Has anyone else received a new 20mg generic Adderall from Mallinckrodt lately?

Perhaps I have an undiagnosed allergy to one of the ingredients? Many seem to complain that the brand doesn't work, but there are also a number that complain of nasty side effects as well. I am just curious to see if there is a common thread for those who have severe aches/stomach issues from the meds. Another thought I have is that perhaps it is just withdrawal symptoms because the active ingredients are not concentrated enough or actually present. Thank you.

So, when I filled my most recent script of generic Adderall 15 mg IR and opened the bottle to notice the pills inside were a different color and shape than my usual peach colored Teva pills, I simply checked the bottle to make sure it was the same active ingredient and swallowed it with no hesitation or second thought. That is, until over an hour and a half had passed and I was still sitting in bed with my morning coffee in a catatonic-like state when I should’ve been up and dressed and moving on with my day being productive. I mentioned to my boyfriend how I think I must’ve been given a lower dose by accident and then looked up what the Mallinckrodt 15mg pills should look like, and sure enough the photo showed a small white stop sign shaped pill. I just chalked it up to “maybe I didn’t sleep well last night” or “maybe I didn’t make my coffee strong enough and should drink more caffeine” so that’s what I did. Then, a few hours later (about 4-5 hours after my initial dose) I got the WORST adderall crash I have ever experienced in my life. Worse than taking 30 mg at a time of Teva adderall. I realize that it’s normal to crash from adderall at this point, however a)I have been on Adderall at multiple higher doses for most of my adult life and have never experienced the anxiety/nervousness/restlessness/irritability/twitching/muscle tension/headache/nervous stomach/heartburn/shortness of breath/teeth grinding/insomnia etc etc that this brand causes and b) it NEVER even had a therapeutic/stimulant effect!

I didn’t take my second dose that day because I couldn’t handle the above symptoms getting worse. STILL though, I thought “maybe I drank too much caffeine with it” or “maybe I should take it with food” and tried taking it again the following day except this time being sure to not consume too much caffeine or take it on an empty stomach. I had the exact same experience/symptoms! It’s been four weeks now and I am only taking 1/3 of my usual/prescribed dose because I can’t handle the side effects and it doesn’t work anyway no matter how much I take! It’s like they found a way to remove all of the benefits of adderall from a pill and instead include every possible negative side effect multiplied! Do they think that we don’t really “need” this medication so we won’t notice? Or we will start feeling bad and just decide to stop taking it?! After only a month my life has started to fall apart from a complete lack of productivity, being irritable to everyone around me, not sleeping, and so forth. I’ve had to start taking anxiety and sleeping meds again that I haven’t had to take in years and am having panic attacks almost daily when I haven’t had one in a decade. I live in Alabama and pharmacies will not tell you over the phone what brand of Adderall they have in stock so I have literally spent hours driving around with my new script trying to find Teva generic Adderall and no one has it stock and they all say it’s on backorder and they have Mallinckrodt! I called my doctor and told him and since my insurance will not cover brand name Adderall, I’ve switched to Vyvanse. I like the convenience of different dosing options with Adderall (if I sleep late one day and need less or stay up late and need more, I can adjust) BUT, I cannot handle this anymore! I feel like it’s literally POISONING my body! How did this get FDA approval!!! I am sooo glad I found this site/thread while doing a google search for this brand Adderall because I was starting to think I either had something very wrong physically or mentally because I had NO IDEA a generic medication could be this far from the original. I don’t know what’s in this crap, but I’m not putting it in my body again.

This wasn't my first time that I had issues with Mallinckrodt. I was in a car accident and I had 14 fractures and 5 broken bones, and when I received Mallinckrodt Oxymorphone it was garbage. I wish I would have known to use a non corporate pharmacy because they carry better brands typically, and they are more accomodating in dealing auto insurance no fault coverage (MI has medical coverage by the auto ins. for medical conditions caused by an accident related).

It has to be something with the binder/filler ingredients that Mallinckrodt uses, because the active ingredient is the same potency unless the testing they do it rigged. Mallinckrodt is having issues with their generic Concerta as well, with the FDA telling them they need to fix the efficacy or they'll have to pull the medication from the market. I didn't check the date when I read the report, so the Concerta thing might be old information.

I have never experienced anything like these physical changes before. And bec the efficacy and substance of foreign manufactured generic adderall is suspected to be non comparable to Barr composition, there's no way for the public to know the exact "ingredients" in these par substitutions.
I do know, bec I did check out the foreign labs, that one was cited for very poor safety compliance and another one was fined for same dirty environment. What is the makeup of these foreign substitutes? Would the FDA let us know after testing these so-called generic adderall products, the exact amount of each particle?

Since people have already reported problems with these "meds" to the FDA, have they tested any of the available dosages?

It's like being an unorganized misfit struggling to gain that daily stability using the former Teva/Barr 135 mg management of ADHD, but now with narcolepsy, which I never, ever experienced in my life before.

It was affecting my relationship (I could not stop questioning my girlfriend about her loyalty which is something I never questioned previous to taking this medication nor did she give me a reason to do so). I was unable to do my work (thankfully, I was blessed with a boss who took my situation seriously and was very understanding). This poison seriously messes with your neurological-system and will leave you feeling like you are in a battle against your own mind. I knew that my thoughts were irrational, but I was unable to control my thought process nor did I have the ability to restrain myself from acting on these negative thoughts. If I had to describe the feeling to someone, I would say It felt as if I was a live puppet under hypnosis. I have been prescribed Adderall for over a year now. I am not here to promote any generic so I will not mention the generics I have tried that worked, but this one magnified my adhd symptoms tenfold and caused depression which I never experienced in my life previous to taking it. I won’t even bother mentioning the other negative side-effects I experienced. Please, I warn everyone and anyone to report this medication. It’s bad enough that this medication doesn't work in treating the disorder it was created to treat, but it is also downright dangerous. I’m a 6 foot 1, 205 lb athlete who fears next to nothing, but this little/white/ octagon-shaped pill had me fearing for my very own life. I literally thought I was going insane.