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Coming off Invega/Xeplion (paliperidone) injections v 12

InnerReturn said:
I'm sleeping without any psychiatric medications now, and I usually get around eight hours of sleep. When I first got out of the hospital, my sleep was constantly interrupted by endless awakenings throughout the night. Now I sleep through the night without waking up, although I still don't feel that familiar sense of tiredness before bed that I used to have. I really miss that feeling. My appetite only started coming back recently. I can finally feel hunger again, but I still don't feel full after a proper lunch or dinner. On top of that, I lost my sense of smell and taste. At first, food tasted incredibly bland. It's a little better now, but it's still nowhere near what it used to be. I spend most of my day watching YouTube, listening to music or audiobooks. I still find it difficult to read on my own because my concentration isn't good enough yet. The same goes for motivation. I literally have to force myself to do stretching and a short workout in the morning. Sometimes I go for walks with friends. I'm still waiting for my emotions to come back. I really want to go back to work, and I'm also planning to apply to university. If I continue improving, I'll probably sign up for swimming and join a gym this month or next. I'm tired of this stagnation. Everything is changing so slowly. The waiting is killing me..

I think it's possible that you'll be able to sleep without medication again. It might just be a matter of talking to your doctor about gradually tapering them. Your brain still remembers how to sleep without medication—it was just thrown into a kind of toxic shock by the Invega dose. By the way, how long have you been taking antipsychotics?
P.S. Sorry if my message sounds a little awkward. English isn't my native language
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I miss that familiar sense of tiredness before bed too, and that similar feeling of tiredness when you first wake up is gone too unfortunately, like you've drunk 10 cups of coffee. In the past if I woke up too early I would easily dose off to sleep again, but can't do that anymore with the effects of invega
 
I've got a question for you guys: so I've been forced under a CTO to take the invega injections since the end of November, and just had my 9th injection last week. I've got one more injection left at the end of July, should I try and ask my doctor to change to Abilify (aripiprazole) for the month of August instead of getting this final invega injection for the last time, or should I just bite the bullet and go ahead with the invega shot?
 
twinpeaks123 said:
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Brendan Clark said:
I miss that familiar sense of tiredness before bed too, and that similar feeling of tiredness when you first wake up is gone too unfortunately, like you've drunk 10 cups of coffee. In the past if I woke up too early I would easily dose off to sleep again, but can't do that anymore with the effects of invega
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Yeah thats how it was in school when I was on that shit I bascally missed a good
Brendan Clark said:
I've got a question for you guys: so I've been forced under a CTO to take the invega injections since the end of November, and just had my 9th injection last week. I've got one more injection left at the end of July, should I try and ask my doctor to change to Abilify (aripiprazole) for the month of August instead of getting this final invega injection for the last time, or should I just bite the bullet and go ahead with the invega shot?
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Abilify wont be any better to be honest besides the growing breasts risk. That one terrifies me because the eyes stuck looking upward and whole body spasms, I was traumatized of them after that, scary as fuck, especially when you didn't realize what was happening. Sat in there for while before those dumbasses realized what was going on and I needed Ativan and a Benadryl shot. Had this one NP for psychiatry screaming bloody murder like I was dying which didn't make situation better.
 
Btw I'm really envious of you guys who only had 2, 3, or 4 shots, as it's a lot easier to recover the less you have, and I remember at that stage I hadn't completely lost my personality yet. Now, after 9 shots, it feels like I'm a totally different person and can't recognise who I've turned into. I used to have a vibrant personality, was really friendly and would easily talk to strangers and befriend them, but I feel there's something in me that makes me such an introvert now. It's so weird. Has anyone else on this forum had as many as 9 doses, or close, like 6, 7, or 8? Does it feel like you've lost your sould and who you really were/are? I'd like to hear your experiences...
 
Brendan Clark said:
Btw I'm really envious of you guys who only had 2, 3, or 4 shots, as it's a lot easier to recover the less you have, and I remember at that stage I hadn't completely lost my personality yet. Now, after 9 shots, it feels like I'm a totally different person and can't recognise who I've turned into. I used to have a vibrant personality, was really friendly and would easily talk to strangers and befriend them, but I feel there's something in me that makes me such an introvert now. It's so weird. Has anyone else on this forum had as many as 9 doses, or close, like 6, 7, or 8? Does it feel like you've lost your sould and who you really were/are? I'd like to hear your experiences...
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I had about 9 or 11 shots of abilify and 3 years of invega the pill 6 and 9 mgs Invega. Yeah it turned me into a potted plant that didn't care about anything, I was kinda glad I got diagnosed with cancer at the time hoping it was terminal. Only thing that keeped me going on Invega was the stimulants they gave me.
 
My doses of invega were for the first three/four shots at 100 mg, for the second three at 75 mg, and my last has been at 50 mg and the next and final one is to be 50mg
 
twinpeaks123 said:
do not take anymore
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I never would have taken this willingly, but when you're under a CTO you have no choice or the police will come, take you to hospital and hold you down while the nurse gives the injection. For my first injection I was held down by three people cause I didn't want to take it.
 
Brendan Clark said:
My doses of invega were for the first three/four shots at 100 mg, for the second three at 75 mg, and my last has been at 50 mg and the next and final one is to be 50mg
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Yeah its about the high because it last a month, well about 3mgs now. Yeah I feel for people getting court ordered, they did that to women I know gave dystonia so bad she was in wheel chair.
 
fuckabout89 said:
I had about 9 or 11 shots of abilify and 3 years of invega the pill 6 and 9 mgs Invega. Yeah it turned me into a potted plant that didn't care about anything, I was kinda glad I got diagnosed with cancer at the time hoping it was terminal. Only thing that keeped me going on Invega was the stimulants they gave me.
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I can't imagine three years of invega, 7 months is hard enough.
 
Brendan Clark said:
I can't imagine three years of invega, 7 months is hard enough.
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6th, 7th, and 8th grade then they pulled me off the Invega and put me on Zyprexa because of that dystonic reaction. Im glad I was on pills those shots are to strong. They just have me laying and bed all day and pacing the house when I cant lay in bed. Give me awful fucking insomnia because that I had to drink so heavily to pass out to get sleep finally I gave up with that garbage because it all gave me akathisia.
 
Brendan Clark said:
Wow so you got invega when you were just a kid? That must have been traumatic!
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Yup they completely fucked those years of school with those, they bascally did all my work for me I think they felt bad. They even say I think your on too many drugs. I even grew breasts luckily they went away though, not fat man breasts either I was pretty under weight women breasts that lactated but smaller.
 
I can't imagine how embarrassing that would have been for you at at that age...Do you feel like you got back your true personality after they took you off it?
 
Brendan Clark said:
I can't imagine how embarrassing that would have been for you at at that age...Do you feel like you got back your true personality after they took you off it?
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Nope I think shit fucked my head up bit, I mean the main side effects went away mostly I still got dystonia that effects my eye and mild akathisia. I think you probably be ok, my case is little complicated on it from 11 too 23 or 24, been since June 2020 since I quite them all 6 years about.
 
recovery100£ said:
Hi guys not typed in this chat for a while but I’ll be joining you all on this journey of healing now as I’ve got my last injection tomorrow and they’ve decided to end my CTO after only 4 months🥳, this made my day anyway I know you’re all not in a good spot but it feels good knowing you’re all here dealing with the same as me! Keep fighting guys
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That's fantastic! Very happy for you.
 
One thing I've noticed from being on this drug is that there is never anything interesting for me to say in conversations anymore, and the only thing that occupies my mind is how much it has changed my brain and how much my personality has changed on it. I keep on comparing myself to the past in so many ways and wonder if I'll ever go back to being that vibrant, funny, and at times quirky guy with a passion in languages, geography, music and making friends with total strangers. Invega sucked the joy out of life for me.
 
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