Adderall User Reviews & Ratings

• Johnbon
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• June 10, 2023

For ADHD "Adderall (amphetamine salts generic Teva) has always worked well for me. Recently I had to start taking the Lannett generic due to the shortage and it has been HORRIBLE. I’m jittery, anxious and depressed. This stuff is like poison. Please write a complaint to the FDA medwatch if you or anyone you know is having issues as well. It’s so frustrating"

• Lynn...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 3, 2023

For ADHD "Been getting Teva generic from different Walgreens locations for years. I’ve been complaining about the dose not lasting longer than a couple hours but this last refill doesn’t even work at all. I doubled my dose and all I got was a headache and brain fog. I’m extremely hungry all day too. The pills don’t even have that nasty taste to them either. Teva was caught back in 2012 giving out ineffective antidepressants so it seems they’re back to their old tricks. Going to report this to the FDA and I hope others do too."

• ThAtG...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• May 12, 2023

For ADHD "This month my wife and I were both given Mallinckrodt's generic Adderall 30mg. It's as if I didn't take my medication at all!"

• Teva
• May 12, 2023

For ADHD "Since the shortage it is obvious that the active ingredient in adderall has been diminished significantly. Compared to older tablets of the same mg it is less effective."

• TheMean
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 7, 2023

For ADHD "Since being switched to the generic version of Adderall, Dextroamp-Amphetamine manufactured by Alvogen, I have been experiencing negative side effects for the past three days. I have become irritable, emotional, and easily agitated by noises, including music that I previously enjoyed. I have also been experiencing fatigue, lack of motivation, and difficulty reading. My speech has become slurred and confused, and I have developed tension headaches. I want my sparkle back, and I could care less about anything. I’m surprised I’m writing this review as I am currently feeling scattered and embarrassed."

• Melissa...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• May 3, 2023

For ADHD "Since the shortage, Teva is definitely leaving something out or substituting ingredients. That is the problem. I have been struggling for months because these new pills are a joke. I just ran across a few that I had left from before the shortage, took one, and bam... worked like a charm. That's definitely proof that this is NOT a tolerance issue. TEVA shame on you. This is not a joke for those of us who have to take this medication to function in our daily lives."

• Jeanne
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 29, 2023

For ADHD "I have been on Adderall XR for 21 yrs. Three months ago my script was filled with Lannett "generic" XR. I have taken Teva generic and had no issues so wasn't concerned. At about the same time I started having issues with depression, body aches, and brain fog. About two months later I started an anti-depressant because I thought I was just depressed. I ended up being allergic to the anti-depressant so had to get off of it. Following that, the symptoms just got worse, at one point I didn't get out of bed for a week. By chance, I didn't take the Lannett XR, and I noticed a significant change in how I felt. I switched to a different manufacturer because only Lannett XR was available (due to the Teva outage). Within 2 days of being on that, my symptoms significantly improved. The next month I decided to pay out of pocket for brand XR and all the symptoms went away. Lannett is awful, I'm not sure what the FDA approved here as a "generic" but for me, it was horrible and led to major depressive disorder."

• MeAgain
• Taken for 10 years or more
• March 15, 2023

For ADHD "Keep coming back to read reviews of the generics. I stopped my prescription 6 mos ago, not because the shortage but because whatever is in this medication now as opposed to the past is so horrible it’s not worth even taking! I was one of the lucky ones who took the original BARR formula. I was visiting my mother recently, I moved out of her home 15 years ago. Clothes, shoes, purses, etc. remain. You probably know where this is going. I searched through my old purses and found a bottle with two pills, SANDOZ, 2015!! I only took a pinch since I hadnt taken any in so long. OMG, I cannot believe how much better this old medicine works! So sad at the same time. I’m stretching it as much as I can and so depressed knowing this will probably be the last time I will ever feel like a functional human being again."

• tuffc...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 14, 2023

For ADHD "They don't work. I took double the dosage of what I was prescribed and still have no positive effects."

• Brand...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 13, 2023

For ADHD "I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD and I’ve been taking generic Adderall for about 5 years or so and it was AMAZING. I was able to get work done and also helped me greatly in accomplishing assignments during college. During the last year or so, I’ve noticed that Adderall wasn’t working as efficiently as it used to. I was unable to stay focused, had a hard time completing tasks, and it takes me longer to analyze or register information at work. I thought the generics were an issue so I started taking the brand name Adderall by TEVA. Well, I’ve now come to terms that there is an issue with the manufacturers and/or the components of this prescription. It hasn’t worked the same and it has been affecting me negatively in my work life as well as my home life. Something needs to be looked into, I’m glad I’m not the only one seeing this problem. I now am looking into alternative/holistic medicine."

• ADD...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 9, 2023

For ADHD "Alvogen Adderall is horrible. Not only does it not work for my ADHD symptoms but it also makes me feel down and tired, and I already suffer from chronic fatigue. 20mg of Alvogen doesn't come close to 5mg of TEVA or SANDOZ. Now I know why CVS had Alvogen Adderall in stock during this shortage - people probably ask and refuse to fill it. I would rather take nothing at all than Alvogen. There is a huge chasm of quality among generic Adderall manufacturers."

• JenO
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 7, 2023

For ADHD "I really hate this med. It made my bones hurt and my hands clench up, like I was an elderly arthritic woman. And I was on a lower dose, so I never even felt any benefits of clearer cognition or executive functioning. I stopped taking after 6 days."

• AConc...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• February 26, 2023

For ADHD "My son is addicted to Adderall and since taking it has displayed delusional thoughts and actions. He refuses to consider not taking it- he appears to be totally dependent upon it. He has found a doctor who has given him a prescription for years."

• Teeja...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• January 21, 2023

For ADHD "Many adderall/amp-dex tablets before 2020 worked great, especially Teva & Sandoz & occasionally Core. I can honestly say from 2020-now that, they’ve either taken out 1/2 the amount of drug per total MG & replaced it with cheap fillers, or taken the entire drug out and filled it with sugar. Look at the most helpful replies on here, all but 1 are from 2019 and before. If we’re all experiencing the same problems, the issue is the manufacturers, not any of us.This needs to be fixed."

• Themom
• December 25, 2022

For ADHD "Don't know what they are trying to pass off as adderal these days but it is dangerous . Definitely destroying lives at the least."

• The...
• December 15, 2022

For ADHD "I have been on generic adderall for a very long time. I have tried all the generics and now, I can’t find anything to help (due to the shortage). From my own journey, I have always been on 30mg IR and would try to find Teva because the others don’t do anything for me. Last month I was lucky to even find a pharmacy that had generic adderall IR in stock, this month I haven’t found anyone that has them so I started calling my local pharmacies and got lucky. They are not Teva but that seems to be consistent everywhere. I have been on the round yellow green ones that came from Sun last month and the crash is miserable. I just need Teva back!"

• Lauren
• November 18, 2022

For ADHD "Lannett XR made me feel the same way all of you did. My pulse was racing. I couldn't find the motivation within me to do anything. I felt flat and emotionless. I was overall just highly sedated. It also caused horrible stomach aches and headaches. The dizziness was unbearable as was staying up for hours at a time with no clear task in sight."

• Bree
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 22, 2022

For ADHD "DO NOT TAKE THE LANNETT, ELI-515. If you struggle with anxiety, depression I wouldn't recommend this. I was given it, it is not adderall. It’s a therapeutic equivalent. My other meds stayed the same, my routine, diet except for getting this. It has rendered me completely hopeless, crippling depression, lethargic, overwhelmingly anxious, my stomach is churning non-stop so I cannot even eat on it without getting violently ill. I saw my psych after a week on it, for 6 days thinking it was adderall and I was just doing something wrong. I told my psych the pill description and how it made me feel, he looked it up and said “no you’re not making any of this up, this isn’t the correct medication but unfortunately the pharmacy input it as adderall so legally we can’t do much about it.” I have flushed it down the toilet. If you receive these at a pharmacy please speak the the pharmacist directly about it."

• Nick
• Taken for 10 years or more
• September 21, 2022

For ADHD "Horrible horrible horrible. I was prescribed Adderall as a child and spent my whole life thinking I was a weirdo but once I stopped taking it in my early 20s I found out I'm a normal dude and I was just taking psychoactive medications that make it impossible to think or behave normally my whole life. I went from barely passing all my college courses to graduating with honors once I went off Adderall."

• Epic...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• August 24, 2022

For ADHD "The Teva that I normally take is on back order. Tried Epic brand. Immediately started feeling dizzy and headache started. Pulse is racing, resting pulse is 67 and my current resting is 94. Feel like I am having an out of body experience also paranoid. When talking I felt like I was talking really fast, but my daughter said I was actually talking slowly. Everyone keeps looking at me really weird. My eyes are blinking uncontrollably. I keep crying for no reason. I hope this medication wears off very very soon. Dry mouth, which is normal, but this was almost immediate and severe. My arm occassionally twitches and I seem to now be shivering. If I took this brand normally I would never want to take amphetamine/dextroamphetamine again."

• Plain...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 23, 2022

For ADHD "So apparently Adderall (Generic) has a new Mfg. MALLINCKRODT and this med gives me the worse headaches and they don’t work Lannette mfg. was cool but this new small beige/octagonal tab is the Worst!! There is definitely a difference when they switch Mfgs."

• where...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• August 15, 2022

For ADHD "I just filled with brand shire xrs, totally different from last months brand shire xrs which were FINALLY acceptable. These are like lannett innards, make me sick and trigger migraines. as well as another month of Teva generic tablets which are absolutely disgusting and unacceptable. This is total rubbish, someone needs to produce real adderall again using the old barr/teva recipe and the original shire xr recipe. Over $7 a capsule for rubbish! Not refundable, can't trade them in, this is the definition of highway robbery! How can the same brand vary so much from one fill to the next? and these are the brands that have been the standard forever. Apparently once you report more than two adverse reactions to a company they don't have to respond back either. Not that they do anything but repeat back the same information to you; yeah I know that part I'm the one who wrote it! Tell me what I don't know! The FDA is no help either."

• Janis
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 14, 2022

For ADHD "Judging from the reviews I’m clearly not the only one who has had a HORRIBLE experience with the manufacturer “Lannett”. Please anyone having issues with them fill out a complaint form to the fda Medwatch! They need to know how badly it is affecting people! Unbelievable !!!"

• Jbubb
• Taken for 10 years or more
• April 1, 2022

For ADHD "I feel so less interested in things I feel numb and worse I'd prefer a stronger more fresh stimulate than this stuff"

• badadd
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 29, 2022

For ADHD "I was on Ritalin for a few months before switching. I’ve been on Adderall for 4 days now and today I called my psychiatrist to tell her I will never take this drug again. Sandoz was the generic I took and in under a week I felt suicidal, I was eating less than 500 calories a day due to extreme appetite loss, and I can barely sleep more than 5 hours. I’m miserable. None of my ADHD symptoms were improved, I honestly feel like the drug never kicked in. I was taking 20mg 2x a day and nothing. I cannot wait to go back to Ritalin."