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Mental Health Coming off Invega/Xeplion (paliperidone) injections v 8.0

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bowandsparrow said:
So, I'm marking 8 months as my recovery time. I went on a vacation and was joyful, outgoing, and interested in exploring just the way I was before the shot. It's continued now that I'm at home. I'm taking lots of pictures around the city, taking joy in small things like seeing cute dogs or a nice full moon.

I was getting more functional around 4 months, started feeling "okay" at 6 months. I went on 5 mg of lexapro at 4 months, but I don't think it affected much. I went on 150 mg of wellbutrin at 6 months and that seems to have made a big difference in my mood and motivation.

Lingering side effects are that it takes longer to have an orgasm (though that seems to be getting better over the past month) and I'm not sure how substances affect me. I seem to have a higher alcohol tolerance, but I'm not a heavy drinker so I don't test it much. I have no idea about weed, because I've quit that forever.

So yeah, recovery is definitely possible. If you're one of the lucky ones, it can happen in as little as 8 months, and if you're not you might as well hang in there anyway.

I had the 2 loading doses, last one on January 28.
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wellbutrin didnt help me it just made me so fucking anxious

bowandsparrow said:
So, I'm marking 8 months as my recovery time. I went on a vacation and was joyful, outgoing, and interested in exploring just the way I was before the shot. It's continued now that I'm at home. I'm taking lots of pictures around the city, taking joy in small things like seeing cute dogs or a nice full moon.

I was getting more functional around 4 months, started feeling "okay" at 6 months. I went on 5 mg of lexapro at 4 months, but I don't think it affected much. I went on 150 mg of wellbutrin at 6 months and that seems to have made a big difference in my mood and motivation.

Lingering side effects are that it takes longer to have an orgasm (though that seems to be getting better over the past month) and I'm not sure how substances affect me. I seem to have a higher alcohol tolerance, but I'm not a heavy drinker so I don't test it much. I have no idea about weed, because I've quit that forever.

So yeah, recovery is definitely possible. If you're one of the lucky ones, it can happen in as little as 8 months, and if you're not you might as well hang in there anyway.

I had the 2 loading doses, last one on January 28.
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so most people take longer to start recovering than 8 months😔??

cmf77 said:
Hi...new member. I only got one injection of invega and it has destroyed my life.I have hand tremors, anhodia, erectile dysfunction, no emotions, brain inflammation, no sex drive, horrible sleep and living a very miserable life. I also have lyme disease which isn't helping. Everything smells weird too.Like. dirty vacuum cleaner.
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go check how much paliperidone is left in your blood if its less than 4 ng/ml you might have brain damage
 
I wish there was some kind of research on treating the damage from these drugs. It's bizarre that no one is concerned. I think about suicide all the time because living like this is just not worth it. I miss feeling pleasure of a sunny day or eating chocolate that i can't eat anymore.
 
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paliperidonevictim2005 said:
go check how much paliperidone is left in your blood if its less than 4 ng/ml you might have brain damage
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Please do not make comments like this, especially to new members of the thread who are seeking some supportive words. It's just not helpful, and it's not true either. I do not believe that you ACTUALLY get brain damage from Invega, so please stop making comments to this effect. I know it might feel like you have brain damage, but that is an inappropriate phrase to just whimsically throw around.
 
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Please do not make comments like this, especially to new members of the thread who are seeking some supportive words. It's just not helpful, and it's not true either. I do not believe that you ACTUALLY get brain damage from Invega, so please stop making comments to this effect. I know it might feel like you have brain damage, but that is an inappropriate phrase to just whimsically throw around.
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The term brain damage barly means anything anyway. But ya unless you get something like pseudo parkinsons you are probably going to be all right.
 
Believing I got brain damage is part of what prompted me to try Prozac and not an SSRI known to be safe for me, because it's neurogenic, and take lion's mane and now I'm even more fucked up.

I was recovering just fine before that. My therapist said it probably doesn't cause brain damage unless you've been on it for years or if you were put on it when you were a teenager.
 
bowandsparrow said:
So, I'm marking 8 months as my recovery time. I went on a vacation and was joyful, outgoing, and interested in exploring just the way I was before the shot. It's continued now that I'm at home. I'm taking lots of pictures around the city, taking joy in small things like seeing cute dogs or a nice full moon.

I was getting more functional around 4 months, started feeling "okay" at 6 months. I went on 5 mg of lexapro at 4 months, but I don't think it affected much. I went on 150 mg of wellbutrin at 6 months and that seems to have made a big difference in my mood and motivation.

Lingering side effects are that it takes longer to have an orgasm (though that seems to be getting better over the past month) and I'm not sure how substances affect me. I seem to have a higher alcohol tolerance, but I'm not a heavy drinker so I don't test it much. I have no idea about weed, because I've quit that forever.

So yeah, recovery is definitely possible. If you're one of the lucky ones, it can happen in as little as 8 months, and if you're not you might as well hang in there anyway.

I had the 2 loading doses, last one on January 28.
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Are you still on the 150mg Wellbutrin? Does that put you at risk of relapse for psychosis or no? How long did it take the Wellbutrin to start working?

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bowandsparrow said:
So, I'm marking 8 months as my recovery time. I went on a vacation and was joyful, outgoing, and interested in exploring just the way I was before the shot. It's continued now that I'm at home. I'm taking lots of pictures around the city, taking joy in small things like seeing cute dogs or a nice full moon.

I was getting more functional around 4 months, started feeling "okay" at 6 months. I went on 5 mg of lexapro at 4 months, but I don't think it affected much. I went on 150 mg of wellbutrin at 6 months and that seems to have made a big difference in my mood and motivation.

Lingering side effects are that it takes longer to have an orgasm (though that seems to be getting better over the past month) and I'm not sure how substances affect me. I seem to have a higher alcohol tolerance, but I'm not a heavy drinker so I don't test it much. I have no idea about weed, because I've quit that forever.

So yeah, recovery is definitely possible. If you're one of the lucky ones, it can happen in as little as 8 months, and if you're not you might as well hang in there anyway.

I had the 2 loading doses, last one on January 28.
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Also, how bad were your symptoms before you started Wellbutrin? Complete loss of emotions, anhedonia and blank mind? Or just partially
 
Senior Moderator said:
Please do not make comments like this, especially to new members of the thread who are seeking some supportive words. It's just not helpful, and it's not true either. I do not believe that you ACTUALLY get brain damage from Invega, so please stop making comments to this effect. I know it might feel like you have brain damage, but that is an inappropriate phrase to just whimsically throw around.
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my bad im so sorry your right i shouldnt have said that just was tryna help

Maymay169 said:
Are you still on the 150mg Wellbutrin? Does that put you at risk of relapse for psychosis or no? How long did it take the Wellbutrin to start working?
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after invega poison your not gonna get psychotic again for a long time

InvegaAnon said:
I can feel my vagina going numb again from the vitamin D overdose while having PSSD and I just want to fucking kill myself.
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keep your head up you gonna get thru this❤️

paranoid android said:
The term brain damage barly means anything anyway. But ya unless you get something like pseudo parkinsons you are probably going to be all right.
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this scares tf outta me cause i had parkinsons for 2 months after the shit, its all gone now tho thank god

InvegaAnon said:
Believing I got brain damage is part of what prompted me to try Prozac and not an SSRI known to be safe for me, because it's neurogenic, and take lion's mane and now I'm even more fucked up.

I was recovering just fine before that. My therapist said it probably doesn't cause brain damage unless you've been on it for years or if you were put on it when you were a teenager.
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fuck i was injected when i was 18 am i gonna be ok?😔
 
InvegaAnon said:
Believing I got brain damage is part of what prompted me to try Prozac and not an SSRI known to be safe for me, because it's neurogenic, and take lion's mane and now I'm even more fucked up.

I was recovering just fine before that. My therapist said it probably doesn't cause brain damage unless you've been on it for years or if you were put on it when you were a teenager.
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also i think the prozac is what damaged you more than the lions mane they both might have tho but def prozac did more damage please dont take anymore meds
 
RecoveryInProgress said:
My psychiatrist today said I was the most severe case of all of her patients like in terms of reaction to antipsychotics
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Me too. Makes me think ppl dont know theor life sucks because of side effecta and belive it is the disease. When I was 14 I was started on an antipsychotic for no reason other than a sadist psychiatrist. Then afterwards I am deppressed and my life sucks i gain weight etc you know the works. Because I now aquired mental health issues my dose is raised and I blame my self. Was in this haze (risperidone) for two whole years before I read the side effects online(I had all of them). I never saw her again. Obviously disnt tell her the side effects this whole time bc I was under the impression the "depression " was a mental illness i had, not the fact that my dopamine is litterally being blocked. Now I know. They still force them ok me though.
 
InvegaAnon said:
I feel like I'm not as smart as I used to be. I estimate my IQ to have been around 120, I think it's only average now, or even below average. I feel really dumb all the time.
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Yeah I felt like this before recovery, but after I got better my IQ tests are like they were before. I'm a materials scientist so I do pretty ok. It's back to normal, don't worry, you'll get your functionality back.
 
invegafuckedmeupmeow said:
Me too. Makes me think ppl dont know theor life sucks because of side effecta and belive it is the disease. When I was 14 I was started on an antipsychotic for no reason other than a sadist psychiatrist. Then afterwards I am deppressed and my life sucks i gain weight etc you know the works. Because I now aquired mental health issues my dose is raised and I blame my self. Was in this haze (risperidone) for two whole years before I read the side effects online(I had all of them). I never saw her again. Obviously disnt tell her the side effects this whole time bc I was under the impression the "depression " was a mental illness i had, not the fact that my dopamine is litterally being blocked. Now I know. They still force them ok me though.
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Christ on a bike... Are you still forced to take these drugs after such side effects? Who's doing that to you?
 
Do Antipsychotics cause brain damage? I find it bizarre that i can't cry or scream or do anything abhorrent. I'm just slow and quiet now, completely disabled. How am i supposed to live like this? Spend decades bedbound like this? Will science find a cure for this?
 
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