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Mental Health Coming off Invega/Xeplion (paliperidone) injections v 8.0

I had an almost normal feeling orgasm. I still have a very dull libido and low genital sensation from Prozac, but it's getting better. This is the best I have felt sexually in a year.

I have been feeling very goofy lately and I started cooking for myself again instead of just living on household leftovers and popping frozen stuff into the microwave or oven.

It's almost a year since I was given my first antipsychotic. I'll do a full post in about 10 days. It's been a fucking ride, I hope it's over soon. I bet if I got some good sleep for a few days I would be feeling great.
 
Maymay169 said:
Hey guys. I’m doing a tiny bit better, Can connect with music again and my baseline isn’t just pure suffering anymore. Definitely not happy or very emotional at all but at least not feeling completely disconnected anymore.

On another note, I listened to an old song that used to be like one of my absolute favourite songs to cry to and sing, and it happened to come on in the playlist I was listening to, and I barely recognised it. Couldn’t remember the lyrics, couldn’t connect with the emotion, and when I finally realised what song it was my stomach dropped. I feel sick, it was really disturbing. Has anyone else had an experience like this?
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Hello i cant cry or feel any emotions, i also have no hunger signals. Did u have any of this and recovered?
 
Hello, i am 6 months post psychosis. I was doing okay my first 3 weeks on meds and then i tried to taper off them and relapsed. Ever since then i have no hunger signals and no emotions. Does anyone else have the same no hunger no emotions?
 
I am only 21. I was never injected but i have been on risperidone changing from 1 to 2 to 3mg. On all doses i have no emotions. Im probably never going to recover, everyday is hell to go through
 
I cannot nap, i get involuntary head movements as well. I have literally 0 emotions to anything i do
 
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DrZaius1 said:
There’s a guy on Reddit that had the same thing where he couldn’t feel anything at all and said Parnate was like a light switch for him. There’s also one called Agomelatine which is supposedly one of the safer ones that can raise dopamine. I wouldn’t trust any of the SSRI’s they could make things worse.

My life is in ruins but I refuse to go on any more medications as I don’t trust they won’t disturb my ability to sleep. It’s the only thing I look forward to in life now. I think the blood tests and whatever else you can get tested allergies, hormones etc. would be a good start.

The stupid thing is this poison effects everyone differently. I haven’t read about two stories that were the same. The worst case I’ve seen is someone saying they’re still not better at like 12 months. I totally understand the not wanting to do anything except sleep but what got me sort of into stuff again was complaining about my problems on forums like this or Reddit.

I also ask questions about life and all sorts of stuff everyday just to see if someone else has gone through it before.
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Do you still have emotions and hunger signals? Do you feel depression. I have no emotions or depression
 
evandao said:
Do you still have emotions and hunger signals? Do you feel depression. I have no emotions or depression
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For the first two months i had no appetite or emotions. Now I have some emotions back but they’re all negative. I also have to eat until I feel sick to feel full. It’s just so stupid that my life is like this now.
 
Had another improvement in anhedonia and brain burn. Instead of waiting 2 months I got a change in 1.
 
DrZaius1 said:
Did any of you guys get severe Anxiety during your recovery? I feel it’s the only thing stopping me from recovering now apart from paralyzed intestines, I don’t know wtf is happening with my body anymore. 😢
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Yes I take benzos because of it. They help me.
 
Hey guys..
So this is day 266..
About 3 weeks ago i smoke weed and used a vape for the first time in 3 months and i think it unlocked like something in my brain?
So i can feel more pleasure.
Im on 25 mg lamictal and HiGhLY recommend.
I am noticing alot of improvements.
Yeah, its very very slow.
And on days that im unhealthy dont exercise and am not productive, i am inable to feel pleasure. I was not like this before invega. But days where i exercise i am able to feel.
NOT 100%!!!!
I am able to enjoy drawing again. Like actually enjoy it. This is new. I have alot of hope.
So anyways, maybe it is bipolar.. bc the lamictal is like a key to a lock..
 
invegafuckedmeupmeow said:
Hey guys..
So this is day 266..
About 3 weeks ago i smoke weed and used a vape for the first time in 3 months and i think it unlocked like something in my brain?
So i can feel more pleasure.
Im on 25 mg lamictal and HiGhLY recommend.
I am noticing alot of improvements.
Yeah, its very very slow.
And on days that im unhealthy dont exercise and am not productive, i am inable to feel pleasure. I was not like this before invega. But days where i exercise i am able to feel.
NOT 100%!!!!
I am able to enjoy drawing again. Like actually enjoy it. This is new. I have alot of hope.
So anyways, maybe it is bipolar.. bc the lamictal is like a key to a lock..
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I take that back, just read about lamictal, it “works” for everyone.
I am not mentally ill, but i would prefer to beleive rhat over rhe fact that i was forced an injection i knew was bad for me and the injection ruined my life. But, if i want to kms anyway what do i have to loose?
Lol im a drama queen.
Anyways guys i recommend.
Do not listen to the doctor, 25 mg is enough.
We got this!
 
Davievargie said:
I’m approaching 5 months off of Invega and still have really severe anhedonia, apathy, and no interest in anything whatsoever. I’m mostly bed ridden because I’m so tired, and even when I’m up I wanna lay back down because I don’t have the attention span or interest to stay engaged in everything for more than five minutes. I’ve tried exercising, I’ve tried reading, I’ve tried walks, I’ve tried supplements, I’ve tried gaming, I’ve tried socializing and I absolutely can’t find pleasure in anything. It’s terrible. I would almost rather be dead because I wake up every day only to stay in bed all day and dread everything I can’t do.

Do you know how horrible of an existence this is?

Fuck.
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How many psychosis have u had, is this one close to your previous one?
 
DrZaius1 said:
For the first two months i had no appetite or emotions. Now I have some emotions back but they’re all negative. I also have to eat until I feel sick to feel full. It’s just so stupid that my life is like this now.
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Were u on meds the first two months?
 
Davievargie said:
I still feel like I am suffering the worst here….

Here’s my day. I go to sleep at 12-2 AM. I wake up any time between 3PM-6PM. (That’s ONLY 6-12 hours of being awake). During that time I have no relief or ability to engage in daily leisure/activities. I can’t enjoy video games. I have no gravitation to even pick a song yet alone listen to music. My body just wants to be asleep. Even when I’m awake, my body feels SO uncomfortable from the intense anhedonia (it was already bad from the negative symptoms of schizophrenia) that it doesn’t believe this is real or happening, so it just wants to sleep. As a result (or maybe there’s different causation?) my body doesn’t have a circadian rhythm. I never know when to sleep. I never know when to eat. I never know when to do anything because my body doesn’t give me cues, and there’s no natural rhythm to my days. Just one big blur of 24 hours that I try to escape from. In addition to all of this hell, I have severe stomach issues. I can’t drink water or I vomit. I can’t travel far or I vomit. And my stomach is very very very weak.



It’s incomprehensible that my negative symptoms of schizophrenia have been made this worse. Like 5-6x worse.


I feel hopeless.
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Everyday is hell for me as well, i have no emotions and no hunger signals or apetite so i can never pass the time in my day since nothing gives me interest or pleasure
 
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