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Q: chest or heart pain and Adderal

asked by: DoctorQuestion on September 29th, 2008

I know that adderall increases you heart rate as a side effect but I wanted to know should i take this serious or do you think it will go away because i took the addy at 1130am and it is now 530am the next day and i still cant fall asleep so i really do not want to have screwed up my heart but when i was on it yesterday it was fine and when it was peeking all of a sudden that spot and inch to the right of the crest of my chest had a sharp pain and i started to get kind of scared but i delt with it and i just want to know if this has really screwed me
thanks

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on October 2nd, 2008

ADD and ADHD Answer A4779

Current medical status: Sharp pains in chest about an inch and a half right of the crest on my chest (from the point of view of me looking down to my feet) and sometimes around my heart and bubbly felling's in my stomach when i try to go to sleep, and a twitch in my thigh
Current medical treatment: Adderall xr 25 mg

Difficulties in falling asleep and tachycardia could be side effects of Adderal but sudden chest/heart pain is probably not. You may need to perform an ECG to reveal any heart rhythm irregularities or other heart disorders.

You can consult your GP about the chest-heart pain.

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