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Mental Health Coming off Invega Sustenna (Paliperidone) v3

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Invega9976 said:
About 3 months since last injection. From December 12th to January 12th, I was having withdrawals. Severe depression and hypersomnia. I also didn't want to talk to anyone even on Christmas Eve. I was just a vegetable. Now February is upon us and I'm not sleeping all day long but I'm tired all day and just lay down on the couch with my eyes closed a lot. I go to bed around 11pm to midnight, wake up around 6am, go back to sleep on the couch till 11am or noon, get up for a few hours then back to the couch till 5pm. After dinner, it's mostly back to the couch or play a computer game.

Does anyone else suffer like I do? Just can't really get motivated to do anything? I take Adderall as well but I'm cutting back and trying to get off of it because I just feel good for about an hour then crash. It also gives me anxiety. Before the poison, it cured my depression and lasted all day.

Does anyone else experience depression or extreme lack of motivation and extreme tiredness? Also, I'm diagnosed schitzoaffective so how the hell do I know if these aren't negative symptoms???

All I can tell you is that I didn't have these symptoms before Invega. Also if you Google WebMD avolition, finally someone admits that antipsychotics can worsen avolition (lack of motivation.) My emotions are fine, I don't have sex issues and lots of other complaints others have. I just want to know if there is anyone else out there that gained a bunch of weight and is damn near bedridden/non-functional even after being off it for nearly 3 months?
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I took Adderall to and it only gave me anxiety. I had to quit the Adderall. It sucks this is happening to us. Never thought I would be in so much misery each day. We all feel the same way. We all have the same misery. It’s not getting better. Adderall made me extremely anxious where I would hit my head all the time and be freaking out. So I quit. Now I don’t have anxiety. I feel horrible and lazy everyday. Can’t even shower. Food don’t even have a taste to it.
 
Question to the room. Has anybody’s voice change on invega? I mean I don’t talk or laugh the same like I use to. My voice has changed in a bad way. Has this happen to anyone?? Does the sound of my voice come back to? It’s weird. I notice it last week.
 
awesome31311 said:
I remember asking this exact question. So you have to increase your dose by way more to be able to feel even a little bit. It took me a solid year before normal doses were normal, lol.
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Did you lose the sound of your voice on invega? I mean I don’t sound anything I use to and my laugh doesn’t sound the same
 
Hey what’s going on everyone.... been reading through these forums for some time now. I was also injected also back in October while I was at the hospital... this shit is pure poison how is it even humane?! I thought I’d be able to shake it off quick and was just compiling with the shrinks because everyone was being so unpredictable at the time basically they said I need to comply with them or I’m going to be there for a long time.... I wasn’t seeing things I wasn’t hearing voices and I wasn’t saying I was going to harm myself or anyone else. So why exactly did they press this horrific drug on me? No idea but I guess I can be thankful I only got the first two shots... this has taken my life away to put it short it’s so crazy.... like a lot of you I thought my life was going so good before all this shit happen to me! I had so many goals/ dreams and was determined.... I’ve since lost interest in just about everything. Prior to this I was a guru in life at the gym and at work I just started my own business and it was going great.... Oh and I was taking vrylar for a month following the injection... will this prolong my recovery?? Naïve and clueless basically is what it boils down to along with the fear of my parents/ authority’s in my small town...
 
TwistedT42 said:
Hey what’s going on everyone.... been reading through these forums for some time now. I was also injected also back in October while I was at the hospital... this shit is pure poison how is it even humane?! I thought I’d be able to shake it off quick and was just compiling with the shrinks because everyone was being so unpredictable at the time basically they said I need to comply with them or I’m going to be there for a long time.... I wasn’t seeing things I wasn’t hearing voices and I wasn’t saying I was going to harm myself or anyone else. So why exactly did they press this horrific drug on me? No idea but I guess I can be thankful I only got the first two shots... this has taken my life away to put it short it’s so crazy.... like a lot of you I thought my life was going so good before all this shit happen to me! I had so many goals/ dreams and was determined.... I’ve since lost interest in just about everything. Prior to this I was a guru in life at the gym and at work I just started my own business and it was going great.... Oh and I was taking vrylar for a month following the injection... will this prolong my recovery?? Naïve and clueless basically is what it boils down to along with the fear of my parents/ authority’s in my small town...
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Welcome to hell
 
I am almost getting used to the effects of the drug at this point its nasty. Does anyone know if invega sustenna is similiar effects wise to risperdal consta?
This is the weirdest expierence anyone should have to go through I wonder if the people at the hospital know what they are doing to people when they given them injections. Truly nasty.
 
Sbar25 said:
I am almost getting used to the effects of the drug at this point its nasty. Does anyone know if invega sustenna is similiar effects wise to risperdal consta?
This is the weirdest expierence anyone should have to go through I wonder if the people at the hospital know what they are doing to people when they given them injections. Truly nasty.
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It's somewhat similar but also different. Risperdal is very light compared to Invega. I'm on it now and I feel almost normal...
 
I just read something on drugs.com where a guy said after 3 years still no emotions I am starting to believe invega is a life sentence the doctors polluted us and we can't do anything about it but wait and hope.
 
awesome31311 said:
I was never on a court order because I worked hard to prevent it. I did get threatened with a court order many times. You have to one up them by going to a higher court and reporting on your shit treatment, lol. System is heavily rigged, and not in your favor. I got off the injection by telling the doctor no. He said he'll get a court order, I told him to go right ahead (he had no information on me except my recent hospitalization). I left the ward, they tried getting info from my family, but they didn't tell them shit. Eventually I got dropped from Medicaid, which is okay.
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After looking more into it, it seems Ontario has community treatment orders. A person can receive a CTO if
  1. Within the past 3 years the person has been a patient in a psychiatric facility two or more times (for 30 days or more), or been on a CTO previously;
  2. A community treatment plan is already in place for the person;
  3. Examination by a physician within 72 hours before entering into a CTO plan, who believes, among other things, that the person is able to comply with the CTO;
  4. The doctor has consulted with all the people who are named in the community treatment plan;
  5. Consultation of the person and his or her substitute decision-maker, if any, with a rights adviser; and
  6. Consent by the person or the person’s substitute decision-maker to the CTO.
So they can't force me on it without my consent. I think it is meant for patients who want to leave the hospital. For them to enforce it - they need to examine me and connect me to a rights advisor. All pretty high effort. It seems before that though, they'd have to detain and hospitalize me. I don't know if they can hospitalize me without me being a danger to myself or others at the time.
 
morkovkay said:
After looking more into it, it seems Ontario has community treatment orders. A person can receive a CTO if
  1. Within the past 3 years the person has been a patient in a psychiatric facility two or more times (for 30 days or more), or been on a CTO previously;
  2. A community treatment plan is already in place for the person;
  3. Examination by a physician within 72 hours before entering into a CTO plan, who believes, among other things, that the person is able to comply with the CTO;
  4. The doctor has consulted with all the people who are named in the community treatment plan;
  5. Consultation of the person and his or her substitute decision-maker, if any, with a rights adviser; and
  6. Consent by the person or the person’s substitute decision-maker to the CTO.
So they can't force me on it without my consent. I think it is meant for patients who want to leave the hospital. For them to enforce it - they need to examine me and connect me to a rights advisor. All pretty high effort. It seems before that though, they'd have to detain and hospitalize me. I don't know if they can hospitalize me without me being a danger to myself or others at the time.
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No they can’t do anything.
 
Sbar25 said:
At what month should one be able to feel marijuana and alcohol?
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At the complete end of recovery I was able to feel marijuana. It’s psychoactive as it once was before Invega, but I try to stay away from it in order to avoid relapse. Alcohol affected me around 4 months off of Invega but I’m not someone who enjoys alcohol even before Invega and psychosis. Just wansnt interesting for me.
 
My life used to be so awsome. Intense feelings. I exercised daily. Worked hard. Great sexual function. Great imagination. Deep thoughts. Love of life.
It's now all gone.
Will it come back?
Time will tell
 
morkovkay said:
Consent by the person or the person’s substitute decision-maker to the CTO.
So they can't force me on it without my consent. I think it is meant for patients who want to leave the hospital. For them to enforce it - they need to examine me and connect me to a rights advisor. All pretty high effort. It seems before that though, they'd have to detain and hospitalize me. I don't know if they can hospitalize me without me being a danger to myself or others at the time.
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Yeah, capitalism is all about efficiency and profit, so they'd very much rather go after the easier prey

Rick5639 said:
No they can’t do anything.
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The cops hold too much power. If someone calls the cops on you saying you're suicidal, you're guilty until proven innocent. The only solution is to record an interaction with the cops where you tell them you're not suicidal, so you can use it in court.

Sbar25 said:
I just read something on drugs.com where a guy said after 3 years still no emotions I am starting to believe invega is a life sentence the doctors polluted us and we can't do anything about it but wait and hope.
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Uncommon unless he was taking large doses of invega for several years.

Sbar25 said:
I am almost getting used to the effects of the drug at this point its nasty. Does anyone know if invega sustenna is similiar effects wise to risperdal consta?
This is the weirdest expierence anyone should have to go through I wonder if the people at the hospital know what they are doing to people when they given them injections. Truly nasty.
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They are very very close, with only a minor difference in the side effect profile.
 
Sbar25 said:
My life used to be so awsome. Intense feelings. I exercised daily. Worked hard. Great sexual function. Great imagination. Deep thoughts. Love of life.
It's now all gone.
Will it come back?
Time will tell
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What caused your psychosis?? Drugs?
 
No I had become overwhelmed with the materialism of our society and started yelling in the streets about it.
 
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