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

[Dreeery]

^ Bullshit. I was on invega and have fully recovered from the shitty side effects i had from that injection and also abilify. I am now on latuda and lost all the weight i gained on invega and abilify. My sex drive has also come back 100%. I can't really complain now actually

How did you feel in abilify? How many mg do you take of latuda?

 

[Dreeery]

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.

how long do you have without invega?

 

[paranoid android]

How did you feel in abilify? How many mg do you take of latuda?

Abilify sucked almost as bad as invega I had 0 sex drive and i gained 55lbs on it. I only take 40mg's of latuda and honestly i wouldnt even know im taking a drug really because i don't get any noticeable side effects

The only thing i think that may be bad about lastuda is that it may blunt a trip from a psychedelic which inda sucks for me cause i wanna take them for my ptsd. But i figure with the low dose im on enough liberty caps or penis envy shrooms should overcome that.

 

[invegafried]

^ Bullshit. I was on invega and have fully recovered from the shitty side effects i had from that injection and also abilify. I am now on latuda and lost all the weight i gained on invega and abilify. My sex drive has also come back 100%. I can't really complain now actually

I never said no one can recover. Obviously some people can. But I have not.

Everyone is different.

If you don't mind me asking, did you drink alcohol or smoke weed during your recovery phase? Even though I only did this for three months and then stopped afterwards, I worry that I permanently might've messed up my recovery phase. I'd also drank a couple times while still taking Invega.

I just truly can't get over the fact that I'm probably infertile for life now.

 

[SuperMile]

^ Bullshit. I was on invega and have fully recovered from the shitty side effects i had from that injection and also abilify. I am now on latuda and lost all the weight i gained on invega and abilify. My sex drive has also come back 100%. I can't really complain now actually

How long did it take for your sex drive to come back after last dose of invega?

 

[paranoid android]

I never said no one can recover. Obviously some people can. But I have not.

Everyone is different.

If you don't mind me asking, did you drink alcohol or smoke weed during your recovery phase? Even though I only did this for three months and then stopped afterwards, I worry that I permanently might've messed up my recovery phase. I'd also drank a couple times while still taking Invega.

I just truly can't get over the fact that I'm probably infertile for life now.,

I drank quit abit of vodka and beer, smoked alot of weed, took clonazepam zopiclone and also injected quite abit of coke. i also managed to get back on morphine towards the end of my time on abilify to. But i didnt start to recover until i first switched to latuda but im still on all those drugs except the coke because of recent supply issues.

 

[paranoid android]

How long did it take for your sex drive to come back after last dose of invega?

It didnt come back at all until i switched to latuda as i found abilify as bad as the invega for that. It took maybe 3
months for it to fuly recover after switching to latuda. Now my sex drive is pretty much back to when i was a fucking teenager lol

 

[SuperMile]

It didnt come back at all until i switched to latuda as i found abilify as bad as the invega for that. It took maybe 3
months for it to fuly recover after switching to latuda. Now my sex drive is pretty much back to when i was a fucking teenager lol

So that's 3 months after last injection it came back? I'm worried because its been 4 months for me and it's not back, I have less semen and from abilify that I stopped already I have like no arousal too.

 

[invegafried]

It didnt come back at all until i switched to latuda as i found abilify as bad as the invega for that. It took maybe 3
months for it to fuly recover after switching to latuda. Now my sex drive is pretty much back to when i was a fucking teenager lol

Was there any time between switching that you were off meds? Do you think it's the lack of side effects from Latuda that allowed you to recover, or do you thin k it's the Latuda itself that made you recover?

I haven't been on antipsychotics for two years, but maybe Latuda would help me recover from Invega since simply waiting has done nothing for me.

 

[Merek]

It probably is permanent! Antipsychotics ruin your brain. You’ll never fully recover to your former self. You just learn to tolerate yourself.

I beg to differ you certainly can fully recover to your former self there’s been plenty of recovery stories and I’ve improved rapidly over the course of 3.5 months the brain has an amazing ability to heal its self and reach homeostasis you can’t be so negative.

 

[Merek]

Abilify sucked almost as bad as invega I had 0 sex drive and i gained 55lbs on it. I only take 40mg's of latuda and honestly i wouldnt even know im taking a drug really because i don't get any noticeable side effects

The only thing i think that may be bad about lastuda is that it may blunt a trip from a psychedelic which inda sucks for me cause i wanna take them for my ptsd. But i figure with the low dose im on enough liberty caps or penis envy shrooms should overcome that.

I’d be careful taking mushrooms if you have a history of psychosis.

 

[paranoid android]

Was there any time between switching that you were off meds? Do you think it's the lack of side effects from Latuda that allowed you to recover, or do you thin k it's the Latuda itself that made you recover?

I haven't been on antipsychotics for two years, but maybe Latuda would help me recover from Invega since simply waiting has done nothing for me.

No i was switched from invega straight to abilify then onto latuda. I was unmedicated for the first 3 months though thanks to a shitty shrink even though i was psychotic and sufferibg from both severe benzo and opiate withdrawal because they refused to give me my meds. But thats a whole other story

 

[paranoid android]

I’d be careful taking mushrooms if you have a history of psychosis.

I have taken shrooms hundreds of times in the past with no problems. psychosis is more like a deleriant actually as it reminded me exactly of the time when i was 12 and stupidily took 25 dramamine pills. psychedelics seem the opposite of psychosis

 

[Merek]

I have taken shrooms hundreds of times in the past with no problems. psychosis is more like a deleriant actually as it reminded me exactly of the time when i was 12 and stupidily took 25 dramamine pills. psychedelics seem the opposite of psychosis

Now that I think about it the time I heard of someone getting psychosis from shrooms was when they took 10+ grams for me personally I’ve taken shrooms and acid a bunch and never had any issues myself I ended up getting psychosis from kratom.

 

[paranoid android]

Now that I think about it the time I heard of someone getting psychosis from shrooms was when they took 10+ grams for me personally I’ve taken shrooms and acid a bunch and never had any issues myself I ended up getting psychosis from kratom.

I once {when given the wrong dose by a friend i later punched in the mouth} took 300 liberty caps. To say i trpped balls was a major understatement. But i never experienced anything resembling psychosis. During a trip you are hyper aware. Howewver during psychosis and also sometimes on deleriants as well you are totally unaware that you are hallucinating really. You think those delusions are real and that everyone else is insane. Which is kind of the opposite to tripping for me.

In fact if anyone ws dumb enough to want to find out what psychosis is like i would say take 25 dramamine pills and thats pretty bang on. of course i would never actually fucking endorse that

I should point out i also had Cotards syndrome along with psychosis. Which is a whole other level of fucked and total nightmare fuel

 

[Merek]

I once {when given the wrong dose by a friend i later punched in the mouth} took 300 liberty caps. To say i trpped balls was a major understatement. But i never experienced anything resembling psychosis. During a trip you are hyper aware. Howewver during psychosis and also sometimes on deleriants as well you are totally unaware that you are hallucinating really. You think those delusions are real and that everyone else is insane. Which is kind of the opposite to tripping for me.

In fact if anyone ws dumb enough to want to find out what psychosis is like i would say take 25 dramamine pills and thats pretty bang on. of course i would never actually fucking endorse that

I should point out i also had Cotards syndrome along with psychosis. Which is a whole other level of fucked and total nightmare fuel

I have done my research psychedelics increase serotonin not dopamine which high levels of dopamine is what causes psychosis when I recover at some point I’ll give psychedelics a try again it will probably help me get over the anhedonia quicker. How long did it take for you to recover your ability to feel substances after you got off invega?

 

[paranoid android]

I have done my research psychedelics increase serotonin not dopamine which high levels of dopamine is what causes psychosis when I recover at some point I’ll give psychedelics a try again it will probably help me get over the anhedonia quicker. How long did it take for you to recover your ability to feel substances after you got off invega?

Ya exactly. I had no problem feeling weed on invega and coke, clonazepam, morphine, zopiclone, and weed on abilify. I havent tried psychedelics again yet but i wanna.

 

[UnluckyXeplion]

It probably is permanent! Antipsychotics ruin your brain. You’ll never fully recover to your former self. You just learn to tolerate yourself.

That's not true, many people on this forum have recovered fully. Some after 2 years.
Maybe for you for some reason it may take longer.

 

[Merek]

That’s good to hear ima stay sober while recovering from invega and just focus on exercise for now but when I recover ima try mushrooms and alcohol ima stay off weed though cause I was dependent and it made me lazy at the gym.

 

[masamune1]

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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