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

[Merek]

She actualy told my brother that she thought i belonged in prison. So that likely would have happened had he not told her that there wasent a judge in the land who would convict a psychotic patient

ya igy it’s lame as hell how your old shrink thought that people belonged in prison for “weed psychosis” treating them like hardened criminals.

 

[EsseWasGreat]

10 month update (302 days) since last injection, you probably know the drill by now:

-Two weeks ago my new psych gave me some tests to do, including an IQ related one as well as MMPI, Rorschach and all that shit (she was actually shocked when she read my medical records and noticed that none of my previously assigned psychs ever tested me for anything and just diagnosed things out of nowhere).
Today I got the results and it went so well that I'm not sure if it's even a good idea to disclose them but I can say it gave me pre-injection levels of ego boost, feels real good man

-Also got rid of my supplements, no need for anything at all now (not that I even needed any of it for the past few months, I was just taking things out of habit but then I finally managed to sleep decently without the aid of theanine and valerian)


-The only thing missing is like that tiny extra bit of excitement from things I had before which at this point is probably just dulled by age and the traumatic experience I just had for the whole last year


-I also got my driving license back, can drive around, hold my new job (I'm taking care of the park in my city: I get to hang out with squirrels and do all kinds of cool stuff) and just be a regular human being again



soooo yea if my old wrecked ass can recover from the injections I strongly believe that anyone really can

 

[Senior Moderator]

No, Haldol is nowhere near invega. Not even same planet. The allergic reaction to Haldol that almost killed me was worse. The first few days weren't terrible....music sounded good.

Your allergic reaction to Haldol was an extremely rare occurrence, and whilst I am sorry to hear you went through that it definitely does not mean that other people will experience the same thing.

 

[apsucks]

Noone says anything god about invega. I know people that where on haldol and liked it (the pills). thorazine and even clopixol but not invega. Granted i dont think abilify injections are any better.

I think if you are psychotic you should just be given zyprexa or aybe thorazine or even haldol with a sedating benzo to knock you out for a few hours so you can snap back to reality. Then after you wake up and get a coffee into you (you had to pay for real coffee in our psych ward) and maybe a smoke you can sit down with the shrink and work out wtf happened. Psychosis should be treated as a medical emergency you shouldnt be thrown in solitary because your psychotic and dont know wtf is going on.

I should add that i did belt a doctor for refusing me eds and also soe security guards

Or when they force you to take meds for 2 years

 

[apsucks]

Ya I bet they didn’t lmaoo did you end up having to stay in the ward longer for roughing up the guards?

I roughed up a guard, punched ko my neightbour and someone else...was in the ward for 3 weeksb but they wanted me tot take meds for 2 years. Now they lowered it to eight months

 

[Merek]

I roughed up a guard, punched ko my neightbour and someone else...was in the ward for 3 weeksb but they wanted me tot take meds for 2 years. Now they lowered it to eight months

Ya I just do my best to avoid confrontations like that getting put on CTO to take APS is a worse punishment then going to prison.

 

[Serhat]

10 month update (302 days) since last injection, you probably know the drill by now:

-Two weeks ago my new psych gave me some tests to do, including an IQ related one as well as MMPI, Rorschach and all that shit (she was actually shocked when she read my medical records and noticed that none of my previously assigned psychs ever tested me for anything and just diagnosed things out of nowhere).
Today I got the results and it went so well that I'm not sure if it's even a good idea to disclose them but I can say it gave me pre-injection levels of ego boost, feels real good man

-Also got rid of my supplements, no need for anything at all now (not that I even needed any of it for the past few months, I was just taking things out of habit but then I finally managed to sleep decently without the aid of theanine and valerian)


-The only thing missing is like that tiny extra bit of excitement from things I had before which at this point is probably just dulled by age and the traumatic experience I just had for the whole last year


-I also got my driving license back, can drive around, hold my new job (I'm taking care of the park in my city: I get to hang out with squirrels and do all kinds of cool stuff) and just be a regular human being again



soooo yea if my old wrecked ass can recover from the injections I strongly believe that anyone really can

Good to see you recovering. But don't forget you only took two shots, where as I took 10 injection, probably the damage that's been done to me is permanent and I will probably have to live with it. But I do have hope that I will recover 100% and be better than my pre invega state.

 

[Merek]

Good to see you recovering. But don't forget you only took two shots, where as I took 10 injection, probably the damage that's been done to me is permanent and I will probably have to live with it. But I do have hope that I will recover 100% and be better than my pre invega state.

Nah if you can enjoy things even a little bit while only being 2 months off the injections you should recover 100% the people who don’t recovery are usually can’t enjoy things at all all the way till they’re 6 months off, like for example @dirtyinvega could barely walk for the first 6 months your case isn’t nearly as bad as his you should recover 100% I think, the amount of shots you got definitely matters but I don’t think it matters as much as some people say like for example @t_xeplionhell took 2 shots and hasn’t recovered yet in 20 months while @DrAzTiK took 6 shots and recovered in 6 months.

 

[paranoid android]

Ya I just do my best to avoid confrontations like that getting put on CTO to take APS is a worse punishment then going to prison.

Although im the type that would do ok in prison i would disagree. You don't have to put up with chomos or guards that have assault rifles around the perimeter if your on antipsychotics. Also not all antipsychotics are like invega. I cant say anything bad at all about zyprexa besides gaining 5lbs that is

A community treatment order is a differnt thing though fuck that shit theres no need for it

 

[Merek]

Although im the type that would do ok in prison i would disagree. You don't have to put up with chomos or guards that have assault rifles around the perimeter if your on antipsychotics. Also not all antipsychotics are like invega. I cant say anything bad at all about zyprexa besides gaining 5lbs that is

A community treatment order is a differnt thing though fuck that shit theres no need for it

Ya I mean I’d rather go to prison then be put on community treatment order for monthly invega injections but if I just had too take seroquel I’d rather take that I remember taking seroquel in the peak of my psychosis and it actually felt pretty good to calm tf down for a second but unfortunately I thought they were government mind control pills in my psychotic state so i stopped taking seroquel then got injected with invega once my psychosis progressed even more.

 

[paranoid android]

Ya I mean I’d rather go to prison then be put on community treatment order for monthly invega injections but if I just had too take seroquel I’d rather take that I remember taking seroquel in the peak of my psychosis and it actually felt pretty good to calm tf down for a second but unfortunately I thought they were government mind control pills in my psychotic state so i stopped taking seroquel then got injected with invega once my psychosis progressed even more.

I hated seroquel and it didnt wok for me at all. I would much rather have thorazine if i wanted something to make me drowsy

 

[Merek]

I hated seroquel and it didnt wok for me at all. I would much rather have thorazine if i wanted something to make me drowsy

Tbh seroquel didn’t work for me either it didn’t take me out of psychosis but it made me feel slightly calmer I’ve never taken throazine and probably never will I don’t need anti psychotics anyway.

 

[UnluckyXeplion]

If weed works on me and brings me back close to my former self when I'm high, then maybe it's a good sign that full recovery is possible.

 

[Merek]

If weed works on me and brings me back close to my former self when I'm high, then maybe it's a good sign that full recovery is possible.

Ya 100% the people who don’t recover say substances have no effect on them at all years later you’ll recover 100% fasho, by the time you’re 1.5-2 years off the injection I think you’ll be good.

 

[UnluckyXeplion]

Ya 100% the people who don’t recover say substances have no effect on them at all years later you’ll recover 100% fasho, by the time you’re 1.5-2 years off the injection I think you’ll be good.

I was taking a shower today, and I had multiple positive thoughts crossing my mind, and all of a sudden I felt a rush of joy or a good feeling. I haven't had that since I got injected, I used to have it multiple times per day.
Maybe it's just a window, but this and weed working on me, brings me to a positive mindset about my situation.
Finally something I desire and almost can't wait to do is weed, I just love the high man.

I hope this post wont get deleted, and stay for hopeless people to read in the future.

 

[Nurse Ratched]

I was taking a shower today, and I had multiple positive thoughts crossing my mind, and all of a sudden I felt a rush of joy or a good feeling. I haven't had that since I got injected, I used to have it multiple times per day.
Maybe it's just a window, but this and weed working on me, brings me to a positive mindset about my situation.
Finally something I desire and almost can't wait to do is weed, I just love the high man.

I hope this post wont get deleted, and stay for hopeless people to read in the future.

Your post is fine. Saying you feel good for a change and like to get high on weed is great.

Some members are taking this whole " don't delete my post " thing too far as we have already explained what is proper posting and what isn't.

Just be yourselves, try and be mature about your posts, don't go on rants about off topic stuff and just post things that other members feel they can respond to to help everyone out.

I'm glad you're feeling good.

 

[UnluckyXeplion]

Your post is fine. Saying you feel good for a change and like to get high on weed is great.

Some members are taking this whole " don't delete my post " thing too far as we have already explained what is proper posting and what isn't.

Just be yourselves, try and be mature about your posts, don't go on rants about off topic stuff and just post things that other members feel they can respond to to help everyone out.

I'm glad you're feeling good.

I get a taste of my pre Xeplion self when I'm high (Almost like my pre Xeplion self), and it feels great, but when the high fades away, I have my anhedonia again and lack of sexual desire. Although I still feel anhedonia to some extent when I'm high as well.

I hope other mods will agree with you.

 

[Merek]

I was taking a shower today, and I had multiple positive thoughts crossing my mind, and all of a sudden I felt a rush of joy or a good feeling. I haven't had that since I got injected, I used to have it multiple times per day.
Maybe it's just a window, but this and weed working on me, brings me to a positive mindset about my situation.
Finally something I desire and almost can't wait to do is weed, I just love the high man.

I hope this post wont get deleted, and stay for hopeless people to read in the future.

Glad to hear it my man that’s good for you that you had a rush of joy or good feeling, it’s probably cause the THC counteracts APS even when you’re not high the days after you consume THC it still has an effect on your brain I’ve been feeling a little bit better ever since I took the edibles last Saturday.

 

[Nurse Ratched]

I get a taste of my pre Xeplion self when I'm high (Almost like my pre Xeplion self), and it feels great, but when the high fades away, I have my anhedonia again and lack of sexual desire.

I hope other mods will agree with you.

I also smoke some weed once in awhile. I use weed to be productive. If I need to do really boring chores ( cleaning the toilet, washing dishes, scrubbing the floor ) i find that weed puts me in a different mindset and I almost enjoy doing those mundane chores. Don't use it every day ( maybe 3 times a week ) but weed has it's place in my life for sure. I also enjoy it when i am outdoors like mowing the lawn or working in my garden ( in the summer ).

I'm pretty sure all us mods are on the same page. We all just want you to have an outlet for your issues and hope that everyone recovers. And we want you guys/gals to just have a safe place to vent. It's just that as mods we were assigned to follow certain guidelines and we have to do it. We try and do it gently but I know we piss people off. But it's just not in this thread it's also the other 30 subforums and 2000 threads we deal with.

Hope the rest of your day is great.

 

[UnluckyXeplion]

Glad to hear it my man that’s good for you that you had a rush of joy or good feeling, it’s probably cause the THC counteracts APS even when you’re not high the days after you consume THC it still has an effect on your brain I’ve been feeling a little bit better ever since I took the edibles last Saturday.

Yes, that incident was while I was sober.
Videos that don't make me laugh normally were funny as fuck when I was high yesterday.
I'm glad I gave weed a chance.
Today I took a break from weed, it's important to set boundaries and not let this beautiful medicine control your life.
I set a rule, I'm allowed to smoke if there's at least 12 hours before my shift.
I set this rule because first time I smoked (After a break of 2.5 years) I was sleeping instead of being at my shift, and I don't wanna risk my job.

Anyway, it feels like weed can help my recovery tremendously.