (I don’t like it because I look sick). So i just started drinking this “lemonade” mix which has fresh squeezed lemon juice, cheyenne pepper, organic maple syrup mixed in a 50.72 oz bottle. ADHD Medication Mistake #4: Forgetting to refill your prescription. drink some orange juice. Ok so how long before and after to get your lemons? Your diet sounds well-balanced and fine as long as you don’t have a food sensitivity to dairy, eggs, or gluten. Be Well, Dana. Which of these common ADHD medication mistakes are you making? Hi Nancy, my understanding it’s the citric acid that blocks the absorption of the Adderall / Ritalin. I definitely would not drink orange juice or anything acidic around the time you consume your amphetamines orally. I don’t puke up stomach bile as I do if I eat breakfast before the natural morning sickness goes away, with or without Adderall. Can you believe that??? Perhaps you share sources of your conclusion on this? Have you ran across this? I feel that these may be the right dosages but want to experience the correct effects.. Vitamin C slows down the body’s natural ability to absorb and convert Vyvanse into active amphetamine. It’s frustrating for people who actually need it, I know. Thank you! Is this normal? Talk to your doctor and good luck! Literally, I take my last pill and then the next day can get my refill. A doctor told me to take it mixed in milk or a meal replaced or protien drink. I eat a lot of citrus fruits and drink a lot of orange/lemon/grapefruit juice. Can it be mixed into a microwaved muffin cup, or will the microwave reduce the efficacy? Can I take concerta whith alkaline water? Hi Diana. My headache only goes away with 1 cup coffee. At first I thought it was the generics so I switched to brand name and nothing has changed. He switched me off that immediately and started me on Concerta 18mg QD. If you have to drink that than maybe wait an hour or two before taking the adderall I don’t know. Everyone is different. So drinking that glass of orange juice or grapefruit juice when you take your Adderall or Ritalin is a no-no. Conversely, foods that alkalinize the urine, such as beets, dairy products, kale, spinach may slightly slow urinary excretion of amphetamines. But, everyone is different. Great question, Chris. I’ve heard that people on stimulants should try and take an occasional drug holiday. Warmly, Dana. Cranberries : In general, acidic beverages (like cranberry juice) may ^ urine acidity which may in turn ^ rate of removal of stimulants. If anyone is curious look up how to reverse ADHD medication tolerance. My doctor said it could be because I was eating before taking it and that it’s better not to eat before. If you have the sauce everyday when you take your meds maybe, but I’m suspecting that’s not what you do. Will nexium let the vyvance remain effective? Hello, In fact, I feel as if orange juice in the Morning with Adderall provides and enhances the feel and helps the medication work easier. Or a Zevia cola – is this too much? Good luck Dana, Hi can I ask some sugar to vyvanse powder because my kid can’t take a capsule !!! What exactly does citrus stuff do to adderal, and the way it works? Hi! Hi Johnathan, that’s a question for your doctor or pharmacist. She / he may have a plan. Wishing you all the best! This makes perfect sense. Hi Adam, That’s a great question. In fact, the protein would be a good choice. Im 27 now. Do you know if apple cider vinegar supplements will affect adderall absorption? I add a little water to the liquid dynaval for my daughter’s ADHD. Thank you, Hi Abe, I haven’t heard any problems with ginger tea, etc., and ADHD medication. Pineapple juice … Good luck, Dana. Will this affect my meds? Anyone else know? (Acid breaks down the detection rate of amphetamines 3 times faster than normal.) 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