Adderall Xr 20mg. Blue Capsule
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Pharmacy recently switched me to new generic brand (blue capsule) of adderall XR. I have never seen this brand and I don't feel like it is effective. I lack concentration and focus, recurring symptoms of ADHD. Anyone else experience this?

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I will let you know tomorrow. I hope you aren't in a hurry for feedback.

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what dose and maker are the orange ones. The blue ones are teva which suck

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I am experiencing side effects of "brain fog" and nausea after picking up my prescription for generic Adderall XR 15mg light and dark colored capsules last week. I cannot concentrate and I am experiencing nausea and stomach pain. It took me a couple of days to realize that it might be this medication! I will be contacting my Doctor first thing in the morning, but would like to know "where" to return this medication which has apparently been recalled! I was recently laid off, so I paid $185.00 for this prescription and the side effects are scary! Thank you for any assistance that you can provide!

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My 14 yr old noticed a huge difference
He said they were more like 10mg
Even his teachers noticed!
what ate they -NOT 20 mg that's for sure

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my son swears this is the case for him and his teachers have noticed as well.

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I have been taking 10 mg xr adderall for years with success. I recently got a different color capsule and not thinking much of it was wondering why I was so scattered and could not focus on one task at a time. I looked up the capsule and it was actavis. The capsule that I was taking for many years was made by Teva. Wow...what a difference. I am not crazy and anyone who tells someone that all generics are the same, has no clue. I used to work for GlaxoSmithKline and Sandoz pharmaceuticals as a chemist and although I don't understand how generics can be so different, they are. I can't believe that the strength of the medication can be so far off when these companies should be doing analytical testing on the concentration of the active ingredient and monitoring it's stability over some years to determine the expiration date. I would imagine that some generics could be off somewhat on their active ingredient, but if a person takes 2 capsules and still feels nothing, then there is something else going on. Do the inert ingredients in the capsule affect the effectiveness? Maybe the extended release formulas release differently among the generics or maybe they don't release at all. I don't know, but I will tell you that today I picked up a generic made by Sandoz and it is night and day for me. I also found out that Walgreens has Teva generic back so I will be filling my prescription as early as possible and building up extra for times when I can't get a decent generic. I remember from my days at GlaxoSmithKline that products challenged during stability testing in the freezer maintained their active ingredient concentrations the best. Granted, I will have to do some research and make sure that amphetamine salts don't degrade or modify under these conditions, but I have stored medications in the fridge and freezer in the past to preserve or surpass expiration dates.

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So, The blue ones have been shown (depending on opposite color or shade of blue) to exist as 5mg, 10mg, 15mg,or 30mg
I take the 10 mg daily because that's what helps me.

The active ingredient in Adderall is amphetamine salts and dextroamphetamine.

Side effects of the drug do include nausea. The higher the mg (20 is actually a lot for anybody, especially people who arent fully developed, in my estimates would be around 25, give or take but it's not my call to make on that one.

If a person is feeling when the medication kicks in, that means they are receiving some level of the potential high you can get from taking too much.

The kickback side effects are from a significant drop in blood sugar caused by a lack of proper eating with the medication.
Grab a big meal before taking it and it will help, but wont stop the nausea.
Dehydration is also a big side effect from amphetamine use.

Dehydration and malnutrition both link (very visibly) to side effects of lethargy, mood swings (chemical imbalance), induced manic periods (Cleaning everything very thoroughly is very common)

Taking this medication will often make it easier to follow guidelines of staying better hydrated, excersizing more, and improving ones diet, but not doing so will make afore-mentioned side effects much much worse.

Last note i find this medication can often induce a form of constipation in which the user is still deficating regularly yet the body is still retaining waste, which can lead to lower abdominal/back (bowel area) pain, further lethargy, and a hell of a lot of discomfort, for that i personally recommend increasing the fiber in ones diet.

Hopefully this has been helpful or warrants some feedback and we can all expand our awareness of the things we choose to put in our or those under our care's bodies.

Thank you

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I am a 36 year old woman. I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2009, (although looking back I don't know how anyone missed the signs) I have taken Adderall since 2009 same dose with no problems. Until somewhere in 2014, I started getting the blue pill. Didn't think much of it except for the money I was saving. But at some point, I noticed I was losing my focus and becoming more impulsive. A couple of times I took two doses in a day because I thought I had forgotten it. Eventually I was taking more and more and achieving less and less. In hindsight, I should have talked with my Dr. about it, but I was afraid he would stop my prescription. At this point I was physically addicted. By 2016, I was going through my 60 EA 20mg pills and 30 EA 25 mg pills in a matter of a couple of weeks. There were days I easily took 150- 200 mg a day. I was still able to fall asleep fine, and I managed to gain 40 lbs in 2 years. The summer of 2016, I started researching, and realized most of this began when I started taking the Actavis brand. I talked to my Dr, and we began trying other meds. I have been on focalin, Vyvanse, and a nonstimulant. My body has recovered from the physical withdrawal of the Actavis Junk. I have had 2 months back on Adderall. The first being a different generic, right away that fog was gone and I could think clearly. The second month, I started with Actavis, just as an experiment. Back to the fog, and forgetfulness (what other people view as carelessness). After a week I took the rest back and told the pharmacy my experience. They switched the rest out. There is a whole lot more to my story, I just wonder if I'm alone? Out of concern I started going to rehab because of the addiction side of this and the problems it caused. Has anyone else had anything like this?

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Yes, I was given the Actavis generic of Adderall xr 20mg and it makes me so sick. Today is the first day that I have the Shire brand name Adderall XR back. The nausea is gone, the tiredness, paranoia, pressure headaches, and complete belief about life turning to s*** - it's gone.

Actavis is s***. My pharmacists and doctors all acted as if I was crazy and one doctor gave me a drug panel and then said that she wanted to put me on antipsychotics after I cried about my sugar pills and babled about my life spiraling out of control. I was pissed. One pharmacist... When he got back from vacation (he is my favorite) believed me and worked his ass to get my insurance company to pay for the brand name shire adderall a week or so early, citing my reaction to Actavis and such. It took him 4 days but he did it.

To everyone in this situation: The pharmaceutical company wouldn't agree with me. 99.999% of pharmacists are pawns for the pharmaceutical industry and spout their crap.

Don't give up. You know your body and you know when there is a problem. Stick with your convictions and fight. Good luck. I have been miserable for weeks but I kept fighting and I won. Finally.

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I have been taking the orange ones by Teva. They make me feel horrible. I mean really terrible and it gives me dry mouth. I picked up the blue ones by Actavis from the pharmacy. I hope these work better.

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Yes as I as I have to take other 20 milligram adderall I did find these not nearly as effective and there isn't much in them as I when 1 capsule broke.

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My son was on the Teva ones and they did nothing for him. He was out of control, we have found that the Activus ones work best, but since we filled his last prescription about 3 weeks ago, he has been going down hill again. I am so tired of these manufactures changing the make up of a brand that works, it took us about a year to figure out what worked for him, now they do not work. back to square 1.

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Hello, I had the opposite.... I've been on the blue ones for 5 years now doing great and the orange ones have done the opposite for me. I'm feeling deathly illl!!!!!

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I feel the same way!!! Totally ill! What's going on!!!!

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I feel the same way! What's going on the orange ones are making me feel deathly ill!!!!!!! I was fine before!!!! I have no energy on the orange pills and severe headaches, nausea, confusion and it feels like electrical wires are going through my body! My head keeps going numb and I keep falling asleep by 8pm. It's starting to scare me!!! Please help.

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I will never take one of these pills again in my life. I've taken the orange 20mg xr, as well as 10mg ir's, and it doesn't even feel like the same chemical. Absolutely no positive effects at any point. I even noticed some slight dizziness and increased fatigue along with mood swings. Words can't describe how absolutely terrible this pill is. Whoever made these is endangering the public and should be sued to bankruptcy.

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I have been taking the 20mg of the blue pills by Actavis for the last 2 weeks. I typically take the orange capsules by Teva. I've felt extreme tiredness, depression, and lack of concentration and focus. I thought it was all in my head. I brought the pills to the pharmacist and told him my symptoms and that these blue generics were basically completely inneffective and I feel worse. He told me it's the only version they carry and that I should either contact my doctor or the manufacturer. He also gave me the whole spiel about the FDA and that if they were ineffective and didn't have the same formula as the brand name, they couldn't sell them. Like I didn't already know that, but something fishy is going on here. I've been taking 20mg of generic Adderall XR for many years and I know how it works and I know how my body responds to it. I am so relieved to have found this thread because everyone keeps telling me that it's impossible for this to be happening.

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I feel the way way I loved my blue ones and now the orange ones I feel like I am going to vomit and just have no energy just want to sleep because my stomach hurts so bad

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Interesting! I am having the exact opposite problem! I have taken the blue capsules for years and have been doing great. My new pharmacy gave me the orange capsules and i feel HORRIBLE. I feel like I am not taking any medicine at all. I am absolutely starving and nauseated, etc. I feel like I am 100% drained of all energy-like I can barely pull my body up to function.

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I'm so happy I found this thread! Last month was amazing! My focus was better, my moods were better and I even got ahead in my college assignments. Those pills were orange. I just got my adderall refill a few days ago. These are blue. I *knew* that wasn't the same medicine I had last month! I tried not to think about the difference the first two days, because I am so new to this medicine. By day three, I couldn't pass it off anymore. Something was definitely wrong! That day, my breathing was weird. I kept having to yawn, but couldn't inhale deep enough. The yawning made my body think I was sleepy. Then, I started feeling really strange. My mind was racing one hundred miles a minute and focusing on my homework became even harder than just not taking anything. That turned into anxiety then paranoia. I felt like I was going to have a panic attack! When it finally started wearing off, I told my husband is swore I just had like a bad trip from my adderall. I didn't take any the next day. I was still experiencing the crazy yawning thing, my chest had a dull pain and my mood was on edge. I had to stop myself from bursting into tears several times throughout the day. Those blue pills are nothing but a cheap and dirty disgusting knock off of the orange ones. Like they made me feel what I imagine consuming dangerous amounts of caffeine pills is like. Thanks to this thread, I now know to tell the pharmacy orange or nothing.

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