Special Characters in CONTAINS section of ORACLE TEXT

Can we have special characters in the CONTAINS Section of the ORACLE TEXT.
Ex:
Select count(*) from Table_Name where CONTAINS(Column_Name, '%SearchString#%')>1..
If I am introductions characters like @,#,$,^,&,*(, ) --> then I am getting error as given below
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29902: error in executing ODCIIndexStart() routine
ORA-20000: Oracle Text error:
DRG-51030: wildcard query expansion resulted in too many terms
Any Suggestions Please.

Check this
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/text.920/a96518/cqspcl.htm#1360

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