@Josh Handel: your welcome. no worries. congratulations on being healed. great feeling isn't it. dark times there for a lil while but you managed and came out tip top on the other side of it. thanks for coming back and sharing with us. brought some hope around. now go live your life as you were meant to. peace.
@AlphaMethylPhenyl: changed your name to a mouthful i see. good name, future of a lot of industry today. i agree, this is the only psych med i have taken where i gained mass amounts of fat. i did take one 14 years ago that made me gain some more than average weight but my body beat the crap out of the fat and that pill within a month of that so no big deal. i also gained muscle while working out and playing sports while on all those psych meds. weird how our bodies and brains are different depending on who we are. so your muscular huh... what you up to this weekend big boy?
i'm playin, i'm hetero.
though it's true it is hard for some and not others depending on body chemistry and which pills they are taking. the part i agree with is making the effort to live the healthy and active lifestyle (however that looks for the individual) because it leads to a happy life, a faster recovery and the attempt without the results is what counts. i also agree with LifeAfterInvega, always an exception but exceptions are not excuses... right LifeAfterInvega?
@invegaisnotgood: because. that. is. what. the. medication. does. to. us. if. we. are. unfortunate. enough. to. suffer.
it sucks, big time. we learn to work within our limitations. why? because it doesn't do us any good to bash our heads against the wall with what we can't do but instead find ways to do what we can do with what we are capable of. the good news is in time reading returns to normal again. i got through one book already and on to the next one. seriously through this whole trial all i wanted to do was read. working, making choices, even the tweaking invega caused in me going away would be towards the top of the list but reading, that's the one thing i think above all else i really wanted to get at and it's even better than i remember because i was without it for so long.
reading, articulating, focus, concentration... it all gets better. every single person who has come before us and healed as well as many who have not healed yet have said it does from their own experiences. you will as well one day. give it time and be patient to the best of your ability. hang in there.
@Healed: you again huh. well now my blood pressure is through the roof cause they stabbed you again with the poison.
yes, i remember you from when you first started posting. sorry they pulled a Narshe81 on you. good news is you've been through this before and know the drill. bad news is i've never taken it twice and don't know what it's like but i'm sure it is something you are more than capable of getting through. i have respect for anyone who gets the poison, a lil more so for women, even more so for those who get it twice. please do not let this get the better of you, keep plugging away until your healed and post a full recover story that was done by someone who got it twice. it will lend more hope than us mundane recovery stories.
edit: your the one talking of allergic reactions. so yes, it does happen. matter of fact it has been talked about that the immune system slows way down, tolerance to drugs is lower and bio rhythms across the board are lessened. i don't get allergies more than once every two years or so and not very bad at that, slight stuffiness and my head feels full of cotton. it got worse while on the poison. head colds took a week to get over, flu two weeks, infections i had to take a lil more antibiotics than usual. it's nothing you can't live through though it takes it's toll on us. it will return to normal and you wont be dealing with this forever.
@lemmon: stand strong you will brother. you will not be broken by this, you will endure, you will get past this and you will get on with living your life again. thanks for coming back and joining us. you are always more than welcome here.
invega trinza huh. my blood pressure is already up due to Healed being back so i don't want to hear about it. but i know you got the best of intentions so yes, they have had it in europe for some time and bringing it out in the states like it's a new ferrari or computer. sickening isn't it. even worse like it's been talked about here before, they are targeting people in the states with mental illness who commit crimes to take invega sustenna, just a matter of time before they start forcing the 3 month injections on people.
@iridescentblack: who let you back in the thread?! haha
@Hellohihey2: did i forget anyone? i'm sure i addressed all the people i wanted to, didn't i?
i'm playin.
no, hair loss doesn't solely depend on mother's fathers side of genetics. mostly but not always. life is different today and those old wives tales are a thing of the past. if one side of your families genetics have baldness in it then the chance or likeliness increases that you will. thems just the facts.
science aside, if i could address your concern with experiences from the thread...lots of people have had thinning hair and it fall out, even the women. scary notion to see so much of it go. those who have fully healed or not but posted on the matter says it slows down, returns to normal (thickness, oil, texture, etc.) and even grows back some to all of it. it's like the gynocemastia, best left to deal with after you fully heal imo. there are pills, creams and of course women do like bald men. they have a way of making women comfortable and get to know them better than guys with hair do.
what invega has done is over ridden your physical chemistry (not genetic) and has basically encapsulated you for now. let it run it's course. the physical side effects/withdrawal symptoms are not done yet so worrying about this might be for nothing. it's like the comedown off of any drug, it gets worse before it gets better and when it gets better it gets way better than our half delusions and pessimisms lead us to believe in the first place.
i hope your panic has subsided by now and i'm not too late in getting back to you. maybe ease up with the hair care products and genetic products until your body has had a chance to heal itself. if not whatever you try please do post so everyone has the info.
@Empty1128: stop, stop, your gonna make me pee my pants. not every man produces milk, just like sad to say not every woman does. ohhh, where were your big man tits when i needed a good cry so i could go to sleep. XD
how about we wait until your fully healed before we determine a milking schedule for you, the black market pays big on breast milk these days i hear.
coffee 3 cups a day sometimes and still no adverse reactions to it. i might knock on your door sometime next year for a cappuccino. or you can tell me where the best ones are at. hang in there my lil lady killer.
