Increase to 100mg after a year on 50mg

Hi, I've been on this since June this year, started off on 25mg then increased dose to 100mg, I to suffered from severe lack of energy and felt like a zombie. I have heart failure and wander now if I should have ever been prescribed this. Saw GP two weeks ago and told him I wanted to come off this, I have now cut my dose down to 25mg and hope to stop tomorrow! This is the worst medication I have ever been on, the side effects are horrible, bad stomach craps, day and night sweats, pins and needles, itching, felt so ill I thought I had flu the pain in my muscles and bones have been unbearable. If I was you go and see your GP, come off this asap and try something safer. I only wanted it to control my migraines!! My GP now wants me to try Gabapentin, but I have been reading this is even worse for withdrawing from and it can make you feel like a zombie too.  

Hi miss, I too have just increased to 100mg as well from 50. For the first month or so I had the same symptoms you have, no energy, stomach issues, and a few others, but after about my 5th week now on 100 my side effects have improved greatly. To answer your question yes these are common side effects to have on an increase but they do get better. Good luck with your increase and God bless 

Maybe u should of upped slowly. Instead of jumping right from 50mg to 100mg, 75mg might have been better. At least that's how my Doc has me do it. I hope u Start feeling better!

Thanks all. I dont want to come off it as it has changed my life, just hope the side effects from the increase wear off soon, they did the first time round so fingers crossed.

I did wonder about increasing in stages but my gp said it was ok to go from 50 to 100 straight away as the sertarline was already in my system.

Tomorrow it will be three weeks for me, I increased from 150 to 200mg, due to some huge life changes. The last two weeks have been difficult and I was surprised as I didn’t expect, increased anxiety or fatigue or a nervous stomach since I had done so well on them for the last year. I am hoping that they kick in soon for you and me and everyone suffering . 

I have been on 100 mg for three days after being on 75 mg for 5 days and I am a zombie too. 

I prefer the zombie mode to the increased anxiety I was having at 50 mg.