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

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UnluckyXeplion said:
I hope my body get rid of everything soon.
I've read somewhere in the previous threads, that someone did a test for Paliperidone, and they found traces of it in his blood 3 years after he was last injected. I'm not sure for the validity of this tho.
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Yeah I spoke to a girl who took three shots and she said that Invega showed up in a blood test five (!) years later. She was completely recovered by then though.
 
StrawHatLuffy said:
Yeah I spoke to a girl who took three shots and she said that Invega showed up in a blood test five (!) years later. She was completely recovered by then though.
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5 years later and still traces of Paliperidone??
No offense, but she's probably fat...
 
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EsseWasGreat said:
7 month update (223 days) since last injection. Damn that went fast. I've been up for like 36 hours now (not because of injections, I just had a very anxious and depressive night) so it's probably not the best time to write an update but I wanna get it out of the way

-Anhedonia is still slowly going away, estimating 6 more months or something before I can finally forget about it but it would be nice if it went away any sooner

-Emotions are getting rough. I actually went back into feeling some extreme negative shit and sometimes I get moderately hyped by nice things happening

-Focus and concentration are back to being better than the average person. According to others I talk and do things FAST which I'm happy to hear, though I'm still sure this is going to improve with time

-Starting to take less supplements overall

-Sleep has been a bit over the place lately, but that's probably because of my current emotional state rather than injections (my pet bird died a few days ago and I also got into a serious argument with a few close friends, shit's really messing me up)
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Thank you for your update! Great that you have you focus and concentration back somewhat. That should put you at ease. Sorry that the return of your emotions coincided with some tough times. But it must feel good to get hyped. Hope you get to a more peaceful state soon. You seem to be making steady progress. I hope you see more in the coming months. Can I ask you what supplements you were taking? I’m only taking Omega3 fish capsules.

I am approaching 13 months now, and I have been seeing improvements as well. I can get deeper sleep, my head feels clearer and I can feel some emotions to a decent extent. I recently felt a bit of a crush on a girl at my yoga class. We keep smiling at each other a lot and she has the cutest smile 😊. The feelings are not as strong as before from what I can remember, but I’m still grateful to get lost in them again. The class seems to go by so fast compared to a few months ago when it felt like such a drag. I’ve also been rewatching Seinfeld the past few days and I’m starting to enjoy it a bit again. I don’t get a deep and hearty laugh like before but I do feel it a bit. I guess I still have some anhedonia left as I took three shots at max dose. If the past few months are any indication I’m hopeful it will fade away soon. I feel like my focus and concentration are also better but I haven’t gotten to test them fully yet. I’ll start working in a month or so and I hope they’ll be good by then. One thing I feel like I’m missing is the constant stream of thoughts in my head and my imagination. That still seems almost as low as when I got injected. I hope it improves soon as I think I won’t be able to work without it.

Keep going strong people, there’s definitely hope!

Edit: My sexual function has also improved to a decent level. I get erections from time to time and semen volume seems back to normal as well. I don’t seem to get as horny as I used to but it’s not too bad.
 
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Hey everyone,

It's been 2 years and 3 months off of Invega for me.

I still have horrible anhedonia, as well as persistent sexual dysfunction.

My doctor won't believe me, except I have no semen. It's completely watery and clear. How on earth can this be psychosomatic? I can't think myself into becoming infertile, that impossible.

Has anyone recovered their sexual functioning even after more than 2 years off?

I'm on no medications now except for Wellbutrin. It's helping with energy but that's about it.

I'm so close to committing suicide. I can't take this. It would really really help me if anyone had stories of recovering their semen/ejaculate, their libido, and their emotions. I can't experience love and I can't even cry. This is literally hell.
 
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invegafried said:
Hey everyone,

It's been 2 years and 3 months off of the injection for me.

I still have horrible anhedonia, as well as persistent sexual dysfunction.

My doctor won't believe me, except I have no semen. It's completely watery and clear. How on earth can this be psychosomatic? I can't think myself into becoming infertile, that impossible.

Has anyone recovered their sexual functioning even after more than 2 years off?

I'm on no medications now except for Wellbutrin. It's helping with energy but that's about it.

I'm so close to committing suicide. I can't take this. It would really really help me if anyone had stories of recovering their semen/ejaculate, their libido, and their emotions. I can't experience love and I can't even cry. This is literally hell.
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How many injections did you get and at what doses?
Are you overweight?
 
invegafried said:
Hey everyone,

It's been 2 years and 3 months off of the injection for me.

I still have horrible anhedonia, as well as persistent sexual dysfunction.

My doctor won't believe me, except I have no semen. It's completely watery and clear. How on earth can this be psychosomatic? I can't think myself into becoming infertile, that impossible.

Has anyone recovered their sexual functioning even after more than 2 years off?

I'm on no medications now except for Wellbutrin. It's helping with energy but that's about it.

I'm so close to committing suicide. I can't take this. It would really really help me if anyone had stories of recovering their semen/ejaculate, their libido, and their emotions. I can't experience love and I can't even cry. This is literally hell.
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and no I'm not overweight. I'm slightly close to underweight for my height tactually
 
Merek said:
That’s very weird normally people recover from the pills within a few weeks Ik you don’t take any meds do you take any drugs though?
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I was smoking weed and drinking tons of alcohol for the first three months after discontinuing. I barely felt the effects from either, so I had to use a ton and it was just a way of numbing myself out. But now I've been sober for 1.5 years.

I have always had a very sensitive system. Whenever I would take psychedelics I'd always just need small doses.

I think I must be some kind of exception to recovery, because nothing has gotten better. I truly don't think I will ever get better. When I first started Wellbutrin, some of my libido and sensitivity came back, but only for like a few months, kept having to increase my dose, and then now it has plateaued.

Other people like u/mathcmput on reddit also talked about having watery semen even two years after discontinuing.

This is torture. Literal torture. Wtf am I supposed to do. I'm only 25 and I have the dick and fertility of a 90 year old man on his deathbed.
 
and sorry for saying "injection" in my initial post. I misspoke. I just edited my post to reflect the reality of my situation.
 
invegafried said:
I was smoking weed and drinking tons of alcohol for the first three months after discontinuing. I barely felt the effects from either, so I had to use a ton and it was just a way of numbing myself out. But now I've been sober for 1.5 years.

I have always had a very sensitive system. Whenever I would take psychedelics I'd always just need small doses.

I think I must be some kind of exception to recovery, because nothing has gotten better. I truly don't think I will ever get better. When I first started Wellbutrin, some of my libido and sensitivity came back, but only for like a few months, kept having to increase my dose, and then now it has plateaued.

Other people like u/mathcmput on reddit also talked about having watery semen even two years after discontinuing.

This is torture. Literal torture. Wtf am I supposed to do. I'm only 25 and I have the dick and fertility of a 90 year old man on his deathbed.
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I don't know man, the injections are way deadlier and people on these threads have recovered from them.
I don't really know what to say, maybe there are exceptions to recovery, but who am I to know...
How was you before taking the pills? were you court ordered to take them?
Have you seen even the slightest improvements in your anhedonia/ sexual dysfunction?
 
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UnluckyXeplion said:
I don't know man, the injections are way deadlier and people on these threads have recovered from them.
I don't really know what to say, maybe there are exceptions to recovery, but who am I to know...
How was you before taking the pills? were you court ordered to take them?
Have you seen even the slightest improvements in your anhedonia/ sexual dysfunction?
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I had improvement for a couples months after taking Wellbutrin. But never in my semen. The volume would be bigger but there was no sperm. It was only watery and clear, always. When I was on Invega itself I just had completely dry orgasms. I guess the fluid is a slight recovery, but it';s only a few drips and is literally like water.

My anhedonia also got slightly better, was bale to laugh and cried twice, but then that went away after my Wellbutrin stopped working and I kept having to increase my dose.

And no, I wasn't court ordered. I had an LSD induced psychosis, and they told me I had schizophrenia. I never had auditory or visual hallucinations, only paranoia and delusions. I was old I had to stay on antipsychotics for life but then I had so many horrible side effects (tremors, high cholesterol, anhedonia, cognitive dysfunction, and sexual dysfunction), so I got off of them. I never recovered, and never went back into psychosis.

They list on the website that side effects like tardive dyskinesia, diabetes, and Parkinson's are permanent, so I don't see why anhenia, sexual dysfunction, and cognitive impairment wouldn't be. They just don't have to list it because it's harder to prove since it's not a physical manifestation like tardive dyskinesia (except I literally have the fact of my infertility as a permanent side effect to prove otherwise lol).
 
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It probably is permanent! Antipsychotics ruin your brain. You’ll never fully recover to your former self. You just learn to tolerate yourself.
 
Well I’m only on 20mgs of latuda and am still struggling with my weight I’m at 115lbs and I don’t feel happy thoughts or anything, it’s still super shitty! Constipation, can’t workout like I used to…still feel shitty as hell. I had 17 shots of Invega Sustenna and I haven’t recovered at all.
 
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