Mental Health Coming off Invega/Xeplion (paliperidone) injections v. 10

[TonyTonyChopper]

Are you sure wellbutrin would work? The injection they gave you sounds like it has a very high affinity level. Don't you need something with a high affinity level so that it would compete and replace it? It sounds like those drugs would do nothing to help.What do you think about this?

bro i have no idea what ur talking about, whatever u learned from receptors or the brain are just theories, the brain could very well work very differently.

 

[TonyTonyChopper]

Your mad if you take abilify for anhedonia. But what would i know its not my life. But crazzzzzy idea my man.

Bro but i read like 4 or 5 studies where ppl said it helped them, idk i havent fully decided but if i do it will be a very low dose less than 5mg , anything above 10 will be just like invega

 

[Matthew01]

bro i have no idea what ur talking about, whatever u learned from receptors or the brain are just theories, the brain could very well work very differently.

Let me explain it so you could understand. Affinity is how much strong a dopamine agonist binds to a dopamine receptor. The injections you took probably binded to a dopamine receptor really strongly and it may diminished or make the effect of the wellbrutin worthless because it is blocked by a dopamine antagonist. Don't you think you need something of a stronger affinity so it would at least have an effect? That is what I'm asking. You want that works immediately, right?

 

[rawbanana]

So it’s been a little over 6 months since my last shot. My anhedonia is still bad I can’t watch TV for more than 2 minutes without checking my phone or something. My dissociation is still extremely extremely bad. It feels like this drug gave me schizophrenia because I feel so disconnected from reality.

My muscle stiffness and twitches have gotten a little bit better, but the progress is so slow that it almost doesn’t seem worth it.

I think I will end up dying soon. And it sucks.

 

[fenec]

Bro but i read like 4 or 5 studies where ppl said it helped them, idk i havent fully decided but if i do it will be a very low dose less than 5mg , anything above 10 will be just like invega

Pay attention to the study, it may be a psychiatrist's collaborator, so it's still an antipsychotic and therefore money for their pocket.

 

[fenec]

So it’s been a little over 6 months since my last shot. My anhedonia is still bad I can’t watch TV for more than 2 minutes without checking my phone or something. My dissociation is still extremely extremely bad. It feels like this drug gave me schizophrenia because I feel so disconnected from reality.

My muscle stiffness and twitches have gotten a little bit better, but the progress is so slow that it almost doesn’t seem worth it.

I think I will end up dying soon. And it sucks.

I haven't seen any clear improvement after 1 year, but I assure you that it's going in the right direction everything's coming back physical libido sperm white orgasm everything's coming back in everything I feel 80% 90% cured after 22 months of stopping I received 4 haldol injections especially if you're young the brain repairs itself much faster

 

[invega011024]

Update on me taking St John's Wort daily: I developed a pulsing feeling on the joints on my back in two places. I stopped taking it, and they went away. I did feel like mentally I was doing better, but I don't want to get Tardrive whatever so I'll stop.

 

[rawbanana]

I haven't seen any clear improvement after 1 year, but I assure you that it's going in the right direction everything's coming back physical libido sperm white orgasm everything's coming back in everything I feel 80% 90% cured after 22 months of stopping I received 4 haldol injections especially if you're young the brain repairs itself much faster

Yeah. I just hate sitting and waiting. It’s hard going through life when everything feels totally meaningless. Life was hard enough as it was. This on top of it all is just torture. Pure torture.

 

[Matthew01]

Let me explain it so you could understand. Affinity is how much strong a dopamine agonist binds to a dopamine receptor. The injections you took probably binded to a dopamine receptor really strongly and it may diminished or make the effect of the wellbrutin worthless because it is blocked by a dopamine antagonist. Don't you think you need something of a stronger affinity so it would at least have an effect? That is what I'm asking. You want that works immediately, right?

Hey, so you still think you need something of stronger affinity so it wouldn't have an effect and not be blocked out? Also I going to the doctor tomorrow, can you advice me on what to say? I'm planning to suggest him apomorphine and cabergoline for me. I've already researched the interaction and it says apomorphine reduces the thereupitic efficacy of clopixol so it might help me I think. Can anyone give me advice? Are there any kind of drugs that may help?

 

[fenec]

Salut, tu penses toujours avoir besoin d'un médicament plus puissant pour éviter les effets secondaires et éviter le blocage ? Je vais chez le médecin demain. Pourrais-tu me conseiller ? Je compte lui suggérer de l'apomorphine et de la cabergoline. J'ai déjà fait des recherches sur les interactions et il semble que l'apomorphine réduise l'efficacité thérapeutique du clopidogrel, donc ça pourrait m'aider. Quelqu'un pourrait-il me conseiller ? Existe-t-il des médicaments qui pourraient m'aider ?

Non

 

[Matthew01]

So I would be going to the doctor today. Hope he accepts my suggestion about apomorphine and cabergoline.

 

[EsseWasGreat]

Hey people, just felt like checking what's up since I haven't posted in a while


Damn, this thread is getting so many reopenings so fast... I hope those of you who I've read last time have recovered (same for everyone else)


Just here to remind y'all that recovery is indeed possible, despite how awful and impossible it might seem for the first few months

I'm doing better than ever in my life (I'm 34 btw, got shot with 2 injections back in 2022 and basically died inside from it, almost died outside too), my cognitive skills have reached peaks I never had before and I've been hitting the gym with amazing results

Do not give up, take walks, eat clean, look for success stories but above all else stay safe: you can only recover by staying alive afterall (and whatever it is that you feel like you've lost from the shots will also come back, it just takes lots of time)

 

[Matthew01]

So I'm back from the hospital, a lot have happened

 

[Matthew01]

Hey people, just felt like checking what's up since I haven't posted in a while


Damn, this thread is getting so many reopenings so fast... I hope those of you who I've read last time have recovered (same for everyone else)


Just here to remind y'all that recovery is indeed possible, despite how awful and impossible it might seem for the first few months

I'm doing better than ever in my life (I'm 34 btw, got shot with 2 injections back in 2022 and basically died inside from it, almost died outside too), my cognitive skills have reached peaks I never had before and I've been hitting the gym with amazing results

Do not give up, take walks, eat clean, look for success stories but above all else stay safe: you can only recover by staying alive afterall (and whatever it is that you feel like you've lost from the shots will also come back, it just takes lots of time)

Those two shots, how did it make you feel? Did it severely reduced your motivation and happiness? Did it severely restricted your emotions? Did it make it feel you're emotionless? Did you have problems enjoying music? Did you make thinking hard and dull for you? Just want to know what that felt like. How long did it take? My situation is messed up. I was injected for nothing.

 

[EsseWasGreat]

Those two shots, how did it make you feel? Did it severely reduced your motivation and happiness? Did it severely restricted your emotions? Did it make it feel you're emotionless? Did you have problems enjoying music? Did you make thinking hard and dull for you? Just want to know what that felt like. How long did it take? My situation is messed up. I was injected for nothing.

Yes to all those questions. It did mess me up in a way that I initially thought it was forever


It took me about 6 months to see the first meaningful improvements and then 6 more months after that to consider myself somewhat functioning (not fully recovered but like halfway there)


From that point I knew that recovery was in sight and eventually I just got there

 

[Matthew01]

Yes to all those questions. It did mess me up in a way that I initially thought it was forever


It took me about 6 months to see the first meaningful improvements and then 6 more months after that to consider myself somewhat functioning (not fully recovered but like halfway there)


From that point I knew that recovery was in sight and eventually I just got there

Wow,that's is very long time.In the period you were feeling like that, did you at least try to take some drug that would help with the effects, like a dopamine agonist? Did you ask your psychiatrist if there were any drugs that could help?

 

[Pretty Green]

It’s been nine months for me. I tried to put on so many layers of clothing before bed last night so I could sweat and it didn’t work. No thirst, no hunger.. no emotions. I don’t know how much longer I can do this for. I had haldol and abilify and countless pills. I hate the psychiatrists so much. I should have known before I rang 000 to get some sleep that they wouldn’t be helpful. Music still sounds like noise.. it’s hard to meditate and I cannot feel oxytocin anymore. Weird stupid dreams too. I’m trying to be positive but it’s kind of impossible. Please anyone out there with success stories say what helped. I’m hanging on for my two kids but really regret having them now as they don’t need a mother that is like a vegetable.

 

[WildSunShin3]

It’s been nine months for me. I tried to put on so many layers of clothing before bed last night so I could sweat and it didn’t work. No thirst, no hunger.. no emotions. I don’t know how much longer I can do this for. I had haldol and abilify and countless pills. I hate the psychiatrists so much. I should have known before I rang 000 to get some sleep that they wouldn’t be helpful. Music still sounds like noise.. it’s hard to meditate and I cannot feel oxytocin anymore. Weird stupid dreams too. I’m trying to be positive but it’s kind of impossible. Please anyone out there with success stories say what helped. I’m hanging on for my two kids but really regret having them now as they don’t need a mother that is like a vegetable.

Hang in there mama
Things will get better just have to let it get through your system . The anhedonia will lift off of you the waiting games suck but you have to be there for your children even if it is forcing through the days . I was just like you I have a son and I felt like I couldnt do it because of what that injection did to me I planned awhole day for my son and that night I was going to blow my brains out but my guardian angels heard my suffering and pleading for a sign not to do it because I was set on doing it and they showed me a sign that I asked for it made me hang in there longer and I am happy I did because I wouldn't be where I am at now in life I am doing 10000% better even better then before invega .I am new version of myself that I am very proud of and you will get there too just have to not focus so much on the recovery time it will drive you mad and make the days month and years feel longer . I am here to message if you ever need someone to just vent it out too but trust me it does get better so hang in there mama's!

 

[Pretty Green]

Thanks. I really really needed to hear this right now. I will read it everyday. How long was your recovery?

Hang in there mama
Things will get better just have to let it get through your system . The anhedonia will lift off of you the waiting games suck but you have to be there for your children even if it is forcing through the days . I was just like you I have a son and I felt like I couldnt do it because of what that injection did to me I planned awhole day for my son and that night I was going to blow my brains out but my guardian angels heard my suffering and pleading for a sign not to do it because I was set on doing it and they showed me a sign that I asked for it made me hang in there longer and I am happy I did because I wouldn't be where I am at now in life I am doing 10000% better even better then before invega .I am new version of myself that I am very proud of and you will get there too just have to not focus so much on the recovery time it will drive you mad and make the days month and years feel longer . I am here to message if you ever need someone to just vent it out too but trust me it does get better so hang in there mama's!

 

[WildSunShin3]

Thanks. I really really needed to hear this right now. I will read it everyday. How long was your recovery?

It has been 5 1/2 years since I been have been recovered from anhedonia**(got the injection may 2018 total of 3 injections)** and overall side affect from invega and 3 years stabled back on medication **(never dealing with injections again! only pills all i take now is 15mg of zyprexa it keeps me sane without killing my soul )**which was very hard for me to trust medication again after that injection but I had to get stable it was the only choice I had and best decision I made because I am at a point in my life 33 years old and thriving i never thought I be here but I am don't give up ever keep going for those babies mamas !