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Coming off Invega/Xeplion (paliperidone) injections v11

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anonymoususer777 said:
I was hoping to see some good signs too. According to some people the average half-life for invega sustenna is 42 days, so i would say around 7 to 9 months is when the drug completely leaves the body. But, after that the body goes through withdrawals which can last a long time because the drug still stays in your blood. I might be going through withdrawals right now...who knows? I keep asking what the withdrawal signs of invega are, when do they start, and how long they last, but no one has been able to answer.
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I'm pretty sure people don't experience withdrawals similar to those on pills because of the slow release nature of the injection.
twinpeaks123 said:
I saw it said recovery 6-9 months is very rare
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From what I've seen 6-9 months is more common for recovery with those with few injections. Not 6 months but 6 months is where you experience early healing signs. Hang in there it could be a lot worse and you could have had more injections.
 
twinpeaks123 said:
if it takes me years to recover then I won’t get to enjoy my 20s
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It wont take years i recovered within a year and i had about 3 months wrth of invega and atlest 18 months worth of abilify injections. I would have recovered much sooner had it not been for latuda
 
Why psychiatrists are allowed to prescribe Invega without being aware of the half life of the drug astounds me. My main psychiatrist said in 6 weeks I should be feeling better, as it should be out of my system. Another one mentioned that it will take four months, although sounds plausible- with the many people on this forum, I have yet seen anyone who has recovered in four months. This is the hardest thing I've gone through and having no idea when I will see improvements is daunting. This forum is my only outlet because people here understand as they also have been injected. When will this nightmare end.
 
jrturp said:
I have a lot of the same symptoms - same cognitive issues, and muted hunger cues too. ADHD medication doesn’t work on me anymore, same with caffeine. I wonder how long it takes to feel substances again.

What’s different is I have a lot of fatigue and oversleep, opposite of you. Low motivation is one of the hardest symptoms to deal with since I can’t motivate to do even simple tasks.

Lack of emotions is the hardest for me because it’s really sad that I can’t feel love anymore, not even toward my baby. I love my baby intellectually, but don’t actually feel the emotion. Same with other positive emotions like joy, excitement, etc. I can’t even feel pleasure from eating ice cream.
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do you feel the jitterrs or any other effects of adhd medication? I still feel the overstimulation
how many months are you in your recovery from invega?
 
anonymoususer777 said:
Whats the point of getting a PET? How will it help or what will it diagnose? Will it help me recover?
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It will show the expression of your receptors that obviously have changed due to these injections, and you can prove to them you have downregulation or upregulation and that your receptors changed in sensivity so they will give you proper cure
 
twinpeaks123 said:
apparently a lot of recovery stories are fake and the company pays people, is this true?
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Maybe on conventional websites like drugs.com you can find bogus recovery stories, but on bluelight it’s unlikely. Why so— because you can search the person making the claim in the search engine—from there you can see the persons postage history.

Also the duration of recovery of the stories seems realistic, as everybody who recovers posts no more than five months minimum for their recovery.

Recovery is certainly possible- especially with your doses; It’s two I believe ?

Recovery for me on the other hand is uncertain— as I have had six injections and I take olanzapine. I don’t think olanzapine will hinder my recovery from Invega, but it might. It’s a gamble I’m willing to take. It does block dopamine, but loosely and after my evening dose—the following morning only 40-50% of my receptors are blocked and with the afternoon 35% I don’t think it will give me the same side effects as Invega, but time will tell. If I’m not better in 12 months I’ll try and taper off olanzapine. But for now it’s excellent and helps me get a good nights rest , as Invega caused me insomnia. Who knows once Invega clears I might feel good in staying on olanzapine and I’ll just continue it. As it will stop me from entering psychosis.
 
lukeflowz said:
Maybe on conventional websites like drugs.com you can find bogus recovery stories, but on bluelight it’s unlikely. Why so— because you can search the person making the claim in the search engine—from there you can see the persons postage history.

Also the duration of recovery of the stories seems realistic, as everybody who recovers posts no more than five months minimum for their recovery.

Recovery is certainly possible- especially with your doses; It’s two I believe ?

Recovery for me on the other hand is uncertain— as I have had six injections and I take olanzapine. I don’t think olanzapine will hinder my recovery from Invega, but it might. It’s a gamble I’m willing to take. It does block dopamine, but loosely and after my evening dose—the following morning only 40-50% of my receptors are blocked and with the afternoon 35% I don’t think it will give me the same side effects as Invega, but time will tell. If I’m not better in 12 months I’ll try and taper off olanzapine. But for now it’s excellent and helps me get a good nights rest , as Invega caused me insomnia. Who knows once Invega clears I might feel good in staying on olanzapine and I’ll just continue it. As it will stop me from entering psychosis.
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they prescribed me Olanzapine for akathisia and appetite but that appears to be improving in its own
 
I have been going for 35-40 minute walks and recently i have just been frustrated/upset at my mental health team for doing this to me, life was so enjoyable before
 
twinpeaks123 said:
I have been going for 35-40 minute walks and recently i have just been frustrated/upset at my mental health team for doing this to me, life was so enjoyable before
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I’am in agony with all sort of alterations and tinnitus, before these injections i was completely healthy and normal, life was normal.

Who did this to me don’t take accountability, they abandoned me in this agony.
 
paranoid android said:
If you have akathisia you should see a doctor asap. Thats a medical emergency. I didnt recognize i had akathisia on latuda and it was horrible
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I went to the fucking emergency room spent 12 hours there pacing out the front to be told its likely anxiety and sent away with 25mg seroquel tablets. It will go down as the lowest point in my entire life.

Good luck to anyone suffering akathisia I hate to say it but any treatments are just blankets to the effects of akathisia.

When I told the psychiatrist I had akathisia he dismissed me to and wouldn't even give me extra seroquel to deal with the problem at least with seroquel you can sedate yourself.

Paranoid android benzos and morphine sound fucking wonderful but you risk getting addicted to those substances. Also no one was going to give me any good drugs because I came in for drug induced psychosis.

Akathisia is the worst thing I ever suffered from it still pains me to this day how no one would help me by giving me anything to help calm me down.

The medical system is fucked. It makes me sick.
 
IOSIP said:
I went to the fucking emergency room spent 12 hours there pacing out the front to be told its likely anxiety and sent away with 25mg seroquel tablets. It will go down as the lowest point in my entire life.

Good luck to anyone suffering akathisia I hate to say it but any treatments are just blankets to the effects of akathisia.

When I told the psychiatrist I had akathisia he dismissed me to and wouldn't even give me extra seroquel to deal with the problem at least with seroquel you can sedate yourself.

Paranoid android benzos and morphine sound fucking wonderful but you risk getting addicted to those substances. Also no one was going to give me any good drugs because I came in for drug induced psychosis.

Akathisia is the worst thing I ever suffered from it still pains me to this day how no one would help me by giving me anything to help calm me down.

The medical system is fucked. It makes me sick.
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They should take you sick and make you healthy instead they take you healthy and left you sick. Idk when it’s happened that everytings function on the upside down as they should..
 
RisperdalConsta50mg said:
They should take you sick and make you healthy instead they take you healthy and left you sick. Idk when it’s happened that everytings function on the upside down as they should..
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as someone from the uk, I assumed Switzerland had the best healthcare system in Europe, your experience changed my mind
 
twinpeaks123 said:
as someone from the uk, I assumed Switzerland had the best healthcare system in Europe, your experience changed my mind
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Well idk because you know, i was completely healthy before (Just had panic attacks) and they damaged my brain, i think psychiatry is the same in every place at this point.

But since i’am in Switzerland i expected a response about the medical system in order to heal the damage they did to me but instead they treated me like a crazy dude and they dint help me heal the damage even if there we have very good medical technology..

This is because they want to hide a psychiatry mistake that lead to harm someone healthy because then psychiatry will be considered dangerous in some wat and the whole narrative will change.
 
RisperdalConsta50mg said:
Well idk because you know, i was completely healthy before (Just had panic attacks) and they damaged my brain, i think psychiatry is the same in every place at this point.

But since i’am in Switzerland i expected a response about the medical system in order to heal the damage they did to me but instead they treated me like a crazy dude and they dint help me heal the damage even if there we have very good medical technology..

This is because they want to hide a psychiatry mistake that lead to harm someone healthy because then psychiatry will be considered dangerous in some wat and the whole narrative will change.
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In my experience the most dangerous person you can meet in your entire life is a psychiatryst because can harm you in a way that you are not able to show with standard exams so the more you complain about the harm then the more they think you are delusional.
 
silenthill said:
hope everyone is well. feeling recovered. i'm not sure why i keep coming back but i guess i'm genuinely grateful to have had a place to talk when every doctor or family member called me delusional or crazy. felt like a lifeline. it's hard to let that go.
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how long did it take you to recover and how many doses did you have? looking for hope
 
RisperdalConsta50mg said:
Well idk because you know, i was completely healthy before (Just had panic attacks) and they damaged my brain, i think psychiatry is the same in every place at this point.

But since i’am in Switzerland i expected a response about the medical system in order to heal the damage they did to me but instead they treated me like a crazy dude and they dint help me heal the damage even if there we have very good medical technology..

This is because they want to hide a psychiatry mistake that lead to harm someone healthy because then psychiatry will be considered dangerous in some wat and the whole narrative will change.
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is the healthcare free?
 
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