It does not take a genius to figure out that Paliperidone is nothing like latex poisoning and did not cause the symptoms she described. Also the bit about the fluorine atom and i quote
The Fluorine Atom at the center of I-S interacts with all metals, such as those leeching out of bad teeth. LATEX POISONNING IS THE ISSUE
is of course bullshit. It also appears that Invega is responsible for her spelling it as I-S 8) . There is
nothing at all new about paliperidone. All paliperidone is is the active metabolite of risperidone which was approved by the FDA back in 94. It has the same binding affinity as risperidone does and the same side effects. Another name for paliperidone is 9-hydroxyrisperidone.
Obviously she had mental issues that where not treated adequately. Invega does not cause people to set themselves on fire if that was the case here as it could have just as easily have been a case of a arsonist getting killed by their own fire. There is no ruling there on whether she tried to kill herself or just torch the place to get insurance money or something. We also don't know if she was on Invega sustenna at the time as she could have just as easily have stopped taking the drug. Or perhaps they aren't even the same person. So you are jumping to conclusions here to say the least.
But we do know that having a severe mental illness such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia and leaving it untreated is pretty much sure to end in disaster. I have never taken Paliperidone but i have taken risperidone for long periods of time at doses of anywhere from 1-4mg's a day. I think the most i have ever had to take in the run of a day is 6mg's i think. Can the side effects of risperidone and paliperidone suck? Yes they can for sure. But being unmedicated sucks much much worse for me that's for sure. Also it's not like Invega is the only anti-psychotic out there or Invega sustenna being the only long acting injection. There is Risperdal Consta along with many typical anti-psychotics that are available in depot injection forms such as clopixol, Fluphenazine, Haldol off the top of my head.
I know how script happy shrinks can be though i have to say most doctors here don't like prescribing anti-psychotics for off label purposes like they do in the US and for bipolar disorder they tend to want to try valproate (trade names epival, epilem, depakote), Lithium or lamotrigine before they try a anti-psychotic. Unless you are suffering from a acute manic or mixed state episode that is in which case a fast acting anti-psychotic can literally be a life saver. But despite the often very exaggerated horror stories i don't think anti-psychotics are that bad. I have taken seroquel, risperidone, zyprexa, methotrimeprazine aka Levomepromazine (trade name Nozinan), Largactil aka good ol Thorazine and i think i have also had prochlorperazine (trade names Stemetil, compazine) in injection form a few times along with a opiate like Demerol or morphine for migraines or the trigeminal neuralgia pain i have.
After reading the scaremonger stories on certain sites about psych meds and especially anti-psychotics i was almost afraid to start taking the seroquel my doctor prescribed to me. But as i found out it was just scaremongering and despite the sometimes awful side effects that they can cause the benefit of these drugs far outweigh the negatives in my opinion atleast.
