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Mental Health Coming Off Invega Sustenna (Paliperidone) v.2

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Gdvffh said:
Given how these drugs have all these horrible effects to me it seems the benefits don't outweigh the risk. Maybe it helps a few people, but does anyone honestly need psychiatric drugs? Can't these ppl get better without these drugs? Like if your depressed, your depressed for a reason, low amount of friends, no girlfriend, death in a family. There is a reason your depressed, it may not be a good feeling to feel depressed buy if your feelings depressed your body is telling you to do something about it. Drugs are not the answer, if someone is depressed and is smoking weed to cope we look at them negatively. Yet of taking an antidepressant its like. Good for them, there doing something to help them. Taking a drug is t working to help yourself. It's the quick and easy way out

Psychiatry is a scam, they create all these "mental illnesses" like add, and ADHD, and all those symptoms is are ppl that are hyperactive or something along that nature. How is that a mental illness? Then we give them these drugs claiming it will make them better, yet I don't know if it does. Like sure it probably "calms them down", aka, slows down there brain and cognitive ability, but that only helps the teacher who is pissed off at having a hyperactive student as opposed to helping the kid themself. Did the ADD kid ever think he had a mental illness? No he and his parents just pushed it on the parents because there annoyed, also the school gets money when there students are on these meds, cause it's considered they have a disability. Talk about conflict of interest! The fact that all you guys were given this invega shot for many different reasons supports the fact they just want u on a drug and not that there curing a particular illness. How come there giving this same drug to a person has anxiety, was experiencing psychosis or was being violent. You don't give the same medicine for completely different illnesses, whats up with that? Also, do you notice all these symptoms were displaying are not even listed as side effects of the medication yet we have experienced it? Why is that? How does that make any sense.
All I can say is, taking this antipsychotic drug was the BIGGEST mistake of my life. I didn't even want the drug, I saw a psych he asksd if I ant prescription and I told him I dont want medication. I come again and he bothers me again about same thing. Which this time I decided to take. Also lets not forget that he lied about how the drug works to me, and he lied hez giving me a small dose, and he also said my condition will get worse if I don't take it. Even though I repeatedly told him I am gettibg better with time. I just need to lay off the weed. However the psychiatrist number one priority is not to do what is best for me, it is to get me on a drug. While I was on it he didn't even monitor me asking about side effects on it or anything, I was telling him im experiencing side effects and he just brushed it off and told me to keep taking it. Besides that he was turning my parents against me telling me I HAVE to take the drug. The guy also wanted me to take for 6 months even though I wasn't experiencing psychosis anymore, which makes absolutely no sense to me.
Seriously, I just think the world would be a better place without psychiatry as a profession existing.
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The last thing I want to do is get into an argument on here. You're entitled to your opinion and I respect that. However, I do not think I would have came out of my mania if not for the use of antipsychotics. Taking them orally for a couple days got rid of my psychosis and then when I came off them I returned to baseline within a day or two. Long-lasting shots like Invega are fucked up, but I think oral antipsychotics have a time and place. Again, that's just my opinion.

But to say there are no such things as mental illnesses is a bit disrespectful to the people who genuinely suffer from them. And believe me, living out in Pittsburgh I met people who had schizophrenia and were NOT medicated for it. The results were not pretty. Envision a black guy walking down the street EVERY day, arguing with himself saying things like, "Respect this shit N*gga. N*gga you better respect me." He constantly said this kind of stuff to people who weren't there. I worked with this guys brother and it devastated the family because they could not afford any treatments. Thus, he continued to live his life in a constant delusionary psychosis.

I understand you are upset about the Invega. We all are. Trust me, I have dealt with borderline suicidality for the last 9 months because of it. However, there are such things as neurological imbalances that cause things like Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Major Depressive Disorder, etc..

This thread used to be helpful because people would talk about their progress and what they are trying to do to get better. People would offer each other advice and support. Now it's just turning into an anti-med/anti-psychiatry thread that doesn't think there are such things as mental illnesses? I won't keep wasting my time trying to post updates on my recovery and do my best to give people some hope if people like you are going to take personal digs at me and say things like Bipolar and ADHD are some fabricated illnesses that don't need treatment. If you encountered me when I was having my manic episode I bet it would have changed your opinion.
 
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I received an email saying that you sent me a message but my inbox was full. I cleared out my inbox so if you want to send the message again then you can. I really wish they let you carry more than 5 messages even before you reach 50 posts.
 
Koz26 said:
The last thing I want to do is get into an argument on here. You're entitled to your opinion and I respect that. However, I do not think I would have came out of my mania if not for the use of antipsychotics. Taking them orally for a couple days got rid of my psychosis and then when I came off them I returned to baseline within a day or two. Long-lasting shots like Invega are fucked up, but I think oral antipsychotics have a time and place. Again, that's just my opinion.

But to say there are no such things as mental illnesses is a bit disrespectful to the people who genuinely suffer from them. And believe me, living out in Pittsburgh I met people who had schizophrenia and were NOT medicated for it. The results were not pretty. Envision a black guy walking down the street EVERY day, arguing with himself saying things like, "Respect this shit N*gga. N*gga you better respect me." He constantly said this kind of stuff to people who weren't there. I worked with this guys brother and it devastated the family because they could not afford any treatments. Thus, he continued to live his life in a constant delusionary psychosis.

I understand you are upset about the Invega. We all are. Trust me, I have dealt with borderline suicidality for the last 9 months because of it. However, there are such things as neurological imbalances that cause things like Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Major Depressive Disorder, etc..

This thread used to be helpful because people would talk about their progress and what they are trying to do to get better. People would offer each other advice and support. Now it's just turning into an anti-med/anti-psychiatry thread that doesn't think there are such things as mental illnesses? I won't keep wasting my time trying to post updates on my recovery and do my best to give people some hope if people like you are going to take personal digs at me and say things like Bipolar and ADHD are some fabricated illnesses that don't need treatment. If you encountered me when I was having my manic episode I bet it would have changed your opinion.
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Something I find interesting is that you were on oral meds for a few days and it got rid of your psychosis. I was on it for 5 weeks and I didn't notice the meds helping with the psychosis at all, it just gave me side effects and yet I was stupid enough to keep taking them. When you took risperidone for 2 weeks what side effects were u experiencing? We're u having anxiety attacks? Also why were you on those 2 meds for only 2 weeks. Didn't your psych pressure u 2 be on longer?
 
All these experiences can't just be coincidences, but surely more people would have joined this thread by now. There must be thousands of people prescribed Invega sustenna if not more why have not more people joined.
 
Yes, after about a year and a half i had a sex drive and its continuing.

I take b1,b6,b12,d,c,e,flaxseed oil and milk thistle. Along with 1 hr of ces a day at max level.

You should all be finding alternative ways to remove the toxin.
 
Aiden21 said:
Yes, after about a year and a half i had a sex drive and its continuing.

I take b1,b6,b12,d,c,e,flaxseed oil and milk thistle. Along with 1 hr of ces a day at max level.

You should all be finding alternative ways to remove the toxin.
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Aiden did you have loss of emotion and loss of cognitive ability and u regained it?
 
I was forced to take this toxin for 5 months. I'm coming off in 6 days. Thank god I'll be rid of this cancerous drug. I hope that I don't get any withdrawal symptoms. Most people I know haven't gotten any, I don't want any either.
 
I got the results of my brain mapping. The doc showed me that most of my brain is hyper and hypofunctioning, and that my brain is acting the same, when I'm awake, as though I'm sleeping. So the invega basically put me in a dream state. It showed that none of the areas of my brain are communicating or connected, and that's why I feel like a zombie.

So, in addition to the alpha stim (CES), two times a day now, I'm doing neuro feedback training 3 times a week, for 8 weeks. This is how that works. After I put on the electrode helmet and get gelled up, they put on Netflix. The helmet sends data of my brain activity to the computer. Whenever the TV screen dims, it means my brain is either hyper or hypo functioning, and it corrects itself. Then the screen undims and makes a tone. It goes back and forth for a while, dim and undim, until it's mostly making the tone. Then he adjusts it, to challenge my brain further. Eventually, this technique is supposed to make my brain function normally again, and in turn make me feel better.

I'm skeptical about it because I'm sure there's still invega in my system. And I'm not sure anything will change how I'm feeling until it's all gone. But supposedly my brain is responding to the treatment. Only time will tell.
 
NotAPsycho said:
I got the results of my brain mapping. The doc showed me that most of my brain is hyper and hypofunctioning, and that my brain is acting the same, when I'm awake, as though I'm sleeping. So the invega basically put me in a dream state. It showed that none of the areas of my brain are communicating or connected, and that's why I feel like a zombie.

So, in addition to the alpha stim (CES), two times a day now, I'm doing neuro feedback training 3 times a week, for 8 weeks. This is how that works. After I put on the electrode helmet and get gelled up, they put on Netflix. The helmet sends data of my brain activity to the computer. Whenever the TV screen dims, it means my brain is either hyper or hypo functioning, and it corrects itself. Then the screen undims and makes a tone. It goes back and forth for a while, dim and undim, until it's mostly making the tone. Then he adjusts it, to challenge my brain further. Eventually, this technique is supposed to make my brain function normally again, and in turn make me feel better.

I'm skeptical about it because I'm sure there's still invega in my system. And I'm not sure anything will change how I'm feeling until it's all gone. But supposedly my brain is responding to the treatment. Only time will tell.
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You're still lucky man. One shot of invega is nothing. Try getting 6 shots. That's what happened to me and I don't think that I'll ever be the same person again. I'm coming off this month wish me all the best.
 
AbleArcher83 said:
You're still lucky man. One shot of invega is nothing. Try getting 6 shots. That's what happened to me and I don't think that I'll ever be the same person again. I'm coming off this month wish me all the best.
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Well, you may actually be better off since you got 50mg shots spaced out. Instead, I got one big overdose of 239mg. I hope you won't suffer much. Best wishes. And I hope doctors realize they are swamping people with poison and at least start lowering the doses, if not rid of it completely. Maybe that's why no one new has joined the thread.
 
NotAPsycho said:
Well, you may actually be better off since you got 50mg shots spaced out. Instead, I got one big overdose of 239mg. I hope you won't suffer much. Best wishes. And I hope doctors realize they are swamping people with poison and at least start lowering the doses, if not rid of it completely. Maybe that's why no one new has joined the thread.
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No, I got 239, then 8 days later I got 176, then I got 78 (50 ml) for four consecutive months. I know how it feels bro. Honestly, you are lucky... One shot is nothing.
 
Gdvffh said:
Something I find interesting is that you were on oral meds for a few days and it got rid of your psychosis. I was on it for 5 weeks and I didn't notice the meds helping with the psychosis at all, it just gave me side effects and yet I was stupid enough to keep taking them. When you took risperidone for 2 weeks what side effects were u experiencing? We're u having anxiety attacks? Also why were you on those 2 meds for only 2 weeks. Didn't your psych pressure u 2 be on longer?
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Well my family doc switched up the meds that my psychiatrist had prescribed. That's why I was only on Abilify for two weeks. As for the risperidone, I just stopped taking that when I got out of the hospital. But then in like two weeks I had another manic episode. Basically, I just needed to be on an oral antipsychotic to get rid of my psychosis until my mood stabilizer was at a therapeutic level. So, depending on what mood stabilizer you're titrating up on helps determine how long your doc wants you on the oral APs.
 
NotAPsycho said:
I got the results of my brain mapping. The doc showed me that most of my brain is hyper and hypofunctioning, and that my brain is acting the same, when I'm awake, as though I'm sleeping. So the invega basically put me in a dream state. It showed that none of the areas of my brain are communicating or connected, and that's why I feel like a zombie.

So, in addition to the alpha stim (CES), two times a day now, I'm doing neuro feedback training 3 times a week, for 8 weeks. This is how that works. After I put on the electrode helmet and get gelled up, they put on Netflix. The helmet sends data of my brain activity to the computer. Whenever the TV screen dims, it means my brain is either hyper or hypo functioning, and it corrects itself. Then the screen undims and makes a tone. It goes back and forth for a while, dim and undim, until it's mostly making the tone. Then he adjusts it, to challenge my brain further. Eventually, this technique is supposed to make my brain function normally again, and in turn make me feel better.

I'm skeptical about it because I'm sure there's still invega in my system. And I'm not sure anything will change how I'm feeling until it's all gone. But supposedly my brain is responding to the treatment. Only time will tell.
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Wow, I'm scheduling an appointment to see a Neurologist asap.
 
Koz26 said:
Wow, I'm scheduling an appointment to see a Neurologist asap.
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It wasn't a neurologist. It was a private practice in lynchburg VA called advanced psycho therapeutics. I gave up on trying to get a doctor to refer me to a neurologist and found them. I'm sure you can find somewhere that does it by doing some searching and calling around. :)
 
AbleArcher83 said:
No, I got 239, then 8 days later I got 176, then I got 78 (50 ml) for four consecutive months. I know how it feels bro. Honestly, you are lucky... One shot is nothing.
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Oh ok, I must have been thinking of someone else. But there is still hope. Do not falter. I can't say I feel lucky though, 6 months out. I do feel slight improvements though, in being able to force myself to do things. Even if it is just walking, or changing clothes.. it's something
 
It's crazy to me to still feel this bad after 6 months. Crying spells, crying all the time. Horrible chills and nausea. Do some or many people really like never get better? Or it takes like a year and a half or 2 years or more than 2 years?? This is unreal and criminal.
 
I've had crying spells too, it's been over 4 months since my last injection. I think everyday when I wake up "is this it?" It's horrible
 
Checking in its been 9 months my libido has return my emotions are getting better my sleep has improved my energy has improved along with my motivation my thyriod has started working again so i have lost 5# constipation has lifted. At 6 to 8 month seemed to be real hard for me every 2 weeks I would have real bad depression and the feeling like I would never get better but I would just tell my self that I would get better and keep pushing through it but believe me it was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.From my experience with this injection the people that say it takes 300 days to clear from your system are correct so it really just a waiting game of pure hell with no emotion beside depression and the feelings of being trapped in a zombie state of mind.The mad scientist that made this shit wasn't playing around it kills your testorone raise your prolactin stops your thyriod from working so you will get constipated and have joint pain real bad blocks all of your dopamine so you cant experience any emotions or reward feeling make you gain weight give you toothaches kills your energy motivation and confidence you will not have a back bone any more.the withdrawal from the injection kicked my ass and i was a very stong athlete so just keep fighting we can beat this! I feel about 97% better. There is hope and you will get better. I took natural vitamins and no other antipsychotics.i had to injection 236mg and 156mg
 
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