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Mental Health Coming off Invega (Paliperidone, Xeplion) injections v 6.0

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t_xeplionhell said:
Did not say you lied, it is just hard to believe.
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Never said I lied was just saying that since pre invega I had other factors in my life causing anhedonia so i was less recovered then I said I was but I was having a bad night then too I’m more then “70% recovered” at this point I’m like 95% of my former self with drug addiction but only about 80% of who I was pre anhedonia overall.
 
Merek said:
Never said I lied was just saying that since pre invega I had other factors in my life causing anhedonia so i was less recovered then I said I was but I was having a bad night then too I’m more then “70% recovered” at this point I’m like 95% of my former self with drug addiction but only about 80% of who I was pre anhedonia overall.
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How about if you compare with your average state before drug addictions? Btw I never used drugs so maybe drugs usage made your brain handle invega better because of overall tolerance possibly.
 
t_xeplionhell said:
Lack of focus/concentration is purely because of anhedonia, if one of those tree recover by some amount, it affects other two.
Yes it's slow process but you should find all possible ways to decrease your suffering, for me at beginning I would walk for 5h a day, shower for 30min or take a bath. I was not able to watch youtube or watch a movie/show for long amount of time, only at around 15 months off I was able to watch movie to the end, but there was still anhedonia present and emptyness, I also was not able to understand story completely because of lack of concentration. Around 8-9 months off I was able to listen to music more. At month 8 I was able to force myself to watch short anime episodes of 10min, few times per day after a walk. I would also play very simple word match/crosswords/math games over phone.
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That's the worse, this anhedonia, or lack of patience for activities you once loved.
I barely have patience to listen to a video of 20 min long
 
t_xeplionhell said:
How about if you compare with your average state before drug addictions? Btw I never used drugs so maybe drugs usage made your brain handle invega better because of overall tolerance possibly.
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Compared to my average state before drug addictions I’d say I’m 80% of that now, and you might be right about that tbh, I’ve done a ton of mushrooms and LSD micro doses and macro doses and a lot of studies show they can treat depression & other mental disorders and it’s good for the brain and neuroprotective I’d say those drugs have permanently changed me for the better I’ve done other drugs which are harmful and got brain damage from them but I recovered 100% from it after quitting without it noticeably permanently changing me.
 
t_xeplionhell said:
How long it took, in total to recover
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Well my anhedonia went away after 3 months and my sex drive came back the same tine. However it took much longer for my attention span to come back. I couldn't sit still long enough to watch a movie or read a book. However that may have been the latuda doing that as my attention span came back after switching to zyprexa which is working great
 
Merek said:
Compared to my average state before drug addictions I’d say I’m 80% of that now, and you might be right about that tbh, I’ve done a ton of mushrooms and LSD micro doses and macro doses and a lot of studies show they can treat depression & other mental disorders and it’s good for the brain and neuroprotective I’d say those drugs have permanently changed me for the better I’ve done other drugs which are harmful and got brain damage from them but I recovered 100% from it after quitting without it noticeably permanently changing me.
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Cool, seems right.
 
I think the main issue is the relapse, i you havent relapse yet...yeah thats a victory, anhedonia, depression will not last forever...but chronic psychosis will...i feel fine currently , i have slight depression but no big deal tho...no signs of psyshosis ,thats a big win to me...
 
paranoid android said:
I think some of the symptoms people get may be from being in a psych ward. My friend was in one but was not given antipsychotics and she reported feeling dumber after leaving it anfd the lack of attension span to.
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especially if you’re in there for a long time you barely get any water to drink, the food sucks it’s not even good for you, you barely get any exercise or time outdoors sometimes none at all, and it’s impossible to get quality sleep with the guards shining lights in your room every 20 min it’s a recipe for cognitive decline.
 
Merek said:
especially if you’re in there for a long time you barely get any water to drink, the food sucks it’s not even good for you, you barely get any exercise or time outdoors sometimes none at all, and it’s impossible to get quality sleep with the guards shining lights in your room every 20 min it’s a recipe for cognitive decline.
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All the food in there is microwaved so unless you got money to get takeout you are fucked. If your involuntary like i was you dont even get to go outside. And ya fuck the flashlights
 
paranoid android said:
All the food in there is microwaved so unless you got money to get takeout you are fucked. If your involuntary like i was you dont even get to go outside. And ya fuck the flashlights
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exactly it was especially bad for me cause I have SAD (seasonal affective disorder) if I don’t get sunlight I get depression I had two psych ward visits both being very close to eachother time wise overall I spent about a month there thank fuck I was there in the summer so when I got out I could go to nature and walk in the sun if this whole ordeal took place in the winter I may have ended up committing suicide.
 
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