Just venting. I've talked to my GP and he said to wait and see how things progress (because we can't rule out yet that it's something unrelated to the medication) and of course to call again if it gets worse.

I started bupropion for anxiety and lucky me the only side effect so far to pop up has been the rash two days after the first dose. Or at least the sensation of a rash and/or a really bad bruise. No discoloration, no texture change like hives or blisters, no fever or heat in the areas of pain. Just an intense sensitivity to anything rubbing across the area and the ache of a bruise under my skin. I've had this sensation before many times over my life but never this intense which is why most of me thinks it's a side effect and not the usual shenanigans but we can't rule anything out at this point.

So, my imagination has completely run away with the what ifs of this. Serious and not so serious what ifs. The two spots where this pain is located, one on my front and one on my back, has had me thinking for the past couple days that *in an alternate universe* I was impaled through my torso. At first it was mild concern that someone I'm close to got impaled but all checked in ok so now it's latched on to the multiverse concept. It's a distraction from the more serious what ifs like "it's shingles" or "it's cancer" or "the extra dimensional scientists were a little rougher than usual" or "it's a chemical burn" not like I can explain how *that* would have happened but it doesn't have to be rational does it.

Our minds are so weird but I feel a little better after getting that outside of it.