Posted by terra miller on June 9, 2001, at 22:44:20
In reply to Itchy and agitated on wellbutrin???, posted by Lolita on June 9, 2001, at 22:17:36
> Help! I started wellbutrin last week, and have been donsing down off of celexa for three weeks. It has been awful! The last few days I have been itching like crazy. Not always like a bug bit or dry skin itch, but more like a cobweb brushing against you or mostly like tiny bigs crawling all lover. It is driving me nuts. not to mention I am scratching my head all the time. I had my hair checked for lice three times, and of course there are none. there is no skin irritation at all. Also I read once that Wellbutrin can make you really agitated, which I have been towards my best friend the past two days. I have felt restless all night, yet completely uninterested in anything. ok I am ranting...all i need to know if anyone knows anything about the itching or if it is something else entirely.
don't stay in the shower too long or wash your hair too often, especially in hot water. protect your scalp from sunburn. keep your skin hydrated by drinking enough water and applying lotion. i fight the head thing lots, and i think it's more the shower thing. i also have thinned much over the last couple years which i don't attribute to the wellbutrin, so more scalp shows to get sunburnt. i have to be careful. if it gets too bad i think t-gel makes this great stuff for itching scalp that's not a dandruff-thing. i get the crawling skin, too. but i also don't attribute that to the wellbutrin; i think it's therapy issues. hope that helps. terra.
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