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Having Scary problems with Adderall. Please Help.

Hello. I'm Seventeen years old and have ADD. Last year I stopped taking my 30mg XR adderall because of weight-loss problems. Now i am a generally healthy boy and the only condition I have is asthma, which I out-grew years ago. Last night around eight o'clock I took one of my old 30mg XR capsules to see if it would help me with a big homework assignment. Now it is 8 o'clock the next morning and I haven't slept, there is a tightness around my heart/chest, and I feel like my body really wants to move. Almost like my skin is crawling and shaking. What should I do? Did I maybe overdose? Should I be worried? Please tell me how to make this feeling go away.
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I came across this quote:

"I took Retalin for the last 10 years of Active Duty Army and was drug tested regularly and randomly. I can tell you for a fact, the salts that are missing in Retalin, as opposed to amphetemines, makes the difference.
It's not the same drug as amphetamine, almost but not same. That's why it's not addicting to us ADHD people.
Just some facts for you. Besides, with a perscription from a Army hospital Doctor, what they gonna say?"
http://www.topix.com/forum/drug/ritalin/TNKVFF1HVAREDUJV7/p5
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757137 tn?1347196453
You are suffering the effects of speed, which is what Adderall is. (Bet the doctor didn't tell you that.) Stop taking that garbage.
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Thank you for the advice. On my way to the doctors office in a few minutes.
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you need to go to the hospital right away. and let them check you and tell them what you took and what time it was.

I pray you are ok and dont ever do this again. adderall is very bad and has very bad side effects.
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