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Mental Health Coming off Invega (Paliperidone, Xeplion) injections v. 7.0

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HelpMeInvega said:
You can’t control psychosis, are you bi polar, schizophrenic or schizoaffective? If you’re any of those things chances are you’re going to have psychosis again and are going to need to be on medication your whole life, my suggestion would be get on a antipsychotic that causes the least amount of problems like weight gain and things on a very low dose and just live with the side effects. Better then a full blown psychosis and hospitalization
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I have none of those diagnosis, even though I personally fear I might have schizophrenia. I think I will have to experiment with meds to find the best one. But I don’t want to start until I’m older and have had enough time to fight this naturally.
 
Baddream said:
I agree with the isolation part being a negative factor and a major cause. My problems intensified during the lockdown. I think stress is another big one.

What kind of support system do you have now that you were missing before? Family, friends, therapy, hobbies?
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Trying to make new friends on friend making apps and communicating more on forums, living with boyfriend, found a new therapist I like, initiated a daily routine that includes things like working out, meditation, yoga, tai chi. I also use an Alpha Stim every day for an hour.
 
Baddream said:
I have none of those diagnosis, even though I personally fear I might have schizophrenia. I think I will have to experiment with meds to find the best one. But I don’t want to start until I’m older and have had enough time to fight this naturally.
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Why do you think you might have schizophrenia?
 
Invegaishell said:
My NAD IV treatment was 5 hours long. I Haven’t noticed a difference besides the fact that my mood is better. I have 4 more treatments scheduled for the upcoming weeks. Hopefully it works. It’s supposed to correct the DNA in the brain.
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Interesting mine was just a simple injection, a bit painful since I ended up recieving 5 injections total due to the other treatment I mentioned. It's been a few hours and I don't feel any different otherwise, since yours was a longer, more through treatment you'll probably feel the benefits more than me. And yeah they also told me it helps rebuild damaged DNA/tissue like you said so hopefully my overall cognition improves too.
 
Invegaishell said:
My NAD IV treatment was 5 hours long. I Haven’t noticed a difference besides the fact that my mood is better. I have 4 more treatments scheduled for the upcoming weeks. Hopefully it works. It’s supposed to correct the DNA in the brain.
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Can I ask how expensive is each injection? I’m just hoping that I can afford it.
 
Kiaf85 said:
Can I ask how expensive is each injection? I’m just hoping that I can afford it.
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It’s around $600 for 4 and a half hours. They will try to convince you to take the $1,000 version for 8 hours, but I wanted to see if I could make it for 4 and a half hours first. They said after 4 times I should see a noticeable difference.
 
Invegaishell said:
It’s around $600 for 4 and a half hours. They will try to convince you to take the $1,000 version for 8 hours, but I wanted to see if I could make it for 4 and a half hours first. They said after 4 times I should see a noticeable difference.
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and if you don’t is it refundable?
 
Kiaf85 said:
and if you don’t is it refundable?
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No, if you don’t do the full time you are scheduled for you still have to pay the full price. It sucks, but I suggest starting at a low time, 2-4 hours, then work your way up from there.
 
apsucks said:
No but it combats anhedonia if you smoke a large amount
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I find the high after invega to be mostly negative thoughts racing. I prefer being sober than smoking. I also smoke sometimes to get a break from the monotony/anhedonia, but don’t really enjoy it. Alcohol just makes me drowzy. Coke did not affect me at all. This sucks
 
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