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Mental Health Coming off Invega (paliperidone) injections, v 5.0

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MatteM92 said:
no mi dispiace non è fobia del sonno. google traduttore è pessimo. Dico che Nina potrebbe usare i sonniferi un po' per addormentarsi e un po' per svegliarsi la notte. evitando di prendere tante cose tutte insieme prima di andare a letto
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With all this I only sleep 4 hours
 
What are you doing all day? With 2 shots I walking in the mornings and taking a nap in the afternoons and watching some TV in the evenings. I can't do nothing of those things now. Maybe I deserve to die for being so stupid as to take those injections. None of you went to the follow up meeting that you definitely had arranged. I can take this false less and less. I would need so much a psychiatrist that knows about invenga and gives me something. Even if it is something to soothe me because I have tested that after invega medicines that affect the brain, like benzos, have less effect. That's why I take so many somnífers too.

Matteo I can't resleep. I can just sleep once.

I am so bad that you can just phantom how bad I am. And I listen to the world go by without me. It is truly like being dead. There is really no activity I can do besides writing texts. I placed the radio and I can't tolerated. We got invited to have coffee with people I can't tolerate it. That was something I had joy doing with 2 shots.
 
so for you it definitely won't have that effect!

Also, it is prescribed for people who have sleeping problems as well!

Don't judge solely according to prescriptions of medicine without thinking: because it lists every possible side effect because they have to. !
It doesn't give a right picture.
 
semperaltius4r said:
that's not true for people who used invega. That won't be the case.
Because brain has a severe shortcoming of serotonin.
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But I think that's different for me. People talk about being tired. I can be 80h awake without being tired.

I would so much need a doctor. The sleeping 0 since 8 months is getting me crazy. And I take more and more pills without sleeping more. None of you had the luck of finding a doctor that knows about invenga issues and could ask?
 
semperaltius4r said:
so for you it definitely won't have that effect!

Also, it is prescribed for people who have sleeping problems as well!

Don't judge solely according to prescriptions of medicine without thinking: because it lists every possible side effect because they have to. !
It doesn't give a right picture.
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After xeplion I have become obsessed with side effects.
 
today I had a friendly chat with the psychiatrist. I mentioned to her that my tiredness and drowsiness could still be from the injections (6 months ago) and she denies it. It is useless to debate, they trust the "theory" of pharmas. I would probably do in their case.

Anyway, despite I am tired of being tired, everyday I feel a little better. These month I feel a good improve, I am reading a little more, the exercise is not so hard and even enjoy play some videogames. Maybe the antidepressant (Brintellix) I started to take is helping to all of these. Not big fan before of action theory of antidepressant but in these hard times I feel is being good to me.
 
Ab33 said:
Sorry to post this on this Invega topic, but I know fking worry if I damaged my heart lol. I was prescribed Ritalin 10mg but it only gave me heart palpitations. On top of that die I felt chest pain,heightened blood pressure,looked pale,had shortness of breath,felt little dizzy (especially walking), I could sort of feel like I was about to fall when walking, had no balance. I also experience severe insomnia. I felt this massive anxiety when I was about to go somewhere. I swear these symptoms are also coupled with a possible heart attack. Ive been on this met for almost 2 years with those symptoms lol. Lucky to be alive. My blood pressure must have been skyrocked, my sleep also been atricious. I Worry if I doubled the risk of dementia or heart disease with this s lifestyle. I'm only 21 now, no heart disease diagnosed ever.

To say its anxiety, well even of I try to rest I could feel this chest pain. No wonder why when taking Ritalin I couldn't sit still or Just chill out as I felt this fking chest pain. Well you wonder, why not fking call the doc? Idk the combination of Ritalin being addicitive and the Invega making you fking lazy/retarded must made me apathetic about the whole situation. The Invega induced anhedonia must made not care about my heart, as the Ritalin gave me a slight good pleasure (or its maybe due possible ADHD I might have, but the physical effects just be too high). I also have no Social support, or I mean I'm not registred at a school so I had no peers to talk to (you know of I was at school, you'd know that a chest pain is fking abnormal, I mean its easy to think rational then). Not to say that you can tell that experiencing a chest pain while being alone isn't abnormal, but idk in my case I'd know.

Everytime I mentioned it to the doc/mom, they all Just chalked it up to anxiety, but my voice deep behind me is like: 'nah somebody with anxiety can keep his heart calm of he manage to calm himself (providing the intensity of his anxiety as well). Idk if its true, but a fking voice is like 'nah its angina pectoris', your arteries are being narrowed, if I was you I'd go back to your Ritalin 5mg or ban caffeïne too+try to fking sleep as you only managed to het 8hours of very light sleep (unfortenately a possible side effect, if taken Ritalin too late, well I was prescribed Ritalin 3x Times).

Sorry if I made this text too long. I can't really explain everything but this is wanted to het out.

I'll know cease Ritalin and caffeine and see if things go fking away. Maybe I Just took Ritalin in a periode where I had a lot.of anxiety going on and it Just made of worse (which may be possible idk, I mean I'm still alive after 2 years).

Could explain further, but can't make a text longer.
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Hi there, I remember you posting about your chest pain and Ritalin concerns. Are you still taking the Ritalin with caffeine? And still having the chest pain? I hate to be annoying but it's something you're going to have to see a doctor about. We can't really help you with that. I mean, ideally you would stop taking the Ritalin and stop drinking caffeine but it sounds like you know that already.
 
Ab33 said:
Sorry to post this on this Invega topic, but I know fking worry if I damaged my heart lol. I was prescribed Ritalin 10mg but it only gave me heart palpitations. On top of that die I felt chest pain,heightened blood pressure,looked pale,had shortness of breath,felt little dizzy (especially walking), I could sort of feel like I was about to fall when walking, had no balance. I also experience severe insomnia. I felt this massive anxiety when I was about to go somewhere. I swear these symptoms are also coupled with a possible heart attack. Ive been on this met for almost 2 years with those symptoms lol. Lucky to be alive. My blood pressure must have been skyrocked, my sleep also been atricious. I Worry if I doubled the risk of dementia or heart disease with this s lifestyle. I'm only 21 now, no heart disease diagnosed ever.

To say its anxiety, well even of I try to rest I could feel this chest pain. No wonder why when taking Ritalin I couldn't sit still or Just chill out as I felt this fking chest pain. Well you wonder, why not fking call the doc? Idk the combination of Ritalin being addicitive and the Invega making you fking lazy/retarded must made me apathetic about the whole situation. The Invega induced anhedonia must made not care about my heart, as the Ritalin gave me a slight good pleasure (or its maybe due possible ADHD I might have, but the physical effects just be too high). I also have no Social support, or I mean I'm not registred at a school so I had no peers to talk to (you know of I was at school, you'd know that a chest pain is fking abnormal, I mean its easy to think rational then). Not to say that you can tell that experiencing a chest pain while being alone isn't abnormal, but idk in my case I'd know.

Everytime I mentioned it to the doc/mom, they all Just chalked it up to anxiety, but my voice deep behind me is like: 'nah somebody with anxiety can keep his heart calm of he manage to calm himself (providing the intensity of his anxiety as well). Idk if its true, but a fking voice is like 'nah its angina pectoris', your arteries are being narrowed, if I was you I'd go back to your Ritalin 5mg or ban caffeïne too+try to fking sleep as you only managed to het 8hours of very light sleep (unfortenately a possible side effect, if taken Ritalin too late, well I was prescribed Ritalin 3x Times).

Sorry if I made this text too long. I can't really explain everything but this is wanted to het out.

I'll know cease Ritalin and caffeine and see if things go fking away. Maybe I Just took Ritalin in a periode where I had a lot.of anxiety going on and it Just made of worse (which may be possible idk, I mean I'm still alive after 2 years).

Could explain further, but can't make a text longer.
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@Ab33 Please create your own Ritalin thread. I'm sure it will get more replies than posting it in the middle of an off topic thread. If you do this, one of the mods here won't mind moving the posts you've already made to the new thread. Thanks!
 
ABetterFuture said:
I wanted to ask you, I saw your posts earlier about taking abilify. What doseage are you on and would you recommend it? I’ve had so many Invega shots I officially cannot take it anymore and the side effects are making me really messed up.
I am going to a building called CAMH tomorrow (Centre For Addiction and Mental Health) and begging for a psychiatrist I can pay and I want to change to that.
What doseage are you on and would you recommend it?
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Hi there! As I've stated before, first I'm not a doctor and second, all these drugs have different effects on different people. Now that's I've said that, I've been on 30mg of Abilify, the highest allowable dose, for over 12 years. Maybe longer. I have had virtually zero side effects from Abilify but have heard people talk about weight gain and restlessness on it. I just never experienced these things. I've also been relatively successful at keeping my symptoms at bay since I can count on one hand how many doses I've missed in the last decade. I've had some awful experiences both inside and outside of the mental hospital so even though it is prolly impossible to be scared straight, I was scared into becoming med-compliant.

I'm really sorry you have been affected by Invega <3 This thread has really opened my eyes on that drug. I've never taken the Long Acting Injectable (LAI) version of Abilify, only the pills. My psychiatrist did tell me recently that Abilify is the weakest of all the anti-psychotics. I don't know how bad your symptoms are when you are not medicated so I don't know if I can recommend it to you or not. What I can recommend is having a good conversation with your psychiatrist about Abilify and the projected costs vs benefits of starting this medication. I hope my reply was helpful. Good luck and please keep us posted!
 
ABetterFuture said:
I wanted to ask you, I saw your posts earlier about taking abilify. What doseage are you on and would you recommend it? I’ve had so many Invega shots I officially cannot take it anymore and the side effects are making me really messed up.
I am going to a building called CAMH tomorrow (Centre For Addiction and Mental Health) and begging for a psychiatrist I can pay and I want to change to that.
What doseage are you on and would you recommend it?
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Bites are different from taking medication, I find them harmful and dangerous to your health. You may be supposed to take medication
 
Fanzy said:
Bites are different from taking medication, I find them harmful and dangerous to your health. You may be supposed to take medication
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Sorry Fanzy but what do you mean by this? Was this a typo?
 
How does one get their paliperidone levels checked anyways? Should I do a blood exam, urine or maybe both? I'm willing to do such exam if possible, coupled with a prolactin check before my visit with the new psych
 
I think my psychosis was induced by ritalin..

Not sure if I am still such a fan of this drug.


What are other people's experience with methylphenidate? Just positive about this medicine?
 
We live for the small moments of happiness. They don't have to be big. That's why people can live alone in a small village. But we need those moments to live. I live without any of those moments, my life has been completely deprived of them and I am 6 months and 3 days off Xeplion. I would need a doctor that gives me something for dopamine but none would do such a thing. I can't live like this. I was such a happy person before. Always interested in something. They have killed me. How can they give such a drug for a mild psychosis? I only have tears. It is impossible to live like this.

I was a very sensitive person before. They have destroyed me. I can't have hope. I get no improvement after the 6 shots.
 
semperaltius4r said:
I think my psychosis was induced by ritalin..

Not sure if I am still such a fan of this drug.


What are other people's experience with methylphenidate? Just positive about this medicine?
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I have never taken it, but people like us who had psychosis I am afraid that shouldn´t touch it.
 
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