i agree that is horrible Mari.

that is very disappointing.

do talk to your pdoc about this and in the meantime i agree suspending seems like a good idea, especially if you don't feel safe. if he says it is a transitory thing and that you are safe, then it would be up to you, if you wanted to try with a lower dose. but i don't know. do please call him to let him know what has happened.

while i have never had chest pain with an SSRI, nor with Wellbutrins SR, Wellbutrin XL gave me severe chest pain when i stepped up to 300mg (from 150). backing off on the dose to alternate days resulted in pain on alternate days - i stuck that out a couple of weeks - it did not subside, and pdoc agreed that i had to d/c.

your post title also said it was 'too activating' - that too is of concern, whether it is related to the chest pain or not.

~ waves ~