It sounds like you already messed around with your return by going into it and trying to fix your mistake, but you did not follow the proper steps to amend. When you amend a tax return you have to begin the amended return from the original exactly as it appeared when you filed it. So----before you amend you have to put things back to EXACTLY the way they were before you e-filed.
THEN--- wait for the original return to be processed. Once it has been processed, open up your desktop software to that return and go to Federal>Other Tax Situations>Other Tax Forms>Amend a return. That way you will be preparing a Form 1040X to send in to the IRS.
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