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

[Recoveringinvega]

What happened to 5 to 6 halflives?

 

[Kaatrina]

I need support from someone else who took the drug voluntarily to go home early. I'm full of regret.

Today started out well, but then I got stuck on invega shit.

I did. No reason to regret. Plenty of people have suffered from taking meds/doing procedures without full informed consent. So many of us had to learn the hard way that side effects are real and prevalent - this injection being one of the worst to have to learn on. At least it does not kill you or cause you to kill others.

I'm going to block this site for a week, I've been compulsively checking it. Looking at other people's misery is also bad for me because I just absorb it. Bye for now.

Taking a break from these forums improved my mental health a lot. Reading about so many people going through so much distress can be distressing in itself. Best of luck in your recovery.

Things are still going well for me. It's been really good for me to relocate to the Midwest since last year from the west coast. People are very friendly here and my kids and I are starting to become very socially connected. It feels good to feel connected and it's much easier to do here than in Washington. People just expect you to be normal here, which is nice. I feel like I've left a lot of things behind and can recover from a lot of things that happened to me. I'm almost a week overdue with my fourth child. I haven't had any issues with psychosis, depersonalization or surreal disconnection. Things are still going well, and recovery is still real. It just takes time. Be patient and just wait for the time that your old self can emerge once again.

 

[paranoid android]

If anyone here is on invega and wants to get off it i would suggest asking your doctor for zyprexa instead. I am getting absolutlyu no side effects from the zyprexa and i feel recovered 100%. I havent even gained any fat and have been gaining alot od muscle and the gut i got from invega and abilify is gone. have in fact packed on about 20lbs of muscle.

Why they even prescribe invega i dont know as there are alot better options

 

[Recoveringinvega]

If anyone here is on invega and wants to get off it i would suggest asking your doctor for zyprexa instead. I am getting absolutlyu no side effects from the zyprexa and i feel recovered 100%. I havent even gained any fat and have been gaining alot od muscle and the gut i got from invega and abilify is gone. have in fact packed on about 20lbs of muscle.

Why they even prescribe invega i dont know as there are alot better options

Thats amazing that your feeling better about your body. The only thing is you can only gain about 5lbs of muscle a year if you train extremely hard. If your in your teenage years and have never trained, daily training can get you up to 10lbs of muscle in your first year. Thought Id point out some facts. Regardless really happy your feeling better about yourself and keep up the good work

 

[Recoveringinvega]

I did. No reason to regret. Plenty of people have suffered from taking meds/doing procedures without full informed consent. So many of us had to learn the hard way that side effects are real and prevalent - this injection being one of the worst to have to learn on. At least it does not kill you or cause you to kill others.

Taking a break from these forums improved my mental health a lot. Reading about so many people going through so much distress can be distressing in itself. Best of luck in your recovery.

Things are still going well for me. It's been really good for me to relocate to the Midwest since last year from the west coast. People are very friendly here and my kids and I are starting to become very socially connected. It feels good to feel connected and it's much easier to do here than in Washington. People just expect you to be normal here, which is nice. I feel like I've left a lot of things behind and can recover from a lot of things that happened to me. I'm almost a week overdue with my fourth child. I haven't had any issues with psychosis, depersonalization or surreal disconnection. Things are still going well, and recovery is still real. It just takes time. Be patient and just wait for the time that your old self can emerge once again.

Glad to see your back. Good luck on your 4th child

 

[paranoid android]

Thats amazing that your feeling better about your body. The only thing is you can only gain about 5lbs of muscle a year if you train extremely hard. If your in your teenage years and have never trained, daily training can get you up to 10lbs of muscle in your first year. Thought Id point out some facts. Regardless really happy your feeling better about yourself and keep up the good work0

Thanks. AshwagandhaYou can definetely pack on more then 5lbs of muscle a year. A guy on here in fact packed on lke 40lbs of muscle in less then a year. Granted he was pretty skinny to start with.

Before i went on zyprexa and started working out i was abit on the skinny side at 170lbs. That was due to latuda killing my appetite. Now that i started working out im 190lbs and my gut is fully gone. I have been on a high protein and low carb diet as welll

 

[Senior Moderator]

Has anyone tried THC lube for sexual dysfunction? Would it work?

I haven't heard of anyone trying this but I am interested in hearing from anyone who has. I would be very interested to hear if it helps.

Nah. If people think negatively it's because they are still feeling bad, let's be realistic here. You can't control reality with your mind.

On the contrary, you can actually influence how you feel by changing the way you perceive and think about things. It's not controlling reality with your mind.

Didn't knew you had a degree in psychology and diagnosed everyone on this forum. <unnecessary comment - SMod> Its not that people think they have permanent side effects, some truly do have permanent side effects, just assuming they are negative is gaslighting and plays into the hands of the psychiatrists. Thinking you can control reality with your mind is delusional thinking, grandiose delusions is mental illness. Only thing a negative mindset will do is creating more stress than is needed thinking that stress will somehow create symptoms that are similar to invega is ridicilious, the shit people make up.

Its cool that serhat is healing i wish him the best, but bro need to realize that most people can't even take 3 injections they simply won't tolerate, alot of them tap out due burning brain pains, breathing problems, inability to sleep at all or extreme akathesia. thinking you can just think neuroleptic malignant syndrom away is BS. Some people are just lucky and suffer less, i wish i would have suffer less but then again i already started recovering month 4 off invega so i don't really have much room to complain here.. almost nobody on this forum started healing month 4

Only thing i did was laying in bed all day smoking weed, eating cookies and complaining how shit everything is. You guys tell people they do need to do quests all day in order to heal like some video game

apsucks is on a temporary ban so he won't be able to reply to this, but in response to what he said, I do actually have not one but 2 different Psychology degrees so I am well versed in how the mind works, and I feel that I've done enough academic work on this to be qualified to comment on it.

There is a lot of merit to what Baddream says about having a positive attitude. A lot of scientific evidence shows that people who consciously have a more positive mindset, think, feel and behave in more positive ways. And the opposite is true. If you persist in having a negative or hopeless attitude, you are much more likely to remain depressed and negative.

I’ve been just reading the arguing back and forth between users on this thread we should be encouraging and uplifting one another smh

Yes, it really sucks huh. This is precisely one of the reasons that Kaatrina took a break from the thread. I really wish people wouldn't argue and be against each other in a support thread where everyone should be helping each other out. But this is the internet. It just happens. That's why us mods are here.

If anyone sees any posts that they think should be reviewed by staff, please Report the post and we will deal with it. We do actually go through this thread multiple times a day and try to clean up any mess, but sometimes we might miss something, so please Report posts if you think they are against the spirit of the thread.

Is there any point trying antidepressants if I’ve only been off invega shots for one month or will they just be blocked by the invega still left in my system? I want to try Effexor… just desperate for something to work

No, please do not do this. I'm sorry to say, it will not help. You've only been off Invega for 1 month, you're still in early recovery. I know you're really struggling and feeling desperate, but adding more psych meds will likely not help. You need to give your brain time to heal ❤

I didn't see him say to people that they are fucked for life.

He said it and implied it many times.

We need moderators who went off invega and are OG-s, and only they should be allowed to moderate this thread.

@AlphaMethylPhenyl HAS actually been on Invega and recovered from it. I have not been on Invega but I have been on many, many other psych meds (definitely not the same thing to what you guys are going through), and I have been moderating this forum for over 17 years. So I think I qualify as an OG.

I personally think that @Kaatrina would make an excellent mod of this thread, but I'm not sure she would be keen on the job.

I have him blocked because he sent me a DM about how he tortures guinea pigs. He's better off on an ignore list.

I am so fucking sorry that you got such a horrendous DM from someone!!! That is just awful.

Again, everyone, please remember that you can and SHOULD Report any DMs you receive that are harassing, inappropriate or simply make you feel uncomfortable, and staff will deal with it accordingly.

i'm now on haldol decanoate and I'm much happier, no side effects at 300mg...
very good for hallucinations but a bit poor for delusions if i do meth or hallucinogenics.

That is great to hear. But you REALLY should not do meth if you are on any antipsychotics including haldol. That is just a recipe for psychosis.

is there a group for invega sufferers on discord or something? Or can we make one?

You've been directed to the Discord group several times now. Have you found it yet?

I'm going to block this site for a week, I've been compulsively checking it. Looking at other people's misery is also bad for me because I just absorb it. Bye for now.

I'm really sorry to hear this because you're a really great contributor to the thread, but I also completely understand. I truly hope you come back after a bit of a break. Take care of yourself ❤

 

[Nurse Ratched]

^ Excellent post. Written with truth and compassion and experience.

 

[keepinghope]

Do you guys think sauna would help accelerate the process of ridding your body of this stuff

 

[keepinghope]

Also I’m on Zoloft 100mg and it’s deff helping me in terms of mood while coming off of invega coming up on day 80

 

[bowandsparrow]

Came up with a quote for the later chapters of my book and I just made myself sad.

"Mentally ill people require support and community as much as anybody else, but sometimes it's hard to argue that we deserve it."

 

[Serhat]

Do you guys think sauna would help accelerate the process of ridding your body of this stuff

I dont think so but, losing weight specially body fat does help abit since invega is stored in the fat cells on ur arm or butt

 

[Robchanna]

Those posts were the last thing I needed to read, fucking hell man. I really worry about sexual sensation not being restored.

People DO get sexual sensation back. I'm getting sensation back. My orgasms have started to feel almost normal in the past few days since my long post, I even had one without watching porn. I felt arousal like I did before invega in July after smoking a hash joint, but I couldn't fully enjoy that because I was at a friend's house. I'm just having bloodflow issues and side effects from other medications.

I put infused weed oil on my clitoris today and it actually worked, although not as well as I would have liked. I'll invest in some infused lube when I get the chance and report back.

Do you feel euphoria from hash or weed? When did it come back? I currently can’t feel anything? Was it the same for you?

 

[Robchanna]

I was injected with Invega in the hospital for not a clear reason really, it was kind of a rushed sort of thing, not really told what it’s for, and you’re already confused while in there so it’s very difficult to make a decisive informed decision about your care. I made a full recovery from Invega. I’m not sure what the dose was but I don’t think it was that high because I didn’t really have a lot of problems from it besides weight gain which I was able to lose. I’m sorry you’re dealing with regret. It’s really hard. I’m doing EMDR therapy for it , it might be something that you would be interested in

I have a really hard time with regret from my Abilify experience. I’m just starting to make progress though.


It depends really. I mean, I don’t want to scare you at all but my sensitivity hasn’t recovered 100%. But I was also on 15mg Abilify pills for 3 months which caused this. So since you had less than me, the odds might be more in your favor of recovering your response to caffeine.


I think so, it does sound like you are recovering, feeling more energy is a good sign that things are normalizing more to your natural homeostasis.

Do you feel weed? When was your ability restored

 

[bignastyctg]

lil update: been off of invega for about 13 months now, im recovering pretty well. I can hold conversation & make jokes almost like i used to be able to.

since i got off of invega ive ran 2 gaming communities through discord, both fairly large, 1400 ppl and 1500 ppl. im still involved in 1, but ive stepped down from my management position (i managed the large staff team & did a ton of community related stuff).

back in march i met a girl that i really care about on one of those gaming communities. we talk a ton, everyday, either on video calls, or just audio. it made me nervous at first because ive never done long distance, but we’ve been officially dating for almost a month, & we’re planning on her flying to visit in October.

but yeah, overall, im recovering pretty well. i didnt think i’d ever have my sense of humor, or emotions, or the ability to love back, but here they are again. keep pushing guys, you can recover. after like 2 years of wasting time at home, im going back to school, ive got a car again, & ive been reconnecting with friends, & i hope this is just the beginning.

edit: i do wanna add that things still arent 100%, my memory is still not great, & i still have the weight ive gained, but i recently started putting effort into losing that weight.

 

[RecoveryInProgress]

Do you feel weed? When was your ability restored

Yes but I don’t usually use cannabis only on occasions. It returned right after invega , and after my use with Abilify I think it returned like a year later if I remember correctly and after Risperdal I noticed it returned about a month or so after I got off. At first I couldn’t notice it but last time I got relaxed and everything. Do you not feel it at all? Or is it just different?

 

[lurker689]

lil update: been off of invega for about 13 months now, im recovering pretty well. I can hold conversation & make jokes almost like i used to be able to.

since i got off of invega ive ran 2 gaming communities through discord, both fairly large, 1400 ppl and 1500 ppl. im still involved in 1, but ive stepped down from my management position (i managed the large staff team & did a ton of community related stuff).

back in march i met a girl that i really care about on one of those gaming communities. we talk a ton, everyday, either on video calls, or just audio. it made me nervous at first because ive never done long distance, but we’ve been officially dating for almost a month, & we’re planning on her flying to visit in October.

but yeah, overall, im recovering pretty well. i didnt think i’d ever have my sense of humor, or emotions, or the ability to love back, but here they are again. keep pushing guys, you can recover. after like 2 years of wasting time at home, im going back to school, ive got a car again, & ive been reconnecting with friends, & i hope this is just the beginning.

edit: i do wanna add that things still arent 100%, my memory is still not great, & i still have the weight ive gained, but i recently started putting effort into losing that weight.

I'm sorry for making this weird question but can you cry? I'm asking bcuz my ability to cry became very weak.

 

[CrimsonThornX]

It may be none of my concern but if one of the moderators link me what @apsucks said that lead to his ban, cause I missed what he said or didnt understand why he got banned, I'll be greatful or someone explain to me why apsucks got banned this time :D. @Senior Moderator @Nurse Ratched

I may not be a mod myself but I believe I have a pretty good understanding as to why apsucks got banned for the millionth time, even though I talked with him directly and acted pretty chill with me he seemed to be different with most other people. Normally I wouldn't be one to "snitch" but he told me he had no intention to ever return so why not. He usually got involved in drama or arguments, replied to several other posts with a link to a guinea pig farm video, and most recently, he said in his last direct message to me earlier today and I quote, "i called the mod a filthy mongrol whore who should die of aids in a DM", so it's no suprise at this point. I literally told him as soon as I realize he was unbanned to avoid doing anything that would cause him to get banned again but he did exactly that, I dunno man, I don't get people sometimes. Regardless I wish him the best wherever the heck he ends up in life.

 

[Maymay169]

Guys I’m sorry to spam the thread but I’m really needing to talk to someone who has recovered from their injections. I am in a really really dark place right now… please dm me if you can

 

[Kaatrina]

Why did apsucks get banned again? Seems like people have an agenda against anyone that doesn’t post positive recovery posts even if they have no recovery to speak of. Why did rulomaner get banned aswell ? Just for being suicidal ? Pfft

Idk why you wouldn't want them banned. One gets off on posting and talking about animal torture and one calls everyone who has recovered a liar. They don't really belong here and they're a big reason I initially took a break from the forum TBH