Hello. I am 26 years old with no health issues at all. Wanted ...

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Posted at 2:10 PM on Jul 30, 2006 by laszlo.boocz, #16454

Hello. I am 26 years old with no health issues at all. Wanted to quit smoking, Dr. prescribed me bupropion/Wellbutron SR 150 mg. I was instructed to take 1 pill a day for 2 weeks. After 2 weeks I set my quit date and then take 2 pills a day. (300mg) For the first 2 weeks...I really didnt feel like myself. Felt like I can snap at one moment and then calm the next moment. ok, not such a big deal. During week 3 I quit smoking and increased the dosage to 2 pills a day as instructed. I quit on Saturday, July 16th 2006. On Tuesday i started off with my regionals itching like crazy! I wasnt sure why this was happeneing so i put some anti itch cream and helped some what. I would just keep breaking out with the same bad itch anyway. Then...Wednesday, July 19th I woke up 2:00 AM with real bad chest pains and I was itching all over the place. From my head, neck, arms to my back and front of my body and basically had rashes all over the place. They would disappear from one spot and appear in a different spot. I then started researching all over the internet about te side effects and I did find a ton of people expereincing the same things. From 2 AM i couldnt go back to sleep because of the pain in my chest and the HORRIBLE ITCHING and rashes. I went ot the ER around 10:00 AM and stood there till about 5:30 PM. When I was in the ER i started breaking out even worse. My right eye was closing shut and my right hand became so itchy and swollen it looked like i broke my hand. They quickly gave me a shot of Benadryl and some steroid with it and after about 30-60 minutes... the swelling started going away. They didnt find any realtionship from the Wellbutrin and my chest pain and the itchingness which i didnt understand. Anyway, i still have some rashes breaking out...I have been using Benadryl which will control it a little bit but then I switched over to Claritin because i couldnt stand feeling like a walking Zombie from the Benadryl. I am still researching and waiting for my Dr to come back to figure out how I can get rid of the itchy rash breakouts. I also feel just mild pain in my chest about once or twice a day for about 10 minutes. If anyone knows anything that can help me...I would appreciate it. thanks.

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Reply over 2 years ago on May 22, 2007 by henderson, #184

Hi, I've bee taking Wellbutrin for about 6 weeks now (twice a day). I was on Zoloft (which worked great for me) and wanted to quit smoking as well, so my doctor said lets kill two birds with one stone. My cravings have subsided but I too get these pains in my chest. It feels like a muscular type pain and at first I thought it was my gym workout but I stopped working on my chest at the gym and for a few days I did not even go to the gym and I still have these weird pains in my chest. I thought it was related to my smoking and I had all sorts of bad thoughts about my health. I'm sorry to have to find comfort in someone else's discomfort but it feel a kind of relief knowing that I'm not alone. If this thing can help me quit my ciggarette habit, then I think i'll try to deal with the chest pains for now.

HRL

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