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

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bowandsparrow said:
The sleep disturbances were the worst part for me. They went away, but came back when I started wellbutrin. I have to take the sleep dose of seroquel to fix it.
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Do you remember how long it took to fade away? I'm off antipsychotics 6 weeks, thought it was going to subsided in one month (seen some posts in reddit about it). But my sleep pattern keep weird like this... even on weekends where I am able to sleep though the morning I can't get through 6 am without my mind waking up suddenly.

Maybe it's an anxiety/stress condition?
 
The anhedonia was pretty rough, but it would have been nicer if I could have just slept through my days when it was the worst.

I still can't nap. I hope I can again someday.
 
naoaguento said:
Do you remember how long it took to fade away? I'm off antipsychotics 6 weeks, thought it was going to subsided in one month (seen some posts in reddit about it). But my sleep pattern keep weird like this... even on weekends where I am able to sleep though the morning I can't get through 6 am without my mind waking up suddenly.

Maybe it's an anxiety/stress condition?
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I was injected at the end of January and was sleeping normally again sometime in April.
 
naoaguento said:
Do you remember how long it took to fade away? I'm off antipsychotics 6 weeks, thought it was going to subsided in one month (seen some posts in reddit about it). But my sleep pattern keep weird like this... even on weekends where I am able to sleep though the morning I can't get through 6 am without my mind waking up suddenly.

Maybe it's an anxiety/stress condition?
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No, its the meds, happens to me aswell 6am all the motherfucking days wtf am i leaving bro? This shit is unveliable omfg
 
Kiaf85 said:
I think the Anhedonia is the worst part. I long for that old feeling of ❤️, feels like my heart has been disconnected.
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Yes! I miss the feeling of getting excited to leave my job at Fridays, to meet my friends and have a couple beers! This used to make my week way more enjoyable!
Now I only think "oh fuck, weekend again and there's nothing enjoyable that I could do", lol. I still forcing myself to do every stuff that could do any pleasure but it just feels weird and my thought is "when is this going to end?? I just wanna go home!" 😂😂
But it will get better! Day by day. The thing is, the improvements are REALLY slow, so you can't compare yourself to the last day but to the last months.
At least it is what make me fell with hope!
 
Rulomaner said:
No, its the meds, happens to me aswell 6am all the motherfucking days wtf am i leaving bro? This shit is unveliable omfg
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My brain used to wake up every 5am, now it's 6am.
At least it's improving somehow. Maybe in a few weeks/months I'll be able to sleep till 8am.
8-9h full hours! Hopefully it get better soon for us!
 
Did anyone experience their speech being extremely slurred because of this medication? I could hardly speak when I first got the injections
 
bowandsparrow said:
The anhedonia was pretty rough, but it would have been nicer if I could have just slept through my days when it was the worst.

I still can't nap. I hope I can again someday.
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I used to nap easily and can't too.
What happens when you try? Your mind just keeps racing?
With me is something like this, I feel like I can't "turn off" my mind. Used to be pretty easy, just get to the bed and close my eyes. XD
After morning classes at university I always took a nap when I got to home. 1-2h. Those were the days. Miss being young, naive and full of hope...
 
naoaguento said:
I used to nap easily and can't too.
What happens when you try? Your mind just keeps racing?
With me is something like this, I feel like I can't "turn off" my mind. Used to be pretty easy, just get to the bed and close my eyes. XD
After morning classes at university I always took a nap when I got to home. 1-2h. Those were the days. Miss being young, naive and full of hope...
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How old are you?
 
Invegatorture said:
Did anyone experience their speech being extremely slurred because of this medication? I could hardly speak when I first got the injections
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I had that too. It went away quickly at least.

naoaguento said:
I used to nap easily and can't too.
What happens when you try? Your mind just keeps racing?
With me is something like this, I feel like I can't "turn off" my mind. Used to be pretty easy, just get to the bed and close my eyes. XD
After morning classes at university I always took a nap when I got to home. 1-2h. Those were the days. Miss being young, naive and full of hope...
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Honestly, I just try to sleep and I can't. It really sucked a couple weeks ago because I was sick with a cold and all I wanted to do was nap.
 
Tomorrow I have a friend's birthday, gonna be in a bar.
Thinking about trying some beers to see what happens... last time I tried alcohol I only got dizziness, zero sign of euphoria.
I'm taking lithium carbonate but I think there's no problem to drink while on it.
At least in 2015-2017 (first episode, took lithium aswell) I used to drink a lot and nothing bad happened. :unsure:
 
naoaguento said:
My brain used to wake up every 5am, now it's 6am.
At least it's improving somehow. Maybe in a few weeks/months I'll be able to sleep till 8am.
8-9h full hours! Hopefully it get better soon for us!
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I have the exact same issues, I am always awake by 6 am and can’t nap or fall back asleep
 
Does anyone who is on this drug still go to the gym. As a guy do you find that you still grow muscle or get stronger or both. Or have you found that it has had a major negative impact on you strength/muscle gain.
 
Robchanna said:
Since the start of the injection hbu
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Since I started taking antipsychotics and even after stopping (I am 5 weeks off).
In the initial weeks after my episode I was scared as fuck even to sleep - some nights I woke up in the middle of the night with my heart racing, was like a panic attack while sleeping, lol. This stopped, hopefully!
 
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