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

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@dellad I think you will be fine at 8-12 months off, as most people in here, as soon as you stay away from any kind of drug. Just hang in there, it will all be fine, don't focus on the horror stories
 
my child Elias is manipulated, traumatisized, but deep in his heart he loves me still and he knows I love him!! He is the best good ever gave to me, but he has also lost very very much.
 
@empty don't add me to the list of healed just yet. Great discussion everyone. Firstly, don't lose sight of your dreams, put them on hold while you recover but I promise you will heal enough to chase your dreams again, I am living proof of that. Recovery and healing will surprise you but you have to be patient and trust in those who have healed before us. I had my doubts early in withdrawal but now I'm a true believer. Most people heal between 8 - 12 months if you've only had a few shots. As you're aware there are still things I'm dealing with in life and work but I'm healed enough to pursue a normal life. Also, my job is not as simple as stacking shelves and I was able to talk to girls again and formed a relationship with someone. One more thing, I've added a really good multivitamin to my vitamin stack in the morning and has helped tremendously with fatigue.
 
@robe11 what improvements have you noticed so far? what about your cognitive abilities, thinking, remembering details, being fully aware of what you have done the last day with every detail (pictures, what you've talked about, what you learned etc.)? Feeling of time? How is your sleep? What about deep emotions and feeling fully inside your body again? Can you feel relaxed? What symptoms do you still have?
 
Day 150

I was surprised this morning when I woke up. I didn't have to crawl under my covers to get out of bed. I felt somewhat fully rested. I slept 8 hours and it felt overall good. My motivation is unstable but today I am feeling pretty good. I'm still dealing with the fact that I can't work out and exercise like pre invega though.
 
@yeshua: basically everything you mentioned has recovered, just not quite as strong as before. My dopamine receptors have been compromised so anything related to that is not firing on all cylinders. However, after 8 months almost 9 months of healing I feel so close to normal I can taste it. Obviously I would like to sleep a couple more hours but 6 or 7 hours is enough for now to feel refreshed for the day. I've already mentioned that stress can sometimes be hard to deal with at work but that is steadily improving. I still can develop bags under my eyes somedays if I'm stressed and fatigued. Besides that everything else feels pretty normal. How you going? Struggling with any symptoms? I think you're at 7 months so you should be feeling pretty good now?
 
@robe11 unfortunately i have a lot of symptoms. I'm almost 5 months off. I feel stupid, I don't have access to my knowledge and vocabulary like I used to. No emotions, almost no sleep and a very flat sleep, can't philosophise, DR/DP, feeling overall numb, cognitive impairment, not as sharp as before, can't see anything in the dark, can't fully control my body like I used to, not fully present (spaced out), no feeling for time, bad memory (everything in my mind is like blurry), can't feel relaxed and some more. To say it sucks is an understatement. Ah yeah, i think almost every day about ending this crap.
 
maybe parts of my brain are very shrinkened or many chells away, because nothing gets better, yesterday I dran a little alcohol and smoked some cigarettes today it is worse. Never feel vivid again and never be able to enjoy life with my child is really bad.
 
Caffiene helps a lot, I feel back to 100% when Im caffeinated.

I work at some shitty job and my coworkers googled my name and found out about me running away a while ago which is what got me this whole schizophrenia diagnosis. Hoping I dont get fired at work because they think Im crazy.

Also my parents are going to see our extended family for christmas and I dont want to go because I still feel kinda weird from invega and I dont want to be the retarded cousin/nephew, also I dont want people asking me what Im doing with my life or about my diagnosis

Im at 7 months now and I walk faster, am better at holding conversations, but still feel kinda dumb
 
Yeshuah said:
@robe11 unfortunately i have a lot of symptoms. I'm almost 5 months off. I feel stupid, I don't have access to my knowledge and vocabulary like I used to. No emotions, almost no sleep and a very flat sleep, can't philosophise, DR/DP, feeling overall numb, cognitive impairment, not as sharp as before, can't see anything in the dark, can't fully control my body like I used to, not fully present (spaced out), no feeling for time, bad memory (everything in my mind is like blurry), can't feel relaxed and some more. To say it sucks is an understatement. Ah yeah, i think almost every day about ending this crap.
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At five months you still have these symptoms? And you?ve only had a couple of shots. I can?t remember but are you able to hold a job or attend school? I?m disorganized but am hopping to become organized ounce I land a part time job. With a job hopefully the symptoms will degrade.
 
dellad said:
At five months you still have these symptoms? And you?ve only had a couple of shots. I can?t remember but are you able to hold a job or attend school? I?m disorganized but am hopping to become organized ounce I land a part time job. With a job hopefully the symptoms will degrade.
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Yes I still have all these symptoms and I don't expect them to fade away any time soon. Maybe 5% each month, like I experienced until now.. No I'm not able to hold down a job and I don't have any interest in that to be honest. I don't want to overtax my body and mind right now. They need a lot rest. I'm not able to function at all. It takes everything just to get a shower and I can't enjoy it like I used to.
 
I got drunk last night and it felt good I felt alive, I been taking THC pills and feeling more like my self, I'm sure my dopamine receptors are still working, I just need to keep encouraging them ;) I'm gonna see Knuckle Puck tomorrow totally psyched!
 
I'm in the same boat. I had 7 shots of 156 dose and I'm 2 months off nothing to look forward to other then this shit getting out of my system
 
Empty1128 said:
Hi Specified, I am afraid there is nothing you can do to restore your libido while you are on antipsychotics, as you said your dopamine and serotonin receptors are occupied by the drug, also many APs rise prolactin levels and lower your testosterone.

According to what I've read the only APs which allow you to have libido are the partial dopamine agonists (Abilify, Rexulti and Vraylar) otherwise you have to be on very low doses of certain drugs like Olanzapine, but if I remember well you are on Zuclopenthixol injections, so the only thing you can do is to stop your injections and wait, and when I say wait I mean to wait a lot, I'm seven months off and I can get it up but I don't have sexual desire at all.

I'm sorry you are stuck in the CTO nightmare, if I were you I would leave the country and start a new life somewhere else.
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I can't leave the country i'm on bail and even if I was to leave the country they would get some court order.
 
@yeshua: it's alright will start to get better in the next couple of months. I was feeling pretty lousy at 5 months too. No motivation, little pleasure and cognitive functions were not working properly. 6 month was a breakthrough for me because I suddenly became motivated to work again. 8 month was another breakthrough and feeling close to normal now. Maybe 90 percent healed.
 
Yeshuah said:
Yes I still have all these symptoms and I don't expect them to fade away any time soon. Maybe 5% each month, like I experienced until now.. No I'm not able to hold down a job and I don't have any interest in that to be honest. I don't want to overtax my body and mind right now. They need a lot rest. I'm not able to function at all. It takes everything just to get a shower and I can't enjoy it like I used to.
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I have trouble taking a daily shower and brushing my teeth twice a day so I understand that but I can’t imagine going on like this for 5 months. I only know if it continues this long it’s not normal because others are in the same rocking boat.
 
Welcome @Jonnyhalo to the group. May I ask, are you under going any withdraw symptoms? Deep disparities depression?
 
@dellad I?ve had a lot of trouble showering and brushing my teeth everyday too, for the first 5 months I would only do it maybe once a week, getting a job and going to the gym has made me do it daily though. Before Invega I showered and brushed teeth daily no issues. I think the meds just really mess with your motivation. It comes back though. Thank God.
 
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