hello I am a year and some change off invega and I feel the weight coming off a little bit recently, I still have a big belly, but my suicidal thoughts is gone, and my constantly peeing has decreased, and I can watch movies and play games easily and I can do these things at midnight as well, I still can't sleep until after 2 30 am though, still can't nap, but I actually can feel it easing off though hopefully by end of summer its over. ive been taking the invega since 2015
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Mental Health Coming Off Invega Sustenna (Paliperidone) v4
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I've had two invega (230mg) shots but I missed my last one a week ago. I'm really scared of the withdrawls. What is my best plan of action to get off it? My doctor is willing to prescribe anything within reason, should I ask for the oral version and slowly lower my dose? I still have some mild ocd-like psychosis thoughts that come and go however. Would appreciate any help!
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The oral dose isn't bad, honestly. I prefer Rexulti, though. Rexulti seems to be far less mind-numbing and possibly even safer.
Honestly, on Invega pills, my spiritual energy was reduced significantly. On Rexulti, I get to keep the majority of my energy and it still functions as a pretty effective anti-psychotic.
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You got the constant peeing thing to? Is it a kidney thing or what do you know?
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I've also found that I've been peeing a lot. Especially at night, I wake up maybe 2-3 times a night having to go to the toilet when I used to easily get through the night.
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There's not much you can do really. You just have to wait it out. I'd recommend getting off the injection anyway because it's way more potent than the pills. Also the half life of the pills is significantly shorter as well
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That’s amazing! I’m glad you’re fine and doing well. But have you really recovered from all side effects or just never experienced them? Especially side effects like weight gain, insomnia and lethargy, those take months to recover.
I called an ambulance in a panic attack and I was involuntarily comitted when mental health workers dhowed up at my house. They have ruined everything. I didn't want to go. It was a panic attack. I didn't have the right mindset and I got depressed for being committed. I took the pills they gave me. I didn't know what kind of pills they were. They turned out to first be Ativan, which gave me a good feeling, but the other pill was Risperdal 5 MG. At the court hearing I was f*cked up and so depressed I confirmed stupidly that I had suicidal ideations and the court decided to have me there for a longer period of time. They scheduled me for an injection which I heard about only the evening of the injection. I was very submissive and took the injection but once they did the injection things registered and I regret taking it. The next scheduled injection I refused but they forced the second injection and they released me only then.
They wanted coercive care but another judge denied the coercive care while I was at home. So I am no longer in coercive care, great. Anyway, I stopped my injections but I took another 6 weeks of Risperidone pills because I was afraid of withdrawal. I stopped the Risperidone pills now 1 week ago and my last injection is 11 weeks ago. I only found out later that you can basically quit Xeplion Cold Turkey because of such a long half life.
Regarding side effects. After stopping Risperidone I regained a very small bit of libido. Orgasms aren't intense, and I just have this transparant liquid sperm. Also it makes me feel so much worse after ejaculations.
I can kind of enjoy music, luckily. However, sitting in the sun or nature does little to nothing for me and that's scary. I used to enjoy just sitting outside, now that's been taking away for me and it is so depressing.
I wake up every night, I don't sleep a night through.
I have difficulty spending my time like so many. Things don't just come as easily anymore. I don't know if this is the psychological trauma of coercive care and forced antipsychotics "treatment" or that genuinely it is a side effect of this injection. I feel like much of it could be psychological. When my serum level of paliperidone where the highest, I could still kind of be entertained by movies, but lately, I find it a struggle to really enjoy movies or series again. I remember I watched Cobra Kai and I enjoyed the show, the first month after my injection.
I have so much troube with retaining information and I kind of gave up on my courses. I am in university and all these past years have been dedicated to finishing my degree. I only have to pass 3 courses but I don't feel capable in retaining information at all. Also, I used to watch lectures at 2.4x speed but now I can only watch them at 1.0x speed and my motivation is so, so low.
I have read alot on this thread and also from v2, and I will continue to read my way through some of the threads but I just felt like writing up an introduction.
It is sunny outside but I can't properly enjoy it, I think. I don't know exactly what this drug is doing to my brain and it feels so surreal, I wish it didn't happen. I hope that recovery from these injections are possible. I read that it can take such a long time, I'm only 3 months in. This is the worst thing that has happened to me.
They wanted coercive care but another judge denied the coercive care while I was at home. So I am no longer in coercive care, great. Anyway, I stopped my injections but I took another 6 weeks of Risperidone pills because I was afraid of withdrawal. I stopped the Risperidone pills now 1 week ago and my last injection is 11 weeks ago. I only found out later that you can basically quit Xeplion Cold Turkey because of such a long half life.
Regarding side effects. After stopping Risperidone I regained a very small bit of libido. Orgasms aren't intense, and I just have this transparant liquid sperm. Also it makes me feel so much worse after ejaculations.
I can kind of enjoy music, luckily. However, sitting in the sun or nature does little to nothing for me and that's scary. I used to enjoy just sitting outside, now that's been taking away for me and it is so depressing.
I wake up every night, I don't sleep a night through.
I have difficulty spending my time like so many. Things don't just come as easily anymore. I don't know if this is the psychological trauma of coercive care and forced antipsychotics "treatment" or that genuinely it is a side effect of this injection. I feel like much of it could be psychological. When my serum level of paliperidone where the highest, I could still kind of be entertained by movies, but lately, I find it a struggle to really enjoy movies or series again. I remember I watched Cobra Kai and I enjoyed the show, the first month after my injection.
I have so much troube with retaining information and I kind of gave up on my courses. I am in university and all these past years have been dedicated to finishing my degree. I only have to pass 3 courses but I don't feel capable in retaining information at all. Also, I used to watch lectures at 2.4x speed but now I can only watch them at 1.0x speed and my motivation is so, so low.
I have read alot on this thread and also from v2, and I will continue to read my way through some of the threads but I just felt like writing up an introduction.
It is sunny outside but I can't properly enjoy it, I think. I don't know exactly what this drug is doing to my brain and it feels so surreal, I wish it didn't happen. I hope that recovery from these injections are possible. I read that it can take such a long time, I'm only 3 months in. This is the worst thing that has happened to me.
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So sorry to hear that has happened to you man. Please read through this thread though, as there are a lot of positive stories from people who have eventually recovered over time. And please stay in touch and keep us updated with how you're going. This is a really good community here for people like yourself who need to be in touch with others who have experienced the same thing as what you're going through. I'm glad you found us. Take care okay?
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Hey welcome to the forum. Yes the injection of invega can make you feel like a vegetable and everything you once enjoyed becomes terrible. It's called anhedonia and you get it from AP's. I'd recommend not getting on the injection if you can avoid it
Yeah Thanks you both.
I'm off the injection. I woke up today feeling a bit better and less brain damaged. Though I know progress happens over months and I read somewhere 8 months is usual. I regret what happened so much.
But then again people use cocaine, mdma, lsd and other drugs (I have always been avoidant of drugs) and this is perhaps worse than those drugs but I hope that I can recover some drive and spark.
Mainly I don't know how to pass my time being entertained or being productive. There are less thoughts. It is worrisome but I hope it gets better and it's not something you should really obsess about because that doesn't make it much better I guess.
I'm kind of spending my time reading these threads while I could use my time to try to study a bit.
I usually spend most of my time in my head and i wasn't needy in a lot of social contact because I was sensitive. I could be entertained for days playing Football Manager. Now I just don't feel like playing games. Sigh.
I will definitely be keeping iin touch here. Nice to meet you
I'm off the injection. I woke up today feeling a bit better and less brain damaged. Though I know progress happens over months and I read somewhere 8 months is usual. I regret what happened so much.
But then again people use cocaine, mdma, lsd and other drugs (I have always been avoidant of drugs) and this is perhaps worse than those drugs but I hope that I can recover some drive and spark.
Mainly I don't know how to pass my time being entertained or being productive. There are less thoughts. It is worrisome but I hope it gets better and it's not something you should really obsess about because that doesn't make it much better I guess.
I'm kind of spending my time reading these threads while I could use my time to try to study a bit.
I usually spend most of my time in my head and i wasn't needy in a lot of social contact because I was sensitive. I could be entertained for days playing Football Manager. Now I just don't feel like playing games. Sigh.
I will definitely be keeping iin touch here. Nice to meet you
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Yes it really is a hellish time. When I was really bad I used to just lie on the couch and stare at the wall as I wasn't really capable of much else. As I've improved slowly I'm only now just starting to play games and stuff again.
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The scale won’t friggen move on this stupid 50mg injection! No matter how hard I exercise or diet and it’s ruining my life! It’s hard to carry out simple tasks on this stupid 50mg injection my life has done a total 180 from what it used to be and I hate it! Two more 50mg injections until I get to drop down to the 25mg shot and hopefully it jump starts my metabolism while keeping my other symptoms away. I’ve lost eight pounds on Invega Sustenna so I know that weight loss isn’t impossible but it’s just stuck right now and won’t move despite all my efforts!
no that's got to be invega I don't take nothing else
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---------- 7 Month Off Invega Report ----------
Hey everyone, just thought I'd make a post about my recovery as it might be useful to people who are still going through the worst of it. Basically 7 months out from 250mg shot of Invega and the positives are that I no longer have sleeping issues, in fact I sleep a lot. Usually 12 hours a night and occasionally have an hour nap around 5pm. The fatigue from this withdrawal feels like I'm running a marathon and when I'm sleeping I'm taking a breath it's a bit messed up. I don't feel suicidal anymore and only just in the last few days have I been able to play computer games again. I enjoy them to about 40% of what I used to but I can still play which is an improvement from before. In the last 7 months I haven't been able to play computer games or watch tv my mind just wouldn't absorb what's happening and it would feel icky in a way it's hard to explain (because of the anhedonia). I can listen and enjoy music again and most of my time I spend browsing facebook, reddit and youtube. And like I said just recently being able to play computer games I started playing planet coaster again. During the worst of it the only game I was able to play was Bloons TD 6 on my mobile and that was extremely hard to play, it's much easier now.
The negatives. I still can't get high, drunk or enjoy a cigarette which really is quite traumatic. To just know the AP has fucked with my brain so much that I'm unable to do those things really irks me. At the moment I smoke a bit of weed because I can feel my brain is craving dopamine but can't get it so I smoke weed but it just doesn't work it's extremely frustrating and I can't wait until I can get high again. Once it works I'll cut down to a more moderate amount. Anhedonia is not gone but probably at about 50% of what it used to be, I can laugh and cry and stuff but I still have that restlessness/uneasiness/anhedonic feeling. My back hurts this drug seems to have fucked my back up a bit but it's getting better slowly. Concentration/cognitive ability is improving probably at around the same speed the anhedonia is. Finally I still have no appetite which also irks me, I really wish I could feel hungry again and enjoy food but unfortunately that hasn't changed much yet.
Overall I'd still consider my life to be pretty nightmarish, I find it hard to feel content. However it's better than when I was suicidal thinking I was losing my will to live. Now I feel like I could live like this but it would just suck massive balls and I'd feel like I'm a bit retarded. I'll make a post once a month because I'm in the meaty part of recovery and I hope it helps other people out and gives them hope through the darkest stages of invega withdrawal. As mentioned previously in the worst stages I was stuck on the couch all day, empty minded with that feeling of restlessness/uneasiness/just generally being uncomfortable with intrusive suicidal thoughts and mind blowing head aches. I'm glad that parts over but for anyone going through it, it's a massive fucking slog you just gotta go with the pain and ride it out. It's nothing short of torturous.
If anyone has any questions to ask me feel free, I'm here to help
Hey everyone, just thought I'd make a post about my recovery as it might be useful to people who are still going through the worst of it. Basically 7 months out from 250mg shot of Invega and the positives are that I no longer have sleeping issues, in fact I sleep a lot. Usually 12 hours a night and occasionally have an hour nap around 5pm. The fatigue from this withdrawal feels like I'm running a marathon and when I'm sleeping I'm taking a breath it's a bit messed up. I don't feel suicidal anymore and only just in the last few days have I been able to play computer games again. I enjoy them to about 40% of what I used to but I can still play which is an improvement from before. In the last 7 months I haven't been able to play computer games or watch tv my mind just wouldn't absorb what's happening and it would feel icky in a way it's hard to explain (because of the anhedonia). I can listen and enjoy music again and most of my time I spend browsing facebook, reddit and youtube. And like I said just recently being able to play computer games I started playing planet coaster again. During the worst of it the only game I was able to play was Bloons TD 6 on my mobile and that was extremely hard to play, it's much easier now.
The negatives. I still can't get high, drunk or enjoy a cigarette which really is quite traumatic. To just know the AP has fucked with my brain so much that I'm unable to do those things really irks me. At the moment I smoke a bit of weed because I can feel my brain is craving dopamine but can't get it so I smoke weed but it just doesn't work it's extremely frustrating and I can't wait until I can get high again. Once it works I'll cut down to a more moderate amount. Anhedonia is not gone but probably at about 50% of what it used to be, I can laugh and cry and stuff but I still have that restlessness/uneasiness/anhedonic feeling. My back hurts this drug seems to have fucked my back up a bit but it's getting better slowly. Concentration/cognitive ability is improving probably at around the same speed the anhedonia is. Finally I still have no appetite which also irks me, I really wish I could feel hungry again and enjoy food but unfortunately that hasn't changed much yet.
Overall I'd still consider my life to be pretty nightmarish, I find it hard to feel content. However it's better than when I was suicidal thinking I was losing my will to live. Now I feel like I could live like this but it would just suck massive balls and I'd feel like I'm a bit retarded. I'll make a post once a month because I'm in the meaty part of recovery and I hope it helps other people out and gives them hope through the darkest stages of invega withdrawal. As mentioned previously in the worst stages I was stuck on the couch all day, empty minded with that feeling of restlessness/uneasiness/just generally being uncomfortable with intrusive suicidal thoughts and mind blowing head aches. I'm glad that parts over but for anyone going through it, it's a massive fucking slog you just gotta go with the pain and ride it out. It's nothing short of torturous.
If anyone has any questions to ask me feel free, I'm here to help
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Just a quick update, haven't posted in a while.
I've been losing the weight finally! I haven't weighed myself officially yet, but everyone can notice it and I even notice it. At one point I was 240lbs up from 145 which is an incredible jump. Last time I got weighed I was around the 220 mark. I may have lost 10 or so pounds but it's hard to tell without a scale. I don't want to get one because I don't want to become obsessed with it.
My spirituality is definitely increasing, I'm starting to become more and more connected to my higher self which is a great feeling. I'm currently in the process of getting a band going as I've written ten or so of my own songs and would like to get a group going. It feels so good to have something to feel good about finally.
I do smoke weed on occasion and I feel it's effects. To those of you wondering if you will ever feel the effects of alcohol or cannabis again the answer is yes, although it's not something I abuse or go overboard with. I definitely know that I'm wrongly diagnosed schizo, as I don't experience any symptoms of the disease, or anything of the sort. I know now that it was a kundalini awakening that went really badly. I was unprepared for it and had no idea that it was a possibility. I've been doing a lot of research on this, and everything I experienced was a classic sign of a spiritual awakening that went sour.
I've been losing the weight finally! I haven't weighed myself officially yet, but everyone can notice it and I even notice it. At one point I was 240lbs up from 145 which is an incredible jump. Last time I got weighed I was around the 220 mark. I may have lost 10 or so pounds but it's hard to tell without a scale. I don't want to get one because I don't want to become obsessed with it.
My spirituality is definitely increasing, I'm starting to become more and more connected to my higher self which is a great feeling. I'm currently in the process of getting a band going as I've written ten or so of my own songs and would like to get a group going. It feels so good to have something to feel good about finally.
I do smoke weed on occasion and I feel it's effects. To those of you wondering if you will ever feel the effects of alcohol or cannabis again the answer is yes, although it's not something I abuse or go overboard with. I definitely know that I'm wrongly diagnosed schizo, as I don't experience any symptoms of the disease, or anything of the sort. I know now that it was a kundalini awakening that went really badly. I was unprepared for it and had no idea that it was a possibility. I've been doing a lot of research on this, and everything I experienced was a classic sign of a spiritual awakening that went sour.
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