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Mental Health Coming Off Invega Sustenna (Paliperidone) v4

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robustcanuck said:
how many months are you off since your last invega shot?
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It's been about 8-9 months. My Schizophrenia would harm me and prevent me from taking my other medications for HIV as well. While out in public, everyone thought I was capable.. but going home it was a completely different environment.

Since I hadn't had any other medication, I can't imagine what else it would be besides the Invega without some sort of bacterial degeneration.

I can live with the hallucinations 24/7. Most of the time they are gentle and we have a good time (never truly alone, although it does hurt me to be socially isolated in the long run). It's the fact that I have bad dreams, memory loss when I go to speak about any of it, and hallucinations that get very hostile when I do not obey them, using my environment to retaliate. I wake up every day like there is a brain cell leak in my skull. I also forgot how to breathe on my own at one point and had to remember to do it for a while... similar to how my hands know or forget my passwords at times.

One weirdism with my schizophrenia is most of the time my beliefs do not line up with the intended belief of my hallucinations. It may just be because I'm reading forums... but it seems unusual for that part of the brain to be affected.

Schizophrenia is definitely of the devil. Luckily, for Satan to temp you into doing something you normally wouldn't, you have to have a little bit of a push. That subtle "whisper" saying to do it, then he will take over and run you from there. If you don't give him any leeway, he won't be able to harm anyone. That wont stop him from trying though. Satan doesn't take well to competition.

He has no leeway with me. Thankfully.
 
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It's been a week since I started taking St. John's wort .. and thank God it was the only thing that helped with what I thought permanent damage from Invega / Risperdal ... St. John's wort is the only thing that helped me.

Of course, I'm off the poison since 3 years but only now the problems are being resolved with this herb.
 
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ALBATOR_1 said:
It's been a week since I started taking St. John's wort .. and thank God it was the only thing that helped with what I thought permanent damage from Invega / Risperdal ... St. John's wort is the only thing that helped me.

Of course, I'm off the poison since 3 years but only now the problems are being resolved with this herb.

I think St. John wort is mandatory for anyone having anhedonia after taking Invega ... all you need to do is to be careful with interactions with other medicines because this herb has a lot of interactions.
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it has been 3 years since you been off invega? have you lost the weight? i have yet to lose any weight . it has been 6 months 3 weeks for me since my last shot
 
losing weight was the easiest part and my least of worries, I was athletic before invega

In the first year off however, i didn't notice significant weight loss
 
It's been a week since I started taking St. John's wort .. and thank God it was the only thing that helped with what I thought permanent damage from Invega / Risperdal ... St. John's wort is the only thing that helped me.

Of course, I'm off the poison since 3 years but only now the problems are being resolved with this herb.
 
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ALBATOR_1 said:
losing weight was the easiest part and my least of worries, I was athletic before invega

In the first year off however, i didn't notice significant weight loss
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may i ask your age?

i want to know if AGE plays a factor when it comes to removing invega from the system.

i look forward to losing weight myself.
 
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I was 30 at the time of the last dose of invega
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okay. thanks for letting us know.

i hope i don't have to wait 3 years to fully recover. i am glad you are able to find ST John's Wort to be helpful. It works great for everyone around here. They have them in pill forms on Amazon in case you don't know.

last question, are you athletic now? are you able to do activities in a normal fashion like before taking invega? this worries me , because i miss the outdoors running around and riding my bike. stuff like that were cool to me.
 
robustcanuck said:
okay. thanks for letting us know.

i hope i don't have to wait 3 years to fully recover. i am glad you are able to find ST John's Wort to be helpful. It works great for everyone around here. They have them in pill forms on Amazon in case you don't know.

last question, are you athletic now? are you able to do activities in a normal fashion like before taking invega? this worries me , because i miss the outdoors running around and riding my bike. stuff like that were cool to me.
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I take it as a tea 3 times a day.

About activities.. that's what I'm trying to treat (Anhedonia) it's improving with St. John's wort , I'm not as athletic as I was before but it's improving now.
 
I couldnt do anything while on shot form of antipsychotis. Why would the doctor say I need this for the rest of my life. Not everyone that has pyschosis is schizophrenic. Ithey dont factor even that i didnt sleep and was absolutely stressed. Mental health has improved alot the past 100 years but needs alot more work.

I get depressed sometimes and all the things that helped this drug made impossible to enjoy.
 
Hey all, just thought I would post an update.

The past week I've been feeling, human finally. Now it's not 100% where I'd like it to be, but I'm really getting my inner dialogue back and can actually cry about things I feel emotions for. I'm getting a new doctor, since mine doesn't want to help me get my driver's license back. It's not anybody's fault, I chose to go off my meds and he feels I'm unsafe for the public to be driving a motor vehicle. Last time I drove I crashed into two buildings (very long and personal story). I also feel there's too much history there between me and him so it's time to start fresh and get a second opinion.

To those that want to feel the effects of alcohol and cannabis, I can say from experience it will take about 6 to 8 months. I drank a few beer on the weekend and I got rather intoxicated off of 6 beer. Usually that doesn't happen and I can drink upwards of 12 and not feel anything.

This is a day by day process. No one's journey can reflect anyone else's. But we're all here to learn from one another and to try and make the journey bareable. I started taking suppliments, st John's wort, vitamin B12, D and magnesium. I'm going to get some Lions mane, as that helps with cognitive function. So far I seem to notice my intuition getting stronger.

Keep up the good fight friends, onwards and upwards!

PS. I'm getting a new bike, and am going to start exercising to try and shed this weight off.
 
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Hey guys been a while since i posted but i have been off all antipsychotics and antidepressants since the 2nd of October 2020 and i have slowly noticed changes very small to slightly significant like my interests in tv and games started to slowly come back not 100% just no euphoria or emotions other than getting irritated when something is genuinely annoying or if i see or hear something profound i get goosebumps for a second or two and think i’m slowly losing weight but i don’t weigh myself. I think a lot faster i understand when something is funny or not and react accordingly with a chuckle but again no good feeling i had a problem where i wouldn’t feel tired at all no fatigue and to sleep i would lay down with my eyes closed to i guess my brain made me unconscious but now i feel tired and sleep and wake up naturally i feel actually slightly smarter than before not too sure like i pick up on things better and have got platinum trophies on really difficult games (100% completion/challenges) maybe lack of emotions actually helps by not distracting me with fear in certain parts i am looking after myself with small things that i stopped doing like in terms of hygiene and taking care of appearance etc and also organising stuff so i can do things more easily sexual side effects not as bad but not great either i will update when i see significant changes only but that’s an update if any questions message me and i’ll get back to you when i can as i only check the forum like 3 times a week they should make an app for it to make it easier but anyway that’s all for now.
 
Day 262
Drug induced depression is completely gone.
Anhedonia improved drastically during the last month. It went from 'ok i enjoy doing things i liked to do , to i really enjoy my old hobbies by now'.
I would say Anhedonia is gone by 99%.
My thought processes are faster. Like 99%
Emotions like 99% back.
Hormones are not fully recovered. Or Maybe it is just me, that my sex drive is pretty low atm.
The pressure in my head is still present, but very minimal. If i don't pay attention i would't recognize. I would say 98% recovered.
Orientation is good.
Mood is stable.
St. John's Wort is doing it's job and still in use. It is a huuuuuuuuge relief in any regard of my quality of life.
Feeling of hopelessnes is 100% gone.
My eyes look 100% normal again.
Feeling of nothing makes sense is gone.
Connection to God is back and in use. Thank God.
Am i recovered? I am afraid to say yes, because of so many setbacks... Man i was human wreck for so long.
And now i feel normal.
I am going to give a final update.
Don't give up. You can do it too. Watch your thoughts. Go for Walks. Drink enough water. You will go out of this stronger.
 
Master Green said:
Day 262
Drug induced depression is completely gone.
Anhedonia improved drastically during the last month. It went from 'ok i enjoy doing things i liked to do , to i really enjoy my old hobbies by now'.
I would say Anhedonia is gone by 99%.
My thought processes are faster. Like 99%
Emotions like 99% back.
Hormones are not fully recovered. Or Maybe it is just me, that my sex drive is pretty low atm.
The pressure in my head is still present, but very minimal. If i don't pay attention i would't recognize. I would say 98% recovered.
Orientation is good.
Mood is stable.
St. John's Wort is doing it's job and still in use. It is a huuuuuuuuge relief in any regard of my quality of life.
Feeling of hopelessnes is 100% gone.
My eyes look 100% normal again.
Feeling of nothing makes sense is gone.
Connection to God is back and in use. Thank God.
Am i recovered? I am afraid to say yes, because of so many setbacks... Man i was human wreck for so long.
And now i feel normal.
I am going to give a final update.
Don't give up. You can do it too. Watch your thoughts. Go for Walks. Drink enough water. You will go out of this stronger.
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Dude that is so great to hear. I’m so happy for you. Praise God!!! And for anyone still suffering... do not give up hope. A recovery story like this could be very well in your near future.
 
ALBATOR_1 said:
It's been a week since I started taking St. John's wort .. and thank God it was the only thing that helped with what I thought permanent damage from Invega / Risperdal ... St. John's wort is the only thing that helped me.

Of course, I'm off the poison since 3 years but only now the problems are being resolved with this herb.
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hey man quick question for you about risperdal. i'm taking it now, have been since May 2020 (when i got off of invega) and i recovered everything invega did except the ability to get 100% intoxicated. i only just get a good buzz now. i don't know if you're a drinker or anything but i'm wondering if you were able to drink and get drunk while on risperdal? i only seen 2 people on this thread say they couldn't get intoxicated because of risperdal and i can't find anything online. i was able to back in 2019 when i was on risperdal but i only had 2 shots back then
 
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