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

[Invegasucks]

@ Invega Sucks How long you been off it and how much did you get dude, thats the first step to establishing where your at in recovery. 2 months is unbearable and Im at 4 months next week and I gotta say it has gotten much better, the time table seems to be that by about 6-8 months you should be decent and by 12-16 months you should be almost fully functional and by months 18-24 unless you were on high doses for years... you should be feeling pretty much back to normal... I mean how good we feel is gonna be how well we adjust our expectations moving forward from this experience... you just kinda have to accept that your gonna b a little limited for a while I mean i had that same emptiness for like 2 months but by month 3 that went away for me.. you can't be taking any other antipsychotics or anything like that just get your self clean and eat a clean healthy diet and start exercising.. were here for you brother its all good

I have been off all drugs for about four months now with no impovement.

 

[unexpected175]

@ Koz26 Köszi is how you say thank you in Hungarian, so i actually thought there was a chance you might be Hungarian.. but yeh man its great to hear that your able to train again with MMA with moderate to rigorous intensity 6 days a week only 9-10 months off this stuff... you take any pre workout or you good man? and who knows maybe you have some Hungarian in you man they're really good at weightlifting swimming and water polo .. I mean my dad is 3/4 so I'm barely Half but yeh I see your point, this stuff is gonna be disappointing for anyone regardless of their ethnic background..

But to be honest with you guys even though its a bit of a shot to the ego, I really feel like there's still some girls out there who this is satisfactory.. like yeh I definitely have less options now but A. I think its gonna come back (most of it) based on all these success stories and B. I Honestly now have options available to me that were previously unavailable (if that makes sense) and at month 4 I can tell you guys that it gets easier to last longer. I remember in the first couple of months maybe 3 months I was lasting for like 5-10 minutes now I can last like 20-30 minutes like I used too. it does get better guys, theres so many dudes on here saying that it gets better....

and the best part.. even if it hasn't improved much in terms of physically, the mental state of it has surely improved like the level of arousal and euphoria that i felt was so much more in comparison to what i felt these last 3 and a half months, that means things are getting better and they are going to continue getting better.. I always remain optimistic and I hope you boys do the same.. message me on here if you have any questions or need any inspiration

 

[unexpected175]

ok Invegasucks (I love that name) don't panic even though i feel like Ive improved i still feel like i have a long way to go, I mean to be honest its just that extra bit of stamina and endurance and blood flow and the sexual dysfunction but both are connected to blood flow and adrenal glands and I feel like the invega is blocking it still but it'll go away.

Check it man do you have like stiffness in your muscles like they feel extra heavy.. like if you used to dumbbell press 30 lbs now you have to press 15 lbs? I FEEEL THAT BROTHER!!! that was the worst and it comes back somedays for me still but i push myself.. Tennis and Kickboxing have really helped me... I'd buy a pair of gloves and get a heavy bag....

get your dr to prescribe adderal or concerta or get some pre workout and use it 2 or 3 days a week only so you don't become dependent on it and so it doesn't lose its effect and so your proc doesn't think your selling it....AT LEAST try to get like 25-26 minutes and then stretch and do yoga and as many sit-ups push ups and pull-ups as you can, do legs too make sure you detox your whole body the key is sweat... yoga and specifically hot yoga is the best for that,, just meditate and enjoy the yoga it'll free your mind and breath into the tight spots when your exercising or doing yoga. ummm healthy foods and multivitamin are really helpful magnesium helps with the constipation so that you excrete waste and regulate your system and don't store any extra unwanted or unneeded fat.. Ummmm... the key man is just to stay positive.... go be with your friends man.. go back to school this fall man just take 1 or 2 classes... easy classes just for credit... get sunshine... read the bible... and don't be too harsh on yourself...

The most important thing you can do is change the channel in your head

 

[Invegasucks]

@ Invega Sucks How long you been off it and how much did you get dude, thats the first step to establishing where your at in recovery. 2 months is unbearable and Im at 4 months next week and I gotta say it has gotten much better, the time table seems to be that by about 6-8 months you should be decent and by 12-16 months you should be almost fully functional and by months 18-24 unless you were on high doses for years... you should be feeling pretty much back to normal... I mean how good we feel is gonna be how well we adjust our expectations moving forward from this experience... you just kinda have to accept that your gonna b a little limited for a while I mean i had that same emptiness for like 2 months but by month 3 that went away for me.. you can't be taking any other antipsychotics or anything like that just get your self clean and eat a clean healthy diet and start exercising.. were here for you brother its all good

ok Invegasucks (I love that name) don't panic even though i feel like Ive improved i still feel like i have a long way to go, I mean to be honest its just that extra bit of stamina and endurance and blood flow and the sexual dysfunction but both are connected to blood flow and adrenal glands and I feel like the invega is blocking it still but it'll go away.

Check it man do you have like stiffness in your muscles like they feel extra heavy.. like if you used to dumbbell press 30 lbs now you have to press 15 lbs? I FEEEL THAT BROTHER!!! that was the worst and it comes back somedays for me still but i push myself.. Tennis and Kickboxing have really helped me... I'd buy a pair of gloves and get a heavy bag....

get your dr to prescribe adderal or concerta or get some pre workout and use it 2 or 3 days a week only so you don't become dependent on it and so it doesn't lose its effect and so your proc doesn't think your selling it....AT LEAST try to get like 25-26 minutes and then stretch and do yoga and as many sit-ups push ups and pull-ups as you can, do legs too make sure you detox your whole body the key is sweat... yoga and specifically hot yoga is the best for that,, just meditate and enjoy the yoga it'll free your mind and breath into the tight spots when your exercising or doing yoga. ummm healthy foods and multivitamin are really helpful magnesium helps with the constipation so that you excrete waste and regulate your system and don't store any extra unwanted or unneeded fat.. Ummmm... the key man is just to stay positive.... go be with your friends man.. go back to school this fall man just take 1 or 2 classes... easy classes just for credit... get sunshine... read the bible... and don't be too harsh on yourself...

The most important thing you can do is change the channel in your head

Thanks for the encouragement man! I will definitely do what you suggested and maintain a healthy life style I really see no other options to help get rid of this poison. And I do feel weaker, like i have 10 percent of the strength that I used to have.. Granted I haven't been able to work out like i used to..I just know that I have never felt this weak before in my life and I am only 26..I feel like i am a 80 year old man physically it's crazy. This drug literally has paralyzed my mind and my entire body I feel like.

 

[unexpected175]

No dude its completely understandable.. I told my P-Doc who I have a great relationship with (the one who got me on the shot was a bad guy but its in the past so I have just decided to move past it) the exact same thing, that I literally feel aged by like 20 years.. I too am also 26 (until next friday!) but yeh man just keep exercising and sweating and reading and keeping your mind active, it'll help time go by faster and it'll help your recovery psychologically.

the best thing i can say is that after only 15 short weeks (given people have said it takes roughly 40-50 weeks) the mental part of arousal seems to have come back a little bit, like if i have a glass of wine, it can bring out my emotions and make me shed a tear if see an emotional movie. But be cautioned only have one or 2 glasses of wine a month, same thing for smoking joints, try and limit those things to once or twice a month.

Your brain is resetting itself and its dopamergenic properties right now, you wanna go easy on your brain and not party too hard right now and just rest and sweat (plus whats the point if we can't feel it anyway) and ABSOULTELY no hard drugs ( I mean I've heard guys say ohh i took shrooms and i felt better, that sounds like bullshit but if you are gonna do it at least wait a year until your off this shot to do it so you can at least feel it) In any event, its friday I'm gonna go watch a movie and sleep in tomorrow and not have too much food before i go 2 bed because I know thats how I'll pack on the pounds... good luck everybody if your 3.5- 4 months in the worst is behind you, its only gonna get better.

 

[Gdvffh]

Hi unexpected, can yo tell us more about your storyy? Me you.amd koz seems to have been in similar states in the sense that we were all exercising weightlessly. I too was working out 5 days of the week and keeping extremely busy all the time. It seems to me that psychosis might be a result of over exerting out brains too much which causes this to happen. Were you taking any drugs b4 this happened, legal or illegal?

 

[Koz26]

@ Koz26 Köszi is how you say thank you in Hungarian, so i actually thought there was a chance you might be Hungarian.. but yeh man its great to hear that your able to train again with MMA with moderate to rigorous intensity 6 days a week only 9-10 months off this stuff... you take any pre workout or you good man? and who knows maybe you have some Hungarian in you man they're really good at weightlifting swimming and water polo .. I mean my dad is 3/4 so I'm barely Half but yeh I see your point, this stuff is gonna be disappointing for anyone regardless of their ethnic background..

But to be honest with you guys even though its a bit of a shot to the ego, I really feel like there's still some girls out there who this is satisfactory.. like yeh I definitely have less options now but A. I think its gonna come back (most of it) based on all these success stories and B. I Honestly now have options available to me that were previously unavailable (if that makes sense) and at month 4 I can tell you guys that it gets easier to last longer. I remember in the first couple of months maybe 3 months I was lasting for like 5-10 minutes now I can last like 20-30 minutes like I used too. it does get better guys, theres so many dudes on here saying that it gets better....

and the best part.. even if it hasn't improved much in terms of physically, the mental state of it has surely improved like the level of arousal and euphoria that i felt was so much more in comparison to what i felt these last 3 and a half months, that means things are getting better and they are going to continue getting better.. I always remain optimistic and I hope you boys do the same.. message me on here if you have any questions or need any inspiration

Well, in the interest of full disclosure and to avoid misleading anyone, a 6week cycle of dbol and MT aided "my friend" in his ability to get back to training after coming off Invega Sustenna. He started the cycle around month 8 and it finishes up tomorrow. He told me that dianabol has dopaminergic effects which helped elevate mood and induce a slight euphoria that made training intensely much easier. He trained on his own during this time so that he could avoid hitting anybody in the face while using steroids but still be able to get back in shape.

As for me, I began creatine loading a few days ago to assist in training. Hopefully the improved strength/endurance/recovery/muscle pumps that creatine offers will be able to increase motivation and workout effectiveness. We'll see how it goes. I'm going to start supplementing beta alanine as well next week.

 

[Gdvffh]

Hi koz , did everyone think you were the shit? Like were u really smart and ppl thought u incredible? I think there may be a connection between intelligence and psychosis. Like we over exerted our brain so much which causes the psychosis

 

[Koz26]

Hi koz , did everyone think you were the shit? Like were u really smart and ppl thought u incredible? I think there may be a connection between intelligence and psychosis. Like we over exerted our brain so much which causes the psychosis

I thought I was on a secret green beret mission to rescue my deceased best friend from a bunch of gangsters in Pittsburgh. Idk if other people thought I was the shit, but I certainly felt invincible. I had insane amounts of energy and could literally exercise all day and all night long without getting tired. It was pretty wild. Most intense feelings and emotions that I've ever experienced in my entire life.

If only I didn't get delusional and have hallucinations while in my manic states then I would most likely refuse to take medications. I never knew life could feel as beautiful as it did when I was in the early stages of my manic episodes. Sadly, as the episodes progress and I get deeper and deeper into my manic state, I become more delusional and start seeing visual hallucinations. So it starts out super amazing and life seems profoundly beautiful, but within a few days I start to spiral out of control... :/

What makes you think there is a connection between intelligence and psychosis? And what type of connection? It's an interesting thought. I mean I'm no rocket scientist. I don't think I'm dumb by any means either...but I don't think I'm so smart that my extremely high level of intelligence leads me into a psychotic state of mind.

 

[Invegis]

Hello guys, I have posted here last year around july, you can check this very post, I wanted to give everyone an update on my situation so that my intervention can be as helpful as possible, since these forums provided me with assistance, I think it's time i returned the favour.

Invega Sustenna *will* come out of your system and you *will* become normal again if you stop taking it, although it is not advisable to stop taking it if it has been prescribed in the first place, if you feel your quality of life is too low, my advise (as a simple fellow forum user) is to talk to your doctor about it to see if another brand/molecule can be used instead, or another dosage, but always leave the last word to your doctor.

I have stopped taking Invega Sustenna because my quality of life was too low, I believe it was a mistake and last month I have suffered another psychotic episode (4th). So weight the pros and cons of the treatment and the risk of the illness itself. Of course, if you are convinced that you are not ill in the first place, like I was, know that a *lot* of us believe that we are not sick, and that it is part of the sickness to believe that you are in fact medicated without reason. That is, again, just the opinion of a fellow patient, I am not a doctor nor a scientist of any kind please remember.

About using weed after a psychotic break, I suggest you *not* to do this, as I believe It has contributed to the return of a psychotic episode. Of course, you will always do as you will, if this post doesn't give you the answer you want to read, you will just read another one from this same page telling you the opposite, I know because that's what I did, I believe some people could be fine smoking (or otherwise consuming) cannabis after a psychotic episode. I just know I was not, so I share my experience neutrally.

God knows I loved smoking weed and was its biggest public defender (with the hemp theory, 50ies propaganda etc...) it's just that all of that might be true, but if you are in a similar situation as mine, I suggest to think of it as a toxic poison, hard switch to make, i know, but a necessary one if you want self-preservation.

Thank you all for all of your feedback (the people that I read back in 2015) it was all very interesting, in the end, I did what I wanted, I hope my message will be able to help some people, so that they are greater than I and do what they should rather than what they want to read, only.

Godspeed.

 

[Joey2358]

Hello guys, I have posted here last year around july, you can check this very post, I wanted to give everyone an update on my situation so that my intervention can be as helpful as possible, since these forums provided me with assistance, I think it's time i returned the favour.

Invega Sustenna *will* come out of your system and you *will* become normal again if you stop taking it, although it is not advisable to stop taking it if it has been prescribed in the first place, if you feel your quality of life is too low, my advise (as a simple fellow forum user) is to talk to your doctor about it to see if another brand/molecule can be used instead, or another dosage, but always leave the last word to your doctor.

I have stopped taking Invega Sustenna because my quality of life was too low, I believe it was a mistake and last month I have suffered another psychotic episode (4th). So weight the pros and cons of the treatment and the risk of the illness itself. Of course, if you are convinced that you are not ill in the first place, like I was, know that a *lot* of us believe that we are not sick, and that it is part of the sickness to believe that you are in fact medicated without reason. That is, again, just the opinion of a fellow patient, I am not a doctor nor a scientist of any kind please remember.

About using weed after a psychotic break, I suggest you *not* to do this, as I believe It has contributed to the return of a psychotic episode. Of course, you will always do as you will, if this post doesn't give you the answer you want to read, you will just read another one from this same page telling you the opposite, I know because that's what I did, I believe some people could be fine smoking (or otherwise consuming) cannabis after a psychotic episode. I just know I was not, so I share my experience neutrally.

God knows I loved smoking weed and was its biggest public defender (with the hemp theory, 50ies propaganda etc...) it's just that all of that might be true, but if you are in a similar situation as mine, I suggest to think of it as a toxic poison, hard switch to make, i know, but a necessary one if you want self-preservation.

Thank you all for all of your feedback (the people that I read back in 2015) it was all very interesting, in the end, I did what I wanted, I hope my message will be able to help some people, so that they are greater than I and do what they should rather than what they want to read, only.

Godspeed.

Hey Invegis did you recover your sex drive? Is your libido back to normal? Are you able to discharge as much sperm as you used to? Can you exercise? It's been 4 months since my last injection and I still feel no improvement. Some guy on YouTube hasn't recovered in 3 years. Aiden 2 years and Tina 1 year. How long have you been off it?

 

[Invegis]

Hey Invegis did you recover your sex drive? Is your libido back to normal? Are you able to discharge as much sperm as you used to? Can you exercise? It's been 4 months since my last injection and I still feel no improvement. Some guy on YouTube hasn't recovered in 3 years. Aiden 2 years and Tina 1 year. How long have you been off it?

Hello, my sex drive is normal, for the sperm i think so, yes. I don't exercise, but I usually don't anyway, I believe I would be able to If i wanted to. 4 months is a short time for such a product, I think you should bet on 6-9 months, then again I only had 4 injections (or 3, i don't remember) just remember it's temporary, as soon as you stabilise your dosage, find a better (subjectively) anti-psychotic for you with the help of your doctor, you should recover from a lot of negative effects.

I am currently taking paliperidone in pill form, but i don't feel any bad effects, side effects or main effects, my dosage is 9mg per day, going for 6mg next week, aiming ultimately for 3mg/day a few weeks, months down the road, by my doctor's words, and keeping this as a maintenance along with depakene (depakote, i believe?).

So keep your hopes up, you are probably just going through a bad stage of your life, but everything is ever-changing, everything is temporary, so don't get stuck on the idea that it is "permanent", i know i used to obsess a lot about that back when I wrote my first posts here, the important thing is to get a good family support if you can, also friends support, not fake friends but real ones (like 1 or 2).

If you start denying your condition to take no meds, believe me that i understand you, but that road doesn't lead anywhere good. Good luck in all of your endeavours, cheer up, things can and will get better, be positive about it, it costs the same as being negative and gives you more energy.

You will always find horror stories (not recovering after 2-3 years, permanent damage) on any forum of any discipline you can imagine, even if you went to a Tenis forum you would find someone suffering from permanent wrist injury, that's just life, don't give up and believe in the best, that's my advise.

 

[Koz26]

Hello guys, I have posted here last year around july, you can check this very post, I wanted to give everyone an update on my situation so that my intervention can be as helpful as possible, since these forums provided me with assistance, I think it's time i returned the favour.

Invega Sustenna *will* come out of your system and you *will* become normal again if you stop taking it, although it is not advisable to stop taking it if it has been prescribed in the first place, if you feel your quality of life is too low, my advise (as a simple fellow forum user) is to talk to your doctor about it to see if another brand/molecule can be used instead, or another dosage, but always leave the last word to your doctor.

I have stopped taking Invega Sustenna because my quality of life was too low, I believe it was a mistake and last month I have suffered another psychotic episode (4th). So weight the pros and cons of the treatment and the risk of the illness itself. Of course, if you are convinced that you are not ill in the first place, like I was, know that a *lot* of us believe that we are not sick, and that it is part of the sickness to believe that you are in fact medicated without reason. That is, again, just the opinion of a fellow patient, I am not a doctor nor a scientist of any kind please remember.

About using weed after a psychotic break, I suggest you *not* to do this, as I believe It has contributed to the return of a psychotic episode. Of course, you will always do as you will, if this post doesn't give you the answer you want to read, you will just read another one from this same page telling you the opposite, I know because that's what I did, I believe some people could be fine smoking (or otherwise consuming) cannabis after a psychotic episode. I just know I was not, so I share my experience neutrally.

God knows I loved smoking weed and was its biggest public defender (with the hemp theory, 50ies propaganda etc...) it's just that all of that might be true, but if you are in a similar situation as mine, I suggest to think of it as a toxic poison, hard switch to make, i know, but a necessary one if you want self-preservation.

Thank you all for all of your feedback (the people that I read back in 2015) it was all very interesting, in the end, I did what I wanted, I hope my message will be able to help some people, so that they are greater than I and do what they should rather than what they want to read, only.

Godspeed.

I want you to know how important it is to me personally that you posted this. So before I go any further, I just want to say thanks!

The reason your input in your last post is so important to me is that I spent a long time looking for any type of research, empirical or anecdotal, which stated that someone experienced another psychosis after stopping Invega Sustenna. I wasn't able to find any before your last post...

Because I had previously been unable to find any research stating that someone experienced another psychosis after stopping the use of Invega Sustenna, I decided to taper off my mood stabilizer Lamictal. I was put on Lamictal when I stopped receiving the Invega shots.

I was on a 200mg daily dose of Lamictal for roughly 6-8 months. I don't remember exactly when I first started it. Anyways, I tapered off of my 200mg dose of Lamictal over the course of 6 weeks without my doctors approval. This was a big risk for me and something I discussed with my parents first, because I currently am living with them. To taper, I dropped from 200mg to 150mg for 1 week, then decreased my dose by 25mg every week until I was completely off.

I have now been off of Lamictal and have not been taking any antipsychotics or mood stabilizers for my Bipolar for about a month. So far I have not experienced any symptoms of psychosis, which makes me feel as though maybe the Invega Sustenna caused some type of permanent neurological changes in my brain which now prevents me from becoming psychotic again...regardless of if I'm on any Bipolar medications. This is because I have experienced 4 separate manic episodes, and they always flare up within just a few days of when I stop taking medications for Bipolar. So, up to this point I felt as though maybe I would never need to be on a mood stabilizer again...

However, after reading about how you experienced another psychosis after stopping the use of Invega Sustenna, I am thinking about going back on the Lamictal because another manic or depressive bipolar episode could seriously f**k up my life. The most recent manic episode caused me to quit my job, drop out of school and stop training martial arts. It's been about a year since then and I still haven't been able to get back to work or school (mainly cause of what the Invega shot did to me).

But I have a couple questions if you don't mind answering them...

1) How long were you on Invega Sustenna injections (not the pills)?

2) How long after discontinuing your use of Invega Sustenna did you experience another psychotic episode?

and lastly...

3) Were you on any other medications at the time this psychosis occurred?

*****I really hope to hear back from you and I'm sorry you had to go through another traumatic psychosis *****

 

[unexpected175]

GDVFFH.. what about my story are you interested in ... I am an open book man... i definitely think you bring up a good question of "did we ever think we were the shit" I really feel like thats the condition that the doctor's are trying to "treat", you know in terms of our so called "personality disorder". Because i had a MILD Manic episode (i wouldn't even call it an episode) I had a temporary cannabis induced psychosis.. which would have definitely ceased with sobriety and it did after 3 months in a sober living house with a bunch of other guys getting their lives in order, I was compliant i took my meds... and i definitely noticed the side effects from the pills but they were mild and manageable.

In any event.. they said that by a person thinking there the shit.. not sleeping... being hypersexual... having a high opinion of themselves and "irrational speech pattern" is a manic episode and I just think A. thats subjective as fuck and B. thus, makes it a weak ass argument and illegitimate justification for Doc's to prescribe this shit.. to, if not even make money to see how it effects people cuz they just wanna know and they wanna hypothesize and figure out what this shit will do to people (because there are definitely other avenues to exhaust when trying to treat a manic episode such as counseling and yoga mediation and sobriety)....

I found this shit on Jailmeds.com along with other antipsychotics.... this stuff is meant to be used as an ABSOLUTE LAST RESORT on people in the ward who are attacking the staff or jailed inmates who are out of control starting fights... and i personally believe some evil scientists for big pharma wanna test it out on as many people as humanely possible to A. Maximize profit. and B. Observe side effects and why not start and go after the hyper sexual, the egotistical or the vain, or someone who is namely perceived as those things because its viewed as "well fuck it, its karma," and it's these douchebag scientists who are so void of a soul trying to play god and change people's nature that they don't even realize the catastrophic harm there doing to so many peoples lives... In any event i digress and will mention that the pills as other members and I have discussed are more than sufficient and actually a decent drug.. the shot however, is an excessive and unnecessary measure.. period

I mean I actually had my first morning of non-runny sperm this morning at like 11:00 (3Months 3 weeks and 3 days to be exact) So i know things are continually improving... so I'm gonna stay positive...ask me any questions if you have any for me, I would love to help you out in any way that I can as we are all going through the same thing in this difficult time

And I like what Invegis said about using marijuana... marijuana use is 99.9% guaranteed to be responsible for another psychotic episode I agree with that so strongly I can't even put it into words.. seriously almost ruined my life man... not saying it'll do that for everyone but if your on this forum.. theres a chance you could have been over using cannabis, and that its probably something you should reconsider looking ahead and forward into the future.

 

[unexpected175]

And not all medicine is bad, my depakote has worked WONDERS for me... its helped level out my mood so much.. and the same doctor who got me on invega sustenna took me off my depakote and I think thats what made matter worse.. although i seriously LOATHE Invega, Im much better mentally back on my depakote... In any event as long as your not on any other anti psychotics... I would 100% listen to the doctor.. especially if its someone that you have good established trust and connection with... and you feel like he or she cares about you... good luck every one...

 

[Invegis]

1) How long were you on Invega Sustenna injections (not the pills)?

2) How long after discontinuing your use of Invega Sustenna did you experience another psychotic episode?

and lastly...

3) Were you on any other medications at the time this psychosis occurred?

1 - I was on Invega Sustenna for 4 months I believe, that is, the initial 2 injections plus 3 x 100 mg injections.

2 - It was around one year after, from August 2015 (last injection) to July 2016 (psychotic episode)

3 - No, like you, had quit all of my medication including the mood stabiliser (depakene/depakote)

I want to add that we are in a very similar situation as I was living with my parents and agreed with them to take me off the meds. They do this with good intent, also because I explained to them that my quality of life was getting close to 0/10, staring at a blank wall all day is no life for nobody.

Turns out, in my opinion, that the dosage was simply too high, now I'm on 9mg/day of Invega in pill forms and my quality of life is 7/10, or at least a good 6/10, I can say i have no room for complaining compared to all the suffering in this world. In these conditions, it's much easier to take my pills, specially knowing that the doctors are planning to decrease the dosage further to 6mg and *perhaps* 3mg in the future.

I don't want to give you any medical advise because I am no health professional, but if the medication was prescribed by a doctor, stopping to take it altogether might not be the best course of action, even if your parents agree.

Best wishes for you, I won't be replying in the next days as I have to go back to the hospital for a few more days until I can leave for home, take care and talk to your doctor if you wanna be on the safe side

 

[Gdvffh]

Why are you.even taking the pill form? The reason your going to a hospital.os cause these pills are poisoning you. Stop taking them or.taper.them off, my experience with psychiatrist os they want you.on pills forever

 

[Invegis]

Why are you.even taking the pill form? The reason your going to a hospital.os cause these pills are poisoning you. Stop taking them or.taper.them off, my experience with psychiatrist os they want you.on pills forever

These are not the poison, they are the remedy.

Are they pleasant to take? No. Are they harmless to take? No.

But I hope you realise I take them because I have an illness/condition that is worse than the pills' both main and side effects, so i just have to weight the pros and cons to see which is better for me.

I have already stopped taking them 3 times and had 3 psychotic episodes as a result, this might not be the case for you, and you are free to read whatever message confirms your beliefs, that's what I did last time I checked this thread, i read it all, discarding any message saying the opposite of what I wanted to read.

Why i take the pill form? Because they give me quality of life. I would even smoke them in hash form or eat them in cookie form if it means a good quality of life. Hell, let's be humorous, I'd even take them in suppository form, peppermint/eucalyptus flavoured.

To be serious about this, remember some people are suffering from conditions that are a *lot* more constraining where they have to do dialysis every day or inject every day. Not even talking about terminal diseases here, just day-to-day comfort.

I'm sure some people even are ok with injection form, it's just that this is a thread about Invega Sustenna, so, generally, people with negative experience come and post here, people with positive experience don't bother to even search for bluelight / mental health / "coming down Invega" forums.

The only reason why i came back and posted was to give my neutral experience, over the course of a year. I hope I picture it as neutrally as possible, never do I mean that what I write applies to everyone nor do I say that there are no mis-diagnosed people.

Last piece of advise, if you feel your doctor is not ok, change doctors, if you feel your medication is not ok, talk to your doctor about it openly. I hope the best for you, my friend, i think it's important you bear in mind positive experiences too, don't forget that life can be OK...borderline good!

Cheers!

 

[Lazar]

Is anyone able to lift weight again? My muscle is extremely weak and fatigue 24/7 from the invega. I used to be able to workout my chest for 2 hours now howvever i cant even do 30 pushups
If youve been off this poison for a year, are u able to hit the gym?

 

[strity1994]

Is anyone able to lift weight again? My muscle is extremely weak and fatigue 24/7 from the invega. I used to be able to workout my chest for 2 hours now howvever i cant even do 30 pushups
If youve been off this poison for a year, are u able to hit the gym?

It will get better ofc but after not using ur muscle for say a year it wont be easy. U won't lift like u used to as u got to start all over again.