Hi everyone, this is my first post here. Its almost 6 months today that I have been injected with 2 loading doses of Invega sustenna 7 days apart .One was 150mg and other was 100mg . The last injection was on March 27th 2025. I have bad anhedonia. Loss of emotions. I cannot feel music. I used to love spending time with my pet cats before this, but now I cant feel anything. I have zero motivation or interest for doing anything. I can hardly even take a shower. It has been days that I haven’t showered. I used to love singing I can’t do that anymore. I cant even speak like before . I am unable to interact much with people. Its so difficult to live like this. I have bad suicidal thoughts. I also have zero libido and what I would call sexual dysfunction. I am posting here in a desperate need of finding hope and recovery stories of females who recovered to be able to stay positive. Any female recovery stories of users you might know of might help me to keep hope
Welcome, I'm sure there's more, as I read some recovery stories from females but this is all I could find for now.
"Invega stopped my period too, but it came back slowly around 12 months off. I had 6 injections ending in January 2019. I started to feel better around 9 months off, normal at around 18 months off, and fully recovered around 2 years off.
I had anhedonia, suicidal ideation, akathisisa, weight gain, complete sexual dysfunction and numbness in the genitals, loss of cognitive and conversational function, loss of emotion, loss of spiritual function(fun/music/laughter/prayer), bad skin/hair, loss of creativity, and loss of motor skill. I regained all of this slowly between the 9 month and two year mark. I no longer suffer from any side effects of invega."
@Kaatrina
"Invega stopped my period for 16 months. I had acne all over my back and shoulders, couldn’t cry, could hardly sleep, couldn’t enjoy music, rarely laugh or felt laughter. I constantly felt disoriented and out of it. I felt depressed 24/7. I had no motivation to do anything, couldn’t feel joy. I had no desire to shower, or even do my hair. I had no thoughts. I felt like a zombie. I was stiff inside of my body, couldn’t feel comfortable or even relax. I was also suicidal for the first time in my life. I have completely healed in every way. I am the same as I was prior to be medicated. I am doing the things that I used to do, also my body has recovered. I sleep eight hours again, and can also take naps. I don’t know what it is about that wicked mess, but I couldn’t sleep or take naps hardy, that lasted for about 17 to 18 months, after receiving two injections. I refused to take sleep medication. I always had faith that my brain would heal. I am back sleeping and napping. I listen to music and feel happy again, my skin finally healed. I can feel my full rage of emotions again. I am no longer depressed. I am no longer a shell of myself. I am back being my goofy self. I laugh at everything. I stopped laughing and listening to music after that meditation, that was the biggest red flag to me. I have always been super goofy and have a first love for music. I listen to it everyday, sometimes throughout my whole day. I had no desire to do anything after that injection. I am back living my life, doing the things that I once loved. I rarely think about what happened to me. I feel exactly the same as before."
@Kiaf85
