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Coming off Invega/Xeplion (paliperidone) injections v11

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lukeflowz said:
Guys is it normal for me to not feel much difference in just a little over 3.5 months. My akathisia is gone, but I still have the mental agony and anhedonia. I feel pretty much the same as when I was on the injections. Is there any hope for me ?
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3.5 months is a short time. You aren’t even halfway to the recovery timeframe(generally 8-12 months). Get a job and stay strong.
 
anonymoususer777 said:
I am almost at the same time off my injections. What was the dosage of your injections? How many injections? Are you able to feel weed and the euphoria it causes?
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The two loading doses and 2 more of 159mg. I can feel weed but it doesn’t make me euphoric anymore it just makes me tingly
 
Vyvanse/adderall used to feel so great…. I don’t drink coffee really, no point since I’m on stimulants. But the times I would drink a coffee, the effects would make me feel so powerful. Mixing with weed also made me feel so great mentally. I’m glad I’m not majorly depressed anymore because that sucked, but having no highs but also no lows feels so strange. I enjoy things but I don’t feel like jumping for joy over things anymore. I used to be so excitedly anxious to do things I wouldn’t sleep. I wonder if this is also a side effect of medicating my adhd though… I really don’t want to have to go through vyvanse withdrawals or go off of my medication though, i didn’t get vyvanse while i was in the hospital and i was in there for 3 weeks which is a long time and sucked going through withdrawals I was so hungry and tired. I didn’t get my meds again until PHP, I noticed a difference immediately even after taking invega. But it does kind of suck being dependent on an amphetamine, it’s basically baby meth lol.
 
Trueart2 said:
Watchout for psychosis from smoking weed. Stay safe.
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I’m on a low dose of rexulti right now which hopefully will prevent psychosis symptoms? Also because of the depression I had pre invega. My therapist/psychatrist wants me on it for a least a year because of how damaging psychosis can be on the brain and I was unknowingly in psychosis for months. I also only got off of invega by chance almost, it’s actually way too hard to get thank you for being ass American health insurance. My therapist agreed to letting me switch meds but they wanted to taper first because of fear of rebound psychosis but I literally couldn’t. Thankfully I’m still in the clear. I know it’s a bad thing that I still smoke and my therapist has been advising against it too but it’s more of a habit at this point unfortunately… i like the act. It’s just a Really boring habit now. It’s just so strange how different the high feels now. It makes me not want to smoke in social settings because I’m not getting high the same way they are anymore.
 
I drank a c4 a few weeks ago and felt no different it’s just so freaky this can happen at all the brain is such a complex thing
 
I also know I can still feel substances besides the mental/emotional aspect because weed can also still make me nauseous sometimes 😑
 
I will also say feeling like you can’t interact with people is mostly an anxiety thing. Since I have a job I have to interact with people everyday and sometimes I just don’t talk at all and no one really cares, people are usually too focused on themselves to worry about what you’re doing or how you act really. Unless you go out of your way to make it known
 
invegaloner said:
I’m on a low dose of rexulti right now which hopefully will prevent psychosis symptoms? Also because of the depression I had pre invega. My therapist/psychatrist wants me on it for a least a year because of how damaging psychosis can be on the brain and I was unknowingly in psychosis for months. I also only got off of invega by chance almost, it’s actually way too hard to get thank you for being ass American health insurance. My therapist agreed to letting me switch meds but they wanted to taper first because of fear of rebound psychosis but I literally couldn’t. Thankfully I’m still in the clear. I know it’s a bad thing that I still smoke and my therapist has been advising against it too but it’s more of a habit at this point unfortunately… i like the act. It’s just a Really boring habit now. It’s just so strange how different the high feels now. It makes me not want to smoke in social settings because I’m not getting high the same way they are anymore.
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I had psychosis and have never had problems with weed or psychedelics for that matter. Even coke never gave me psychosis. But everyone is different i had non drug induced psychosis
 
paranoid android said:
I had psychosis and have never had problems with weed or psychedelics for that matter. Even coke never gave me psychosis. But everyone is different i had non drug induced psychosis
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My diagnosis was depression with psychotic features but I don’t really buy it. The first time I smoked it was really intense but I never had visual or audio hallucinations and I was good for over a year smoking, but i guess that’s the risk because you can’t guarantee what will happen. I don’t really remember details bc of the psychosis but I was smoking a lot, I think stress pushed me over. Never done psychedelics but I want to try shrooms to see if I can feel it on invega because I’ve never tried but it’s not accessible to me atm… probably for the best.
 
invegaloner said:
My diagnosis was depression with psychotic features but I don’t really buy it. The first time I smoked it was really intense but I never had visual or audio hallucinations and I was good for over a year smoking, but i guess that’s the risk because you can’t guarantee what will happen. I don’t really remember details bc of the psychosis but I was smoking a lot, I think stress pushed me over. Never done psychedelics but I want to try shrooms to see if I can feel it on invega because I’ve never tried but it’s not accessible to me atm… probably for the best.
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Stress was what caused my psychosis to. That and not sleeping. part of the reason i have no trouble getting z drugs and benzos off my shrink now lol.

I dont remember the psychosis either or most of it anyway. But ya ive taken lots of shrooms sometimes at very high doses and its nothing like psychosis.
 
1 week left before i reach 17 months, still not recovered.. Waking up every morning knowing that the day will be under the alterations due to these injection it’s traumatizing, going on the whole day like that it’s an agony and i can’t exit from this loop, i’am trapped inside these alterations and honestly idk what to do anymore..
 
I came to read a Reddit post where someone says that if you don’t recover in 2 years (24 months) and you report that here into bluelight, then the moderators just ban you, is that true?
 
twinpeaks123 said:
this sounds cringe but before invega, I had plans to improve my appearance and just look amazing in general, invega has now put these plans on hold

I could have done so much in 9 months-12 months, fuck invega and fuck psychiatry
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I had plans to transition to ultramarathon running, working more,finishing my book ..invega put me on the bed
 
lukeflowz said:
Guys is it normal for me to not feel much difference in just a little over 3.5 months. My akathisia is gone, but I still have the mental agony and anhedonia. I feel pretty much the same as when I was on the injections. Is there any hope for me ?
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I have been told by three people that month 2 to 6 is the worst for people who recover. I have seen some say they start to feel better after month 6, some after month 8 and later. I myself feel like its getting worse but hope to feel better by month 8. Make sure you stay as active as possible, drink lots of water and fluids, stay as busy as you can.
 
RisperdalConsta50mg said:
I came to read a Reddit post where someone says that if you don’t recover in 2 years (24 months) and you report that here into bluelight, then the moderators just ban you, is that true?
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Ask a moderator like @paranoid android . I thought it was a good thing that there are barely any members here over 2 years old, unless they are kind enough to come back to share their recovery stories. I myself am curious to know what happened to the members who used to be active here over 2 or 3 years ago. If they left because they recovered and moved on in their lives, that is good news, but if they just commited suicide or gave up coming here, i would like to know that too. Although i have spoken to several members who didnt fully recover even after 2 years. I really hope everyone i have spoken to here is recovered before 2 years.
 
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anonymoususer777 said:
Ask a moderator like @paranoid android . I thought it was a good thing that there are barely any members here over 2 years old, unless they are kind enough to come back to share their recovery stories. I myself am curious to know what happened to the members who used to be active here over 2 or 3 years ago. If they left because they recovered and moved on in their lives, that is good news, but if they just commited suicide or gave up coming here, i would like to know that too. Although i have spoken to several members who didnt fully recover even after 2 years. I really hope everyone i have spoken to here is recovered before 2 years.
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I don’t think someone who is not recovered just give up and stop to post about and just “take it”.. I don’t think everybody just suicide or learn to live with the disfunction without complaining.. But I can’t process how someone (like me) can have sympthoms for like 17 months or more but then out of nowhere start to recovering.. Idk, i don’t think biology work like that
 
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