I am fully aware that I shouldn’t drink alcohol while on Ritalin, however I do sometimes cook with it, so I was curious on if that’s a major problem, as the relative quantity of alcohol is much lower than when drinking it. Say for instance a sauce that’s 1/5 Sake (15% alcohol) of which you then use around 30-40ml. That’s barely any alcohol, so should I be worried and maybe not take my meds when I’m planning on making food containing alcohol, or is it fine if I just avoid beers and wines and such?
Edit: The consensus seems to be that it’s fine, especially if it cooks longer, because it’s a low amount and at high heat the alcohol cooks away anyways. Thank you everyone for your input!
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Cooking alcohol doesn’t burn off as much as many people think it does.
But uncooked, you’re talking about 20% of 30mL. 6mL of sake. 0.9mL alcohol.
The interaction is not that severe to begin with, it’s a tiny amount, and the sauce is cooked. There’s probably that much alcohol in ripe fruit.
Eh, I never had any issues taking my concerta in the morning and having beers in the evening. Not sure what the negative effects supposedly should be lol
I usually don’t drink much if I took a Ritalin booster but I’d still have a beer if going out for dinner 🤷♂️
(But to answer your question, the amount you’d ingest while cooking would be negligible. Add it a few minutes earlier if you’re worried.)
With a terrible hangover, I agree with this assessment.
You can fix that with a couple activated charcoal pills and hydration before bed
I suffer for my art.
never even occurred to me not to drink alcohol with my Ritalin. not like I wash the pills down with a beer, but certainly later in the afternoon I’d have a smoke, weed, and a beer or two and everything is fine. why wouldn’t you be able to do that?
Don’t get medical advice from Internet strangers. Ask your doctor/nurse. Literally just call and ask them, it’ll take two minutes.
Spent my 20’s and half my 30’s as a raging alcoholic pretending to be a chef who also survived on adderall, cocaine and cigs. Dont ever underestimate what the human biology is capable of handling. Dont cut yourself short, take ritalin so you can drink more. Then dr8nk more so you can take more ritalin. Rinse repeat and tell your shrink your mama didnt raise no pussies and that you want the good shit amphetamines from now on.
Or do the opposite of everything i did if you wanna live… idk healthy and long. 💁♂️
