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Mental Health Coming off Invega (paliperidone) injections, v 5.0

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I can’t tell if my emotions are starting to come back and if I’m feeling things like anger and adrenaline again….or if this new medication is causing anxiety! Anyone else have this? I felt anger and annoyed for the first time yesterday and actually spoke up for myself instead of just being like “whatever it’ll figure itself out” I also laughed out loud to myself at something random I saw and that’s a huge thing for me too. I haven’t done that in about a solid 17 months. Wondering if this is a break through??
 
It’s been 7 months off and I still feel the mental, emotional, and physical drag. I can’t wait until a year has passed I can hardly express myself.
 
Gdvffh said:
Yesh thats a common symptom from antipsychotics. They just zap your energy away. You should recover from that within a year then just move on from the experience. What sucks is ppl like me who become psychotic without the meds. Without the meds im full of energy. Have my cognitive ability but i just hear voices in my head so its like im zoned out all the time. I would prefer that over being on meds but my parents just call the cops. The cops come to my house take me to mentsl hospital. Then the doctor admits me in and then im back on meds we should have a right to refuse medication but we dont since were considered crazy and incapable of deciding for ourselves. Its a fucked up and unjust system we live in. I know ppl who hear things and arnt on meds and they seem to be able to function. Now if only i could get off meds things would be much better.
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It’s been 8 months and still suffering from no energy. My muscles are weak too. Hopefully it subsides. How long did it take you to recover from it? Or are you still experiencing?
 
Does invega make your face uglier?
I’ve noticed face bloat, but even after losing the weight, my face looks different.
 
Afernandes1 said:
Does invega make your face uglier?
I’ve noticed face bloat, but even after losing the weight, my face looks different.
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It's definitely made my face uglier I barely even recognise myself. It's scary how bad it's made me look. I used to be slim & attractive now I feel like I look like some troll freak. I have a double chin & my whole face is like twice the size it used to be. My hair is horrible also the whole structure of it has changed & I can't get it to look good no matter what I do even if I straighten or curl it. It's got some kind of build up on it even when I'm blow drying it after washing it & always looks greasy. It has ruined my looks completely I feel & look disgusting. I've put on 15kg which wouldn't matter as much if my face & hair didn't look so horrible
 
lau_rahxo said:
It's definitely made my face uglier I barely even recognise myself. It's scary how bad it's made me look. I used to be slim & attractive now I feel like I look like some troll freak. I have a double chin & my whole face is like twice the size it used to be. My hair is horrible also the whole structure of it has changed & I can't get it to look good no matter what I do even if I straighten or curl it. It's got some kind of build up on it even when I'm blow drying it after washing it & always looks greasy. It has ruined my looks completely I feel & look disgusting. I've put on 15kg which wouldn't matter as much if my face & hair didn't look so horrible
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I have the hair issue as well. I took zyprexa 3 years ago for 1 month, invega sustenna twice in the past 2 years, and all that has completely ruined my hair. I have hair thinning, hair fall, brittle hair which persists till today. I’ve heard hair is the last part of the body to fully recover, as hair renews itself completely after 1 year.
Regarding the face, I understand weight gain can make it look bad but the sad part is even after it is lost the face doesn’t look right. So I don’t know if my appearance will ever return to normal.
 
Afernandes1 said:
It’s been 8 months and still suffering from no energy. My muscles are weak too. Hopefully it subsides. How long did it take you to recover from it? Or are you still experiencing?
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Ive recovered but i got puy on meds again. Id say it took a year or bit less to recover the 3 times i recovered from meds. But now im on meds since everytime i got off i ended up getting psychosis and hearing voices. Now im hoping to find a good med that dosnt give side effects. Im a try seroquel and if seroquel dosnt work im a tey rexulti. There releasing a new med which is supposed to be really good called ulotaront. Im desperately waiting for that medication in hopes that its better.
 
Gdvffh said:
Ive recovered but i got puy on meds again. Id say it took a year or bit less to recover the 3 times i recovered from meds. But now im on meds since everytime i got off i ended up getting psychosis and hearing voices. Now im hoping to find a good med that dosnt give side effects. Im a try seroquel and if seroquel dosnt work im a tey rexulti. There releasing a new med which is supposed to be really good called ulotaront. Im desperately waiting for that medication in hopes that its better.
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Maybe you are better off joining the military or some foreign legion
 
Afernandes1 said:
I have the hair issue as well. I took zyprexa 3 years ago for 1 month, invega sustenna twice in the past 2 years, and all that has completely ruined my hair. I have hair thinning, hair fall, brittle hair which persists till today. I’ve heard hair is the last part of the body to fully recover, as hair renews itself completely after 1 year.
Regarding the face, I understand weight gain can make it look bad but the sad part is even after it is lost the face doesn’t look right. So I don’t know if my appearance will ever return to normal.
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I agree with the face and the hair thing….and my eyes look completely different. It’s made everything look way worse. I try my hardest to resemble my former self but my before and after pictures are so different.
 
Will my penis recover and be like it was before? I used to be hypersexual and it makes me feel suicidal
 
Airwick said:
How many injections did you get?
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around 5 or 6 injections . Not sure if the number of injections is relevant. One injection seems enought to make you anhedonic during 6-12 months.
I remember the night, I used to stay on tablet looking youtube. not a good thing maybe, but I used to look documentary about people suffuring from disease, suffuring maybe more than me...

Remember, you will recovered. Some people do have similar suffuring but it last for ever.

Also, I am quranist now, ( I believe only in the quran, I don't belong to any religions). If you have lost hope, read the first pages of the quran and if you believe in it, ask God a miracle. peace
 
Airwick said:
Will my penis recover and be like it was before? I used to be hypersexual and it makes me feel suicidal
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I’ve observed Sexual drive is the first things to recover. Both times I was injected I recovered my sexual drive in 4-5 months
 
DrAzTiK said:
it tooks me 6-7 month. and I have fully recovered : energy, motivation, sex power, will power etc...
It was really the strongest hardship of my life. I commited suicide by jumping from a bridge and miracoulously my handcliffs has released themself once in the water...

Anhedonia was more or less bearable (thanks to a friend) but I used to have intolerable anxiety at one point.
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What did recovery feel like was it something that came on slowly over time & every now & then you noticed you were improving or was it more sudden like one day you woke up & felt better? Did your emotions come back in waves or slowly?
 
ABetterFuture said:
Hi everyone,
I have been a long-time lurker of this page.
I have been on this horrible horrible injection for roughly 12 months.
My court treatment order is ending this month.
My doctor wants me to continue to take this medication but I cannot bare it anymore.
Do you recommend I change doctors and switch to another medication or stop taking medications altogether?
Is there something else for psychosis that you would recommend that is a lot better than this?
I am really freaked out and have been suffering incredibly, just like all of you, because of this medication.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.

Edit: I am on the 2nd lowest dose (78 mg)
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Hi i too was on a community treatment order but am off it now. I too suffered from psychosis. Hearing voices. My.plan is to switch.to seroquel and if seroquel doant work for me.to then switch to rexulti. Also a new medication callednulotaront is coming out which should be.much better. Its supposed to not cause negative symptoms and cognitive decline like how the other meds do. But we wont know until we try it. Do you live in america or somewhere else?

Also do you think you can just live with the psychosis? If you think you can then maybe just get off meds entirely.
 
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