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

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Unless there’s a miracle my lower facial fat will not recover from Invega Sustenna, my neck and chin. It permanently damaged my eyes as well. Awesome medication. Changed my whole life and body!
 
HelpMeInvega said:
Unless there’s a miracle my lower facial fat will not recover from Invega Sustenna, my neck and chin. It permanently damaged my eyes as well. Awesome medication. Changed my whole life and body!
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I read about antipsychotics like invega affecting genetic expression and rotating the mitochondria to the other side of the cell this probably massively affect metabolism. This reverted back after long exposure to dopamine and serotonin agonist.

Check this bullshit rat study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24752928/ they wanna push it for diseases like huntington
 
HelpMeInvega said:
Unless there’s a miracle my lower facial fat will not recover from Invega Sustenna, my neck and chin. It permanently damaged my eyes as well. Awesome medication. Changed my whole life and body!
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Did you manage to lose the weight from invega sustenna? I gained 25 lbs after my shot. I have been going to the gym for 2 months and eating healthy. I have not lost one pound.
 
Invegaishell said:
Did you manage to lose the weight from invega sustenna? I gained 25 lbs after my shot. I have been going to the gym for 2 months and eating healthy. I have not lost one pound.
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I couldnt lose a pound on invega eiher. i think it fucks your metabolism. Im on zyprexa now and have not only lose fat but ive gained muscle from lifting weight. I cut out regular cole as well now i drink diet
 
I know a handful of people who were able to lose tons of weight even on the antipsychotics that most lead to weight gain. Me, not so much. But it is definitely possible. The drugs kind of turn off or greatly dim the switch that tells you you're full. But it's definitely not impossible, I'm sure.
 
Invegaishell said:
Did you manage to lose the weight from invega sustenna? I gained 25 lbs after my shot. I have been going to the gym for 2 months and eating healthy. I have not lost one pound.
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Yeah I lost basically all of the weight, just not in my face. I’m embarrassed to hang out with friends or go anywhere to be honest, it really messed up my face, like such a bad reaction! A brutal reaction!
 
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BattlingInvega said:
has anyone else felt suicidal im really struggling. i feel like my life is over
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Yeh i felt suicidal for 6 months straight on abilify injections, on invega it was like 3 months

HelpMeInvega said:
Yeah I lost basically all of the weight, just not in my face. I’m embarrassed to hang out with friends or go anywhere to be honest, it really messed up my face, like such a bad reaction! A brutal reaction!
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thats fucked up i wonder what the composition of all that fat is
 
BattlingInvega said:
has anyone else felt suicidal im really struggling. i feel like my life is over
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Yeah I unfortunately feel the same way, it's not constant or 24/7 like it was a while after I recieved the injection but it's still something I deal with like every other day or so. It reached it's worst point when my side effects became too unbearable and severe, I wanted nothing more then to end my suffering already. Although I have quite a way to go, seeing how I've made a considerable recovery so far has given me a sense of hope that my life will hopefully return to it's previous state sooner or later, or at least closer to it. It can be incredibly difficult to deal with those negative thoughts but hopefully with time they eventually go away.
 
HelpMeInvega said:
Yeah I lost basically all of the weight, just not in my face. I’m embarrassed to hang out with friends or go anywhere to be honest, it really messed up my face, like such a bad reaction! A brutal reaction!
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Are you sure it's not water retention?
 
BattlingInvega said:
has anyone else felt suicidal im really struggling. i feel like my life is over
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I felt like my life was over as well. I was also felt suicidal for the first 7 months. It got better, but the healing process is extraneous. I’m not suicidal anymore, but I am depressed still. Invega sustenna changed my life for the worse.

HelpMeInvega said:
Yeah I lost basically all of the weight, just not in my face. I’m embarrassed to hang out with friends or go anywhere to be honest, it really messed up my face, like such a bad reaction! A brutal reaction!
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That sucks. You are not alone. I am embarrassed to hang out with my friends too. I am embarrassed because my social skill though. I can’t have a conversation yet. Hopefully you get your looks back to where you want them.
 
Invegaishell said:
That sucks. You are not alone. I am embarrassed to hang out with my friends too. I am embarrassed because my social skill though. I can’t have a conversation yet. Hopefully you get your looks back to where you want them.
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Thanks, I highly doubt it though, it’s been 16 months and hardly no sign of improvement

Conky said:
Are you sure it's not water retention?
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It’s not water retention no, I wish it was an easy fix like that

Ineedhelp456 said:
It hasn’t helped at all I haven’t noticed 1 positive thing my intelligence has gone down I developed anhedonia, I’m very suicidal I’m less healthy,I just feel like shit all the time I used to be very active and ambitious now I’m bedbound and can’t even get up in the morning. I had 2 shots my last one was in April n things haven’t seem to gotten better
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The consensus on here is that invega sustenna is a terrible medication. Almost all of us have fallen on hard times due to invega. Suicidal ideations are very common as I was once there. The first couple of months off the medication seem to be the hardest, at least in my experience. I was also very active, a professional painter, if there is such a thing, and going to school. Now I watch movies, tv shows and play video games. Invega takes the soul out of you and leaves you with almost nothing. You are not alone in this.

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That’s actually not true at all, I ate only pickles while on Invega Sustenna and still was 40 pounds overweight
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I agree, I eat very healthy, grilled chicken and vegetables for almost every meal. I work out everyday, cardio and weight lifting. Nothing has changed. I think it’s due to the prolactin levels being raised. I used to be attractive and confident, invega took that away too.
 
This feels like God punishing me. I hate my life I think back on what I could do different in the past everyday. I’m getting close to ending myself but scared of sinning. Hopefully God can forgive me I’m at the end of my rope.
 
BattlingInvega said:
This feels like God punishing me. I hate my life I think back on what I could do different in the past everyday. I’m getting close to ending myself but scared of sinning. Hopefully God can forgive me I’m at the end of my rope.
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I’m in a deep depressed sadness too, I went from having everything to having nothing and not being able to function properly and just shit so I feel you! You’re not alone
 
BattlingInvega said:
This feels like God punishing me. I hate my life I think back on what I could do different in the past everyday. I’m getting close to ending myself but scared of sinning. Hopefully God can forgive me I’m at the end of my rope.
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I’ve regretted taking invega since I got it. It is the worst decision that I have ever made. It has made me appreciate sobriety a lot. Sobriety is all we need. I was raised in church and in a Christian school, I am not religious anymore though. From what I know, god forgives all.
 
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