Mental Health Coming off Invega Sustenna (paliperidone)

[Bad Robot]

The doctor wouldn't prescribe me mirapex / pramipexole
Had to make do with quinine sulphate
Stopping the procycledine
Nearly 6 weeks, roll on 6 months

 

[Symbolicone09]

Update.

Anxiety and paniking at an all time high still but its due to the medication which i have to live with and it sucks because i cant control it even though i logically understand whats going on in my environment and the work itself is not stressfully. Like for instance i went to my happyhour with my coworkers and i was completely normal and myself but 10 minutes before i left my job i was dealing with anxiety even though i had no work to do and was just chillen smh... The old me would punch the current me in the face and then give me a hug.. Still smoke herb occasionally(im alot calmer when i do) havent touched mdma since my initial break through and dont plan too... its alot of up and down process but its better then dealing with the stuff i dealt with last year..(rip liandra)

if any off you guys play games my xbox live and psn are oneshot09 (send me a pm)

Also checkout soundcloud.com/oneshot09 if you have a chance.

#getbetter

 

[invegascrewed]

Update.

Anxiety and paniking at an all time high still but its due to the medication which i have to live with and it sucks because i cant control it even though i logically understand whats going on in my environment and the work itself is not stressfully. Like for instance i went to my happyhour with my coworkers and i was completely normal and myself but 10 minutes before i left my job i was dealing with anxiety even though i had no work to do and was just chillen smh... The old me would punch the current me in the face and then give me a hug.. Still smoke herb occasionally(im alot calmer when i do) havent touched mdma since my initial break through and dont plan too... its alot of up and down process but its better then dealing with the stuff i dealt with last year..(rip liandra)

if any off you guys play games my xbox live and psn are oneshot09 (send me a pm)

Also checkout soundcloud.com/oneshot09 if you have a chance.

#getbetter

Do you still have derealization or has that subsided?

 

[Symbolicone09]

Update.

Anxiety and paniking at an all time high still but its due to the medication which i have to live with and it sucks because i cant control it even though i logically understand whats going on in my environment and the work itself is not stressfully. Like for instance i went to my happyhour with my coworkers and i was completely normal and myself but 10 minutes before i left my job i was dealing with anxiety even though i had no work to do and was just chillen smh... The old me would punch the current me in the face and then give me a hug.. Still smoke herb occasionally(im alot calmer when i do) havent touched mdma since my initial break through and dont plan too... its alot of up and down process but its better then dealing with the stuff i dealt with last year..(rip liandra)

if any off you guys play games my xbox live and psn are oneshot09 (send me a pm)

Also checkout soundcloud.com/oneshot09 if you have a chance.

#getbetter

Do you still have derealization or has that subsided?

Yes and no. Im not 100 precent sure. sometimes i feel disconnected from everything and not interested in anything external.. Their are times where i can say now ... Hey im feeling like my old self and have some type of normality... I guess the emotional connection to the world for me is still lacking. But i do have my moments.. I think part of my mind is just still stuck on the last 2 years. I focus so much on trying to be my old self... And don't want to come to the conclusion that I'm probably never going to be 100 % old me as far as emotions, being social.. And feeling spiritual connected to whats going on in the world..i have/had to accept who i am currently and go from there though , sometimes i forget about that realization when I'm dealing with my problems.... I definitially believe that i can become an even better person... Its going to take time and effort but i definitely see progression made from 8-9 months ago and have the hope and motivation to overcome everything...

Hope all of that makes sense lol.

 

[Bad Robot]

Update.

Anxiety and paniking at an all time high still but its due to the medication which i have to live with and it sucks because i cant control it even though i logically understand whats going on in my environment and the work itself is not stressfully. Like for instance i went to my happyhour with my coworkers and i was completely normal and myself but 10 minutes before i left my job i was dealing with anxiety even though i had no work to do and was just chillen smh... The old me would punch the current me in the face and then give me a hug.. Still smoke herb occasionally(im alot calmer when i do) havent touched mdma since my initial break through and dont plan too... its alot of up and down process but its better then dealing with the stuff i dealt with last year..(rip liandra)


if any off you guys play games my xbox live and psn are oneshot09 (send me a pm)

Also checkout soundcloud.com/oneshot09 if you have a chance.

#getbetter

At least you have a job and are around people, what meds do you still take ?
Had a window this morning where i woke up and didn't feel anxious
Back on the procycledine the other tablets made me worse
Its hard being on the sick when your recovering from these injections and your not socialising and are trying to avoid alcohol and weed
After being a pothead for 15 years, i'm going to have to give it up permanently i think, it scares me after 2 episodes a year apart
I just want this shit out my system and my dopamine receptors and my leg to stop shaking
The doctor wouldn't even prescribe me mirapex which should have helped
Good luck with the gaming

 

[Symbolicone09]

At least you have a job and are around people, what meds do you still take ?
Had a window this morning where i woke up and didn't feel anxious
Back on the procycledine the other tablets made me worse
Its hard being on the sick when your recovering from these injections and your not socialising and are trying to avoid alcohol and weed
After being a pothead for 15 years, i'm going to have to give it up permanently i think, it scares me after 2 episodes a year apart
I just want this shit out my system and my dopamine receptors and my leg to stop shaking
The doctor wouldn't even prescribe me mirapex which should have helped
Good luck with the gaming

Wellbutrin 450mgs
10mg ritilan
I was taking busporine for anxiety but had a negative reaction to it at work and discontinued that....

But yeah i understand how you feel.. Its tough to deal with.. Regarding the weed i had stopped for a good 5-6 months but my condition was barely improving(was still dealing with that invega injection) at 7 months thier was noticeable natural improvement but i still had my doubts... From reading in another health forum about a user who took mdma after dealing with negative symptoms from rispadone... In that 7th month i tried it and had a wonderful break thru.. Almost had me in tears.. It gave me hope and motivation to better myself.. Personally i think weed helps me out alot but it was also good experiencing not smoking or drinking for half a yeah(i dont even really drink unless its social situations but i remember that i didn't even feel the alcohol no matter how much i drunk)...
Regarding the weed if its effecting you negatively leave it alone.. Regarding the mdma for me that was a last resort cause i tried everything man and was just tired of dealing with this problem...

 

[invegascrewed]

Yes and no. Im not 100 precent sure. sometimes i feel disconnected from everything and not interested in anything external.. Their are times where i can say now ... Hey im feeling like my old self and have some type of normality... I guess the emotional connection to the world for me is still lacking. But i do have my moments.. I think part of my mind is just still stuck on the last 2 years. I focus so much on trying to be my old self... And don't want to come to the conclusion that I'm probably never going to be 100 % old me as far as emotions, being social.. And feeling spiritual connected to whats going on in the world..i have/had to accept who i am currently and go from there though , sometimes i forget about that realization when I'm dealing with my problems.... I definitially believe that i can become an even better person... Its going to take time and effort but i definitely see progression made from 8-9 months ago and have the hope and motivation to overcome everything...

Hope all of that makes sense lol.

I can totally relate at this moment, maybe it just takes time. Do you have the visual distortion aspect of derealization as well?

 

[Bad Robot]

What supplements or medication have people used that would help the receptors recover faster ?

 

[Bad Robot]

Roll on the time these injections are banned
Climbing the walls here
6 and a half weeks out 2 days off procycledine
Just going to have to tough it out cold turkey i think
Got some diazipam, but don't want another promblem the procycledine are hard enough getting off
Been on them 8 weeks
Why i was forced this injection god only knows, i should have been given tablets
I'm just thankfull not to be on any more anti psychotics
I really need a doctor who understands i need dopamine, not the other way round
At this rate i'll be back smoking weed ( if only it worked the same as before )
Hopefully with the procycledine out my system i start seeing an improvement soon

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

^This is an example of the very reason why doctors don't want patients to look too deeply into these drugs. They start to form hypotheses based on incomplete knowledge of how they think they should be treated.

 

[Chatative]

I think the truth of the matter here is you have to accept there is no "magic pill" to help alleviate the problems you are currently getting. More dopamine may offer some mild relief but the likelihood is it could cause other problems & even cause your original problems to come back. Like the rest of us, you just have to commit yourself to leading a healthy, active lifestyle & given time, you will begin to feel better again. Stop looking for a way out & just try to get on with life... things will improve eventually.

 

[iridescentblack]

A few days over month five from my last injection of 117mg of Invega Sustenna. Things are looking great.

I've lately come to terms with the fact that this is just a part of my journey... a sad, slow process of a seemingly endless road, a step for my recovery and a start to a new life. I don't know what to expect when I hit month seven. From what I've read on this thread it seems that month seven is where the medication really starts to dip off to the point where creativity and imagination comes back. But I'm in no hurry... not anymore.

It seems my life is just full of things that I need to work on. I'm eating healthier and starting to really look it. Some of my imagination and creativity is back... but for the most part I can't expect it to stay too long when it does, because soon the medication's effect jumps back into defense mode and I lose those creative bursts. I'm not complaining though. This is some serious poison, but I'm sure if you took a humble man and put him on this drug, he'd still find a way to be complacent... and that's what I'm doing. Just gotta go with the flow and rock of the ship.

 

[invegascrewed]

A few days over month five from my last injection of 117mg of Invega Sustenna. Things are looking great.

I've lately come to terms with the fact that this is just a part of my journey... a sad, slow process of a seemingly endless road, a step for my recovery and a start to a new life. I don't know what to expect when I hit month seven. From what I've read on this thread it seems that month seven is where the medication really starts to dip off to the point where creativity and imagination comes back. But I'm in no hurry... not anymore.

It seems my life is just full of things that I need to work on. I'm eating healthier and starting to really look it. Some of my imagination and creativity is back... but for the most part I can't expect it to stay too long when it does, because soon the medication's effect jumps back into defense mode and I lose those creative bursts. I'm not complaining though. This is some serious poison, but I'm sure if you took a humble man and put him on this drug, he'd still find a way to be complacent... and that's what I'm doing. Just gotta go with the flow and rock of the ship.

hey great to hear of the improvements, do you experience depersonalization/derealization symptoms

 

[iridescentblack]

hey great to hear of the improvements, do you experience depersonalization/derealization symptoms

I'm still not entirely sure I understand dp and dr after reading briefly about them, but I think I may have experienced them even prior to being on Invega. I sometimes get these moments where I have to kind of step back briefly, while I realize "I am here in this moment", and kind of whisp myself back into reality. I've had them ever since I was a kid, where I'd do the same thing, mentally, and say "I am this thing in this body...?" Not sure if that's what it means.

 

[Symbolicone09]

Update... Ive taken a few steps back the mj and mall got me out off the original funk that i was in.. I was so freaking low in my life and that gave me my first break through... However now i believe it is effecting me in the wrong way ... Yes i felt good , yes I didnt have axiety and nervousness and yes i generally was motivated to do what i wanted to do but it came at a cost.. I never did anything when i had when i had to go through the work week but like i said before my anxiety was real high
I thought that maybe it was just getting reacquainted with the work life, which im sure was part of it but me and my therapist came to the realization that it was probably the mj..
The stress and axiety don't come from the actual work at the job but the social situations.. I cant express my real self . Instead i was/am nervous scared individual and im thinking why? Logically im thinking yo im just talking to co workers why the fuck am i on edge.. Why cant i maintain eye contact when having a conversation, why am i unable to initiate conversations like i use too... I embarrassed my self in front of alot of people. As someone thats been single since dealing with depression that fucked with my confidence, especially when dealing with the ladys.. One problem i had was in these situations i would always say the old me wouldnt have no problems in engaging with anyone and would actually build up a relationship.. Now thats kind of impossible... My therapist believed that this was actually paranoia and hes right.. I then met with my pdoc and was prescribed rispadone 1mg which i was hesitant at first because of the similarity to invega sustenna which literally flipped my life upside down and put me in the worst state i ever was in.. I want to drop kick who ever made that bs medicine.. Ive only been on the rispadone for a littlebit and not really noticing the effects however i was still blazing... Today im putting down the stuff for good, until its legal or im a millionaire lol.. My paranoia has gotten to the point where i have believed that im being spyed on.. Im all over the place on who to trust. Im not giving the people who care for me the respect they deserve, especially my mom who has been supportive regardless of how i have acted and trust me sometimes it was bad.

Today is a new day though. Im changing my tune, i gotta get back on a natural high and motivate my self to do what i was meant to do here. I have certain believes about life. I had an experience that had happened back when i was in ohio randomly looking in the stars that changed my way of thinking forever but im getting a little of track. End of the day besides the invega i made the choice to smoke. I was going through my problems but it was still my choice. I caused a lot of people pain, said things i wouldn't say do things i wouldn't do in my right mind.. Yeah that stuff got me out of the funk im in but it put me back in another one and i was blind..

Were not perfect, i make a ton of mistakes and have some regrets but im gonna let everything go...

Think twice about the choices you make,
Im blessed to have people that support me but i might not of been so lucky...

Keep fighting, never give up and get ya mind right.
Thats what im gonna do

God bless ya all

Edit- im not as low as i was on invega but i can still feel low

 

[Koz26]

Hey everyone, I can relate to how you all feel from the Invega sustenna injection. I received the starter shot of 234mg followed by 156mg/ml a few days later on Sep. 24th. I've been doing a lot of research to try and figure out ways to alleviate the anhedonia and severe fatigue that I've been experiencing ever since and I wanted to reply to this thread because it's tough to explain to people how horrible this feels. It makes me realize why people become suicidal because right now this feels almost unbearable.

I made another thread to look for tips and success stories for and from people who received neuroleptic injections such as Invega and I'm hoping to get some good feedback. So far I've heard Prolintane and Pregnenolone might be able to alleviate some symptoms of anhedonia. I know someone mentioned Prolintane previously in this post. I only found anecdotal evidence for the Prolintane but there is research backing up the use of Pregnenolone. I can post what I've found but I'm not a doctor so do your own research if you think you might want to try it. Hope this helps...I ordered some today and I'll keep everyone posted on if it helps or not.

Anyone have other suggestions on how to ease the pain, both physically and mentally, of coming of this drug?

Currently I'm prescribed Adderall for adhd, 30xr in the morning and 20mg ir in the afternoon. Without it idk how I would get anything done during the day. Just getting out of bed would be a monumental task without it. I already had to take the semester off school and quit my job...but I don't want to use Adderall daily and become dependent upon it to function. Also, I was recently prescribed Lexapro 10mg about a week ago because my pdoc is CONVINCED this is just a depressive episode of my Bipolar. He also has me on Lamictal as a mood stabilizer.

I need to to be able to talk to some other people going through this and who can actual relate to what Invega sustenna is like to endure. I should note that my pdoc wants me off Invega too. Although I'm nervous about trusting doctors now since the doctor who gave me the Invega injection made it sound like the best medicine around with next to NO side effects. I volunteered to go to the hospital for a manic episode and ever since I received that shot my life has been miserable. I can't function mentally and I can function physically JUST enough to get through the day...I hope that together we can all research a way to make coming off Invega at least a little easier to endure and become fully recovered success stories someday. I just want a little hope...

 

[Symbolicone09]

Hey everyone, I can relate to how you all feel from the Invega sustenna injection. I received the starter shot of 234mg followed by 156mg/ml a few days later on Sep. 24th. I've been doing a lot of research to try and figure out ways to alleviate the anhedonia and severe fatigue that I've been experiencing ever since and I wanted to reply to this thread because it's tough to explain to people how horrible this feels. It makes me realize why people become suicidal because right now this feels almost unbearable.

I made another thread to look for tips and success stories for and from people who received neuroleptic injections such as Invega and I'm hoping to get some good feedback. So far I've heard Prolintane and Pregnenolone might be able to alleviate some symptoms of anhedonia. I know someone mentioned Prolintane previously in this post. I only found anecdotal evidence for the Prolintane but there is research backing up the use of Pregnenolone. I can post what I've found but I'm not a doctor so do your own research if you think you might want to try it. Hope this helps...I ordered some today and I'll keep everyone posted on if it helps or not.

Anyone have other suggestions on how to ease the pain, both physically and mentally, of coming of this drug?

Currently I'm prescribed Adderall for adhd, 30xr in the morning and 20mg ir in the afternoon. Without it idk how I would get anything done during the day. Just getting out of bed would be a monumental task without it. I already had to take the semester off school and quit my job...but I don't want to use Adderall daily and become dependent upon it to function. Also, I was recently prescribed Lexapro 10mg about a week ago because my pdoc is CONVINCED this is just a depressive episode of my Bipolar. He also has me on Lamictal as a mood stabilizer.

I need to to be able to talk to some other people going through this and who can actual relate to what Invega sustenna is like to endure. I should note that my pdoc wants me off Invega too. Although I'm nervous about trusting doctors now since the doctor who gave me the Invega injection made it sound like the best medicine around with next to NO side effects. I volunteered to go to the hospital for a manic episode and ever since I received that shot my life has been miserable. I can't function mentally and I can function physically JUST enough to get through the day...I hope that together we can all research a way to make coming off Invega at least a little easier to endure and become fully recovered success stories someday. I just want a little hope...

I understand breh . That was the worst period of my life... Im still not myself smh. My brain is still kinda warped and i feel stuck. All off a misdiagnosis SMFH.
3 months after invega i noticed little improvement..

6months. In i noticed a good bit of improvement but this was from trying everything. Walks , therapy , different meds. Etc etc.
7 months in i eventually was like u know what swim would try M and i had a decent breakthrough..

If you check my previous post . You can see the dangers off those substances..

I still deal with derealization which has just changed my mentality and i need to find a way to change it to a more positive one but its like damn theirs no end to this ish. I mean im doing things that i am a shamed of smh. But you just wanna feel emotion and i totally understand the anhedonia ... You feel empty and emotionless . Not sad or happy or upset or bored .. Literally empty...
That feeling for the most part gone away but thier are times when it can creep up but its no where as bad as before... You have to literally just keep thinking about the future, even tho you may not do anything productive become that. Keep your mind strong and dont give up.
Im still not out of the thick of things but i at least see a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel. If you have any questions send me a pm. I can talk about this experience for days.

 

[invegascrewed]

I understand breh . That was the worst period of my life... Im still not myself smh. My brain is still kinda warped and i feel stuck. All off a misdiagnosis SMFH.
3 months after invega i noticed little improvement..

6months. In i noticed a good bit of improvement but this was from trying everything. Walks , therapy , different meds. Etc etc.
7 months in i eventually was like u know what swim would try M and i had a decent breakthrough..

If you check my previous post . You can see the dangers off those substances..

I still deal with derealization which has just changed my mentality and i need to find a way to change it to a more positive one but its like damn theirs no end to this ish. I mean im doing things that i am a shamed of smh. But you just wanna feel emotion and i totally understand the anhedonia ... You feel empty and emotionless . Not sad or happy or upset or bored .. Literally empty...
That feeling for the most part gone away but thier are times when it can creep up but its no where as bad as before... You have to literally just keep thinking about the future, even tho you may not do anything productive become that. Keep your mind strong and dont give up.
Im still not out of the thick of things but i at least see a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel. If you have any questions send me a pm. I can talk about this experience for days.

hey how many months have it been for you? -

heard one year's the marker. i can somewhat relate to your current recovery timeline.

 

[Kyliepsychic]

I had my last shot of invega 25mg 7 weeks ago. Can anyone tell me when I am likely to have a sex drive again, lose weight and feel normal. I still feel very much affected by this drug. I am tired, lethargic and nothing seems pleasurable

 

[Symbolicone09]

hey how many months have it been for you? -

heard one year's the marker. i can somewhat relate to your current recovery timeline.

Yea i have reached the one year mark. The main thing that im thankful for is not having anhedonia.. The derealization still exist but i can at least live with it.