I came here just to update you guys. I recovered emotions around 7 & half months off & have been improving ever since. I feel emotions & happiness listening to music again & love finding new music or listening to old music & feeling the memories. I'm getting my motivation & energy back. I've been exercising more & feeling satisfied sometimes after a workout. I pushed myself to burn 700 calories on exercise bike the other day I burned 300 before work then was only going to burn another 200 after work to make it 500 but really pushed myself & it helped that I was enjoying listening to music so much & finding new songs that I felt the push to go harder.
I'm starting to get my motivation back again. I'm starting to feel tiredness again, I get full satisfaction from eating food, I think I might even be feeling the effects of coffee again.
My hair is improving & looking alot better now. My prolactin levels are down to 468 the normal range in Australia is 85-500 although I was fasting for other things I was getting tested & you don't need to fast for prolactin I know one of the other times I didn't fast my levels were alot higher & had only gone down around 90 whereas every other month they would go down around 200-300. So I'm going to get my levels tested not fasting also.
I've started using a jade roller & gua sha tool again & facial cupping tools. It's helping me get my nice facial features & jawline back but I definitely need to lose another 19 kgs so know that it's going to take losing more weight for my face to go back to normal. But it's good to see some improvements.
I've lost around 6kgs in 11 weeks so it's coming off slowly but surely & I'm doing it in the healthy way so it will stay off. I've been doing intermittent fasting for the last 11 weeks plus exercising although sometimes I wouldn't exercise much I'm starting to really push myself more now my motivation is coming back.
I'm not strict with the fasting & didn't even do it properly for the first month. I still treat myself everyday but I weigh pretty much everything now & stick to the recommended serving size which is not alot most of the time haha. I'm sure I would lose more weight quicker if I was stricter but I like to treat myself. I've been trying different ways to still treat myself but be as healthy as possible.
It's frustrating because if only I hadn't of put on 25kg because of invega. I can't wait to get out there again once I've lost the weight & start living my life again.
I would consider myself almost fully recovered if I didn't have the weight to lose. I don't get out much at all at the moment only every 6 weeks to get my hair cut & I'm not socialising until I lose the weight. But I'm feeling good considering & happy to just focus on losing the weight over the next 6-9 months.
I'm getting joy out of watching tv/movies again too. And I'm excited for the new season of some of the shows I like to come out especially You.
I've been working from home for 6 months now & love my job it's helped me get through everything by passing the time during the week & keeping my occupied plus it's a great feeling earning money every week & having savings. The last 5 weeks though our shifts have been cut because there hasn't been enough work which is frustrating but I was told myself & another guy are the top performers so they were giving us priority & extra shifts.
I'm getting joy out of online shopping again too but have been maybe treating myself a bit too much & spending alot haha but I do have savings which is good. I can't wait until I can buy clothes again in my size before invega.
My imagination/memories have also come back which is really helping me get through especially with not getting out as much.
My period is also regular again I get it around every 30 days now.
For anyone wondering I had the 2 loading doses 150mg then a week later 100mg then a 75mg shot a month later. Then I was lucky to be put on tablets but only took 1 then I had my community treatment order revoked by Supreme Court. I have posted updates throughout my whole journey so if you just search my username I believe you should be able to find my older posts & updates I tried to do one around every month. I was definitely suicidal after the first 75mg shot. Loading doses weren't so bad it was the 75mg shot that ruined me. I'm so lucky I didn't have to take anymore I honestly don't think I would've survived.
I'll post a more indepth update soon but just wanted to post this for now