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Mental Health Coming off Invega (Paliperidone, Xeplion) injections v. 7.0

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Kiaf85 said:
Is there anything I can do to feel emotions. I can’t feel love or anything it’s like my heart is blocked.
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My emotions never came back like it were pre invega. I also could feel energy around the heart area thats gone as well
 
Invegaishell said:
I still have a hrs time changing my clothes so the anhedonia is still there. Hopefully you will start to feel more improvements soon. For me there wasn’t a way to speed up the process. A good sleep schedule was important. Sleep is the only way I have found that combats invega. I do also take mood stabilizers as they are for increasing mood for depressed people. So that has increased my mood. Welcome to the thread this is the only place that provided me hope when I was going through the rough of it.
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What kind of mood stabilizers
 
Bobskitchen said:
Can you feel the effects of coffee im 14 months off and recovered pretty well but I can’t feel caffeine and I can’t feel excitement
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coffee does its thing again for me now yeah. I remember it having zero effect during the first few months off so I just stopped drinking it completely until I slowly got the habit again some time later
 
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Invegaishell said:
I still have a hrs time changing my clothes so the anhedonia is still there. Hopefully you will start to feel more improvements soon. For me there wasn’t a way to speed up the process. A good sleep schedule was important. Sleep is the only way I have found that combats invega. I do also take mood stabilizers as they are for increasing mood for depressed people. So that has increased my mood. Welcome to the thread this is the only place that provided me hope when I was going through the rough of it.
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Mood stabilizers dont increase mood they flatten the mood to a sort of status quo
 
Baddream said:
Has anything changed for you or are you in the exact same state as before? How about things like coffee, sleep, exercise, cigarettes?
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Exercise horrible occasionally got tachycardia and heart pains, i can feel caffeine only recently 24 months off, sleep same but sometimes i stop breathing in my sleep i didnt have this before. I always could feel nicotine this never changed. Weed high was never the same also mushrooms.

Creativity is completely gone, cognition not as good as before invega, no emotions or very muted or nerfed emotions, no social cognition whatsoever cannot keep any conversation going. First thing that improved significantly for me was anhedonia 6 months off, sexuality recovered 100% altho i couldn't feel attraction to girls anymore. Invega changed my life completely altho i considered myself 80 % recovered
 
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EsseWasGreat said:
Took me like 12 months to be 100% and even more : experiencing this kind of hardship shaped me into a better person than I was pre-injection, truly happy just to be alive and fully functioning when during the first few months I legitimately thought I was going to never live a decent life again and suicide felt like an actual logical option. Good thing I decided to keep going just for a bit, also thanks to all the people who recovered and shared their tale.


One important thing to note is that you actually recover faster than you can notice, so maybe you can get some things back and in a few months you'll think about it and say "yeah I was already slowly improving a little even back then"



I do not habitually drink beer (or any alcohol) but last week I had some at a party and 100% felt it. That will come back.



My first window of positive emotions was like uhh back in July (3 months off): I was hanging out with this really cute and cool friend who was making jokes and I was all kinds of happy and positive even if it was just for that short moment. After that I gradually started feeling things a bit more often (like once every few weeks I'd just catch a glimpse of positive emotions) until I finally started having my normal range of emotions again at 10-12 months off

My memory and cognitive abilities completely came back and I now treasure it a lot. I enjoy exercising my memory skills and actually do a ton of complicated puzzles which make me feel really good when I complete them at speeds that other people find nothing less than just incredible

Last February my new psych gave me an IQ test and I scored in the top2% even though I felt like I actually underperformed a bit. She's been very nice and supportive with me so far (unlike the previous one who injected me with this shit to begin with)


There is absolutely nothing in my life that's being affected by Invega/Xeplion anymore and the same can be for anyone, as long as you keep being alive until it finally happens




I've read about one of the guys who apparently went missing after a few worrisome posts. I hope he's doing alright but more importantly I hope everyone struggling with this stays strong: this is one AP that *can* and *did* take lives

Another important thing to note: When I fully recovered from the injections I also got back a few of my issues like strong anxiety with a some mood swings which were the things I willfully went to a psych for help to begin with.
With the newly acquired awareness of how bad some doctors can really be I just decided to live and deal with my own problems rather than just trying to med them away but this is a case in which mileage may wildly vary



PS: I also want to share a little story just to give you all an idea of how *fully recovered* a person can get

I started this new job at a restaurant a couple weeks ago: nothing too complicated, but yesterday the boss needed some help at his cafe and asked me to do some bartending and he was *shocked* at how good I was at it: I was fast, precise, fully confident in serving so many people and doing so many things at once that even the customers and co-workers were pretty impressed. This was indeed something I used to do for a living before my 2 injections and that for me was 100% proof that I am finally back to where I am supposed to be both physically and mentally
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Thank you so so much for coming back in here and sharing your recovery story! It is so helpful and encouraging to hear that you're fully recovered and that you're living a full life <3
 
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EsseWasGreat said:
Took me like 12 months to be 100% and even more : experiencing this kind of hardship shaped me into a better person than I was pre-injection, truly happy just to be alive and fully functioning when during the first few months I legitimately thought I was going to never live a decent life again and suicide felt like an actual logical option. Good thing I decided to keep going just for a bit, also thanks to all the people who recovered and shared their tale.


One important thing to note is that you actually recover faster than you can notice, so maybe you can get some things back and in a few months you'll think about it and say "yeah I was already slowly improving a little even back then"



I do not habitually drink beer (or any alcohol) but last week I had some at a party and 100% felt it. That will come back.



My first window of positive emotions was like uhh back in July (3 months off): I was hanging out with this really cute and cool friend who was making jokes and I was all kinds of happy and positive even if it was just for that short moment. After that I gradually started feeling things a bit more often (like once every few weeks I'd just catch a glimpse of positive emotions) until I finally started having my normal range of emotions again at 10-12 months off

My memory and cognitive abilities completely came back and I now treasure it a lot. I enjoy exercising my memory skills and actually do a ton of complicated puzzles which make me feel really good when I complete them at speeds that other people find nothing less than just incredible

Last February my new psych gave me an IQ test and I scored in the top2% even though I felt like I actually underperformed a bit. She's been very nice and supportive with me so far (unlike the previous one who injected me with this shit to begin with)


There is absolutely nothing in my life that's being affected by Invega/Xeplion anymore and the same can be for anyone, as long as you keep being alive until it finally happens




I've read about one of the guys who apparently went missing after a few worrisome posts. I hope he's doing alright but more importantly I hope everyone struggling with this stays strong: this is one AP that *can* and *did* take lives

Another important thing to note: When I fully recovered from the injections I also got back a few of my issues like strong anxiety with a some mood swings which were the things I willfully went to a psych for help to begin with.
With the newly acquired awareness of how bad some doctors can really be I just decided to live and deal with my own problems rather than just trying to med them away but this is a case in which mileage may wildly vary



PS: I also want to share a little story just to give you all an idea of how *fully recovered* a person can get

I started this new job at a restaurant a couple weeks ago: nothing too complicated, but yesterday the boss needed some help at his cafe and asked me to do some bartending and he was *shocked* at how good I was at it: I was fast, precise, fully confident in serving so many people and doing so many things at once that even the customers and co-workers were pretty impressed. This was indeed something I used to do for a living before my 2 injections and that for me was 100% proof that I am finally back to where I am supposed to be both physically and mentally
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You really are a star for coming back and updating. So many people feel so helpless and hopeless after Invega/APs. And those who recover well often just float away to live their lives again without leaving their recovery story. Giving the impression to those who arrive here, already feeling their worst, that there's no hope and no future. So thank you! <3
 
apsucks said:
Mood stabilizers dont increase mood they flatten the mood to a sort of status quo
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You’re right about the mood stabilizers. The do however stabilize the depression part of invega, at least for me. You said you were 80% recovered. What has improved for you?
 
Has anyone noticed their weight go down? I’ve been working out for almost a month and eating healthy but no difference
 
Invegaishell said:
Has anyone noticed their weight go down? I’ve been working out for almost a month and eating healthy but no difference
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You simply have to be in a caloric deficit. Change your diet to include loads of salads and vegetables. Buy low fat everything and stay away from caloric drinks. Coke zero instead of regular. Just so you know, lifting weights doesn’t burn much calories, you need to run. Daily powerwalks won’t hurt either. Get used to chicken and broccoli, fasting may help if you like big meals instead of many small meals. Good luck!
 
Invegaishell said:
You’re right about the mood stabilizers. The do however stabilize the depression part of invega, at least for me. You said you were 80% recovered. What has improved for you?
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improved : Depression, Anhedonia, weight , endurance, physical appearance, memory,
Another thing that invega caused which seems permanent are mood swings

Some things like reaction time and timing is something that comes back gradually with training, for a long time i couldnt take part in traffic
 
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