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

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Has anyone here tried ADHD medications to see if it improves a little bit in order to get energy?

Why do some people get acne and some dont?
 
bowandsparrow said:
I think it's important for us to remember that it's better to get just a little bit of enjoyment out of something than not get any enjoyment at all.
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This is true! A mindset like "I'm enjoying more now than I used to enjoy last month" instead of "I'm anhedonic, this sould be a lot better". Keeping things on the positive perspective...
I think mind plays a huuuuuge role in situations like this. Everyone (myself included, obviously) shoud be more grateful.
The thing is, the evolution is slowly, that's the reason why is kinda hard to notice day by day. Patience is key and every month is a new month of improvement.
 
naoaguento said:
My question is: how do you maintain this positive mindset? You get this kind of tought sometime?
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There is no easy answer to this question. But I guess the main factors are hope, willpower and motivation.

If you lose all hope that it will get better it will drain your energy. I still believe in 100% recovery and that gives me motivation. I think about people with cancer and disabilities and how life could be worse.

I still struggle alot with many problems and fight every day. I try to stay active and make progress as well as I can. This drug can’t take away my knowledge, skills, education, willpower etc. I try hard and if I fail try again never give up. The mind is a sponge we become how we think
 
naoaguento said:
Trying to not get so envolved with those dark thoughts that keeps consuming me. But it's been hard, feels like I get more drowned as time passes...
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It’s very tough I know. But we don’t lose anything by trying. It’s always worth a try. We only lose if we give up. Keep fighting my friend
 
iridescentblack said:
My brother gets me these gummies every so often. One gummy is about 50mgs. Though I've been off Invega for over 8 years, it definitely helps me with the last long-acting antipsychotic I was on.


It "burns out" some people. It certainly did for me. But after a long and arduous dark night of the soul, my system is now better equipped to handle the energy.
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Since you have been off for 8 years. Do you still have side effects? Can you get high?
 
Baddream said:
I think we require a larger than normal dose to feel an effect. But if xeplionhell can’t feel anything, I doubt I will he has been off for two years.

I may give it a try in a few months just gradually increase the dose and see what happens

I’m travelling to Spain tomorrow. I feel excited. Gonna eat some good food, drink some wine, chill at the beach, smoke some cigars and relax. Later I will travel to Morocco where I will smoke some hash as well. The heatwave will cool down in the coming weeks so that’s good
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Hope you have a nice time in Spain!
 
Looks like I'll have to take 25mg of seroquel for sleep as long as I'm on wellbutrin. I hope the tradeoff is worth it.
 
Baddream said:
I think we require a larger than normal dose to feel an effect. But if xeplionhell can’t feel anything, I doubt I will he has been off for two years.

I may give it a try in a few months just gradually increase the dose and see what happens

I’m travelling to Spain tomorrow. I feel excited. Gonna eat some good food, drink some wine, chill at the beach, smoke some cigars and relax. Later I will travel to Morocco where I will smoke some hash as well. The heatwave will cool down in the coming weeks so that’s good
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I wouldn't go over 2g even tho we who are off invega for us 1g-2g should be enough to get neuroplasticity benefits.
 
iridescentblack said:
The last of my side effects have gone away in the recent months.

I don't use drugs.
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That's great to know, that it's promising that there's people out there that are capable of making what appears to be a full recovery, I'm just very concerned by the fact that it took so long, at the same time I suppose I'd rather "fully" recover by my 30s as opposed to experiencing side effects for life. I said "fully" recovered since after so many years the body would've naturally gone through several other changes as is, so by then I technically still wouldn't feel the same as a 30 something year old as I did when I was 22 prior to getting injected. From what you can remember can you enjoy, function, and perform just about anything the way you could Invega? Or are there some slight subtle side effects still even 8 years later that you're still experiencing. I didn't even notice you created your account back in 2015 until now, and even all this time later you're still active, I plan on doing the same myself.
 
CrimsonThornX said:
That's great to know, that it's promising that there's people out there that are capable of making what appears to be a full recovery, I'm just very concerned by the fact that it took so long, at the same time I suppose I'd rather "fully" recover by my 30s as opposed to experiencing side effects for life. I said "fully" recovered since after so many years the body would've naturally gone through several other changes as is, so by then I technically still wouldn't feel the same as a 30 something year old as I did when I was 22 prior to getting injected. From what you can remember can you enjoy, function, and perform just about anything the way you could Invega? Or are there some slight subtle side effects still even 8 years later that you're still experiencing. I didn't even notice you created your account back in 2015 until now, and even all this time later you're still active, I plan on doing the same myself.
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How does it take 8 years to recover. I’m 19 seriously about to blow my brains I want to be myself again I can’t wait years.
 
CrimsonThornX said:
That's great to know, that it's promising that there's people out there that are capable of making what appears to be a full recovery, I'm just very concerned by the fact that it took so long, at the same time I suppose I'd rather "fully" recover by my 30s as opposed to experiencing side effects for life. I said "fully" recovered since after so many years the body would've naturally gone through several other changes as is, so by then I technically still wouldn't feel the same as a 30 something year old as I did when I was 22 prior to getting injected. From what you can remember can you enjoy, function, and perform just about anything the way you could Invega? Or are there some slight subtle side effects still even 8 years later that you're still experiencing. I didn't even notice you created your account back in 2015 until now, and even all this time later you're still active, I plan on doing the same myself.
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It's been so long that I honestly can't remember many of the side effects from Invega apart from cognitive dulling, brain fog, inability to visualize simple things like even just a paper clip, sexual issues, and bad memory. I was able to shape my memory while still on the drug. Everything else got better with time except for my motivation (which was impaired by yet another medication I took later down the line). Over the last couple years, though I have been experiencing a lot of ASMR, so I think my emotional faculties are working just fine.

Yeah, I used to lurk these Invega threads prior to joining. I was eager, like a lot of people, to know just how long the drug lasted. Didn't think I'd stick around this long.
 
Ayden said:
How does it take 8 years to recover. I’m 19 seriously about to blow my brains I want to be myself again I can’t wait years.
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I won’t make it if it takes 8 years , it’s been 6 months off for me that feels like an eternity , I’m giving myself another 2.5 years max and if that doesn’t work I’m out of here.
 
I don't think I ever said "It took me 8 years to recover". Pretty much all the side effects were gone by year 4 and the only reason I had lingering side effects like depersonalization was because of a medication I was on after the 4 year mark.
 
Mucky said:
I won’t make it if it takes 8 years , it’s been 6 months off for me that feels like an eternity , I’m giving myself another 2.5 years max and if that doesn’t work I’m out of here.
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Has anything improved for you? How many injections did you have again? I told myself when I quit I’d give myself a year to at least be able to enjoy life again. I may be to nice on that but I won’t live on like this.
 
iridescentblack said:
I don't think I ever said "It took me 8 years to recover". Pretty much all the side effects were gone by year 4 and the only reason I had lingering side effects like depersonalization was because of a medication I was on after the 4 year mark.
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And you had how many injections again? I’m 19 had 5, total of 1090mg. How long do you think I will be like this? Ik everyone is different I understand but if you have any idea lmk. Merik was my age and had a lot less and said he was fully recovered in under a year does it matter that I had a lot more?
 
iridescentblack said:
I don't think I ever said "It took me 8 years to recover". Pretty much all the side effects were gone by year 4 and the only reason I had lingering side effects like depersonalization was because of a medication I was on after the 4 year mark.
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At this very linear pace that I'm recovering at, I should be fully recovered when I'll be 3 years and 4 months off.
 
Ayden said:
And you had how many injections again? I’m 19 had 5, total of 1090mg. How long do you think I will be like this? Ik everyone is different I understand but if you have any idea lmk. Merik was my age and had a lot less and said he was fully recovered in under a year does it matter that I had a lot more?
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13 injections total. I don't remember what dosages. It was around the turn of year 2 that I noticed the biggest improvements. You'll probably recover in half the time I did.
 
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