Posted by Larry Hoover on September 20, 2003, at 10:50:14
In reply to Stims and multivitamins/pH, posted by Peter on September 20, 2003, at 5:41:20
> I take "TwinLab Daily One Caps" (without iron) multivitamin - 1 at night right before I go to bed. I take it at that time because I know that vitamin C reduces adderall absorption, and the multivitamins contain 150mg (250%DV) Vitamin C.
> Here's my question: I take my first dose of adderall 15mg right after I wake up. So that's probably around 8 hours after I take the multivitamin; is that enough time elapsed overnight so that the vitamin C in the multivitamin I take the night before will not affect the adderall absorption?Yes.
> Also, I know that urine acidity is supposed to be a bit higher in the morning when you wake up than at night after your body has worked to metabolize food you consume throughout the day; I'm trying to eat more foods during the day that leave an alkaline ash so that my urine will be more base in order to: a) improve my overall health; b) prevent reduction of adderall absorption. So I try to eat more fruits and veggies now; but when I awoke today, I tested my urine acidity with a pH strip and, even though it's supposed to be more on the acidic side of the neutral range in the morning, it was VERY acidic, way below the neutral range - like 5.0.
pH of 5.0 is not very acidic at all. Distilled water, at equilibrium with the atmosphere, has a pH of 5.5 (due to dissolved carbon dioxide forming carbonic acid).
Uric acid is the probable acidic species, but all you need do to reduce the acidity is increase water intake. pH is a concentration-dependent variable.
> Now wouldn't this simple fact alone decrease the absorption of my morning adderall?
No. Urine in the bladder cannot affect adderal uptake from the gut.
> And what caused such high acidity?
Dehydration, or high protein intake.
> The multivitamin I take before bed?
Probably not.
> Maybe the sweets/carbs I sometimes eat before bed; I usually eat some potato chips or a candy bar while watching a movie before bed; it calm me down for sleep. But, since fried-foods and sweets tend to create an acidic ash when metabolized, could that be the reason for my extra-high acidity the next morning?
Sometimes you snack, but your urine was more acid this once? What did you do differently this time?
> I really don't want to start messing with over-alkalizing my body with baking soda before an adderall dose; it just sounds dangerous to me.
No need. I think you're overthinking this whole issue.
> I'd prefer to keep my pH levels healthy and my adderall absorption optimal in a more natural way; but what about that extreme morning acidity? Won't that reduce adderall absorption?
Nope.
> If so, any suggestions as to how to make it so my morning pH levels are higher?
Drink more water.
> thanks,
> PeterWelcome.
Lar
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