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

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naoaguento said:
I lied to my boss that I woke up sick to my stomach, only to lie in bed at home all day.
Brain woke up at six in the morning (like every day), I took a Klonopin to sleep until two in the afternoon. Some days are difficult.
I don't know if it's depression, anhedonia, all together. I just know that some days I can't get motivated for anything.
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It’s probably a combination of depression and anhedonia. Do you wake up daily at 6? I’ve been having that same issue along with sleep disturbances.
 
Robchanna said:
It’s probably a combination of depression and anhedonia. Do you wake up daily at 6? I’ve been having that same issue along with sleep disturbances.
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I wake up at 8:30, but my brain wakes at 6 - so I lay in bed 2,5h trying to sleep a little bit more, everyday. I can't fall back asleep again. It sucks.
 
naoaguento said:
I wake up at 8:30, but my brain wakes at 6. I can't fall back asleep again. It sucks.
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I have the exact same problem man. It sucks and I hope it clears with time cuz I can’t even nap for shit and struggle to get over 4 hours of quality sleep.
 
naoaguento said:
I lied to my boss that I woke up sick to my stomach, only to lie in bed at home all day.
Brain woke up at six in the morning (like every day), I took a Klonopin to sleep until two in the afternoon. Some days are difficult.
I don't know if it's depression, anhedonia, all together. I just know that some days I can't get motivated for anything.
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Went to a walk. I'm so dizzy and detached from reality. Derealization fucking sucks.

I don't know how to deal with it anymore. Just want my reality again the way it used to be.
It been tough guys, lots of suicide ideation.
Just wanna stay in bed all day, every action looks so hard to take. Starting to get tired and hopeless.
Also, had a dream last night. I was alone at Argentina, walking in the streets, pretty happy and feeling normal. Was going to take a bus to Ushuaia. I remember exactly the thought: "I am normal, so nice!".
Then my brain woke up (6 am) and I realized that I was back on hell, with this broken mind! :D
 
CrimsonThornX said:
For any one that claims to have made a full recovery from Invega, particularly guys, could you please tell me if your sexual function has completely return to normal? I've seen and read about so many cases of people that never managed to recover after several years, apparently even one person in particular that still had lingering problems a whole 20 years later, which was caused by a different medication but still. I've been trying my best to remain hopeful and positive but for the past few days I've completely lost hope of ever achieving a true full recovery. I'm grateful that all things considered I can still function mostly normal, compared to someone completely blind, deaf, paralyzed, or missing limbs. But even then I can never come to terms with the depressing reality that I have most likely been left permanently damaged, all because I just simply wanted to seek help from a psychiatrist, deciding to fully trust them for help in the process.
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I’m not sure my brother was on antipsychotics for 10 years and is fully recovered 1.5 years off. He’s going crazy clean the house right now. He never had injections took pills for a very long time. He said he used to feel exactly the way I do I just never noticed because I was living a perfect life that I miss so much now.
 
Ayden said:
I’m not sure my brother was on antipsychotics for 10 years and is fully recovered 1.5 years off. He’s going crazy clean the house right now. He never had injections took pills for a very long time. He said he used to feel exactly the way I do I just never noticed because I was living a perfect life that I miss so much now.
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Which antipsychotic did he took, you know?
 
naoaguento said:
I wake up at 8:30, but my brain wakes at 6 - so I lay in bed 2,5h trying to sleep a little bit more, everyday. I can't fall back asleep again. It sucks.
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Same here I go to bed at about 10 pm and can’t for asleep for a couple of hours then I wake up at about 3 am and fall back to sleep 30 minutes later and then wake up again at 6 am … get about 5 hours sleep in total , this is a big concern of mine as I feel like the brain needs deep sleep to recover …. I’ve tried sleeping pills and they have no effect.
 
Ayden said:
I’m not sure my brother was on antipsychotics for 10 years and is fully recovered 1.5 years off. He’s going crazy clean the house right now. He never had injections took pills for a very long time. He said he used to feel exactly the way I do I just never noticed because I was living a perfect life that I miss so much now.
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Cant believe that bro, ask him if he feels good man, its your brother. He has all the answers you need. 10 years is a ton. And 1.5 off aswell, but here there are people that has been longer out and is not feeling good. Does he act normal? Is he feeling well? Passionata for anything? Does he have social life? Those things are important bro, cant believe you have it right at home!
 
Well it's been nearly 7 months off the injection, I can say that I'm not fully recovered yeah I feel better than before but I still have anhedonia and I lose interest quickly from playing a game or something, when I try to stimulate my mind like making a website I get restless quickly Im fully convinced that the medication is still in me even aftet 7 moths quitting this shit, I feel like recovery really starts at this month and onward. My sexual dysfunction has improved, still not at pre invega state but its better. Most frustrating thing is loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities. I don't know when I'll get this back but I still have hope even after 10 injections. I Feel like its going to take atleast 2 years for me to fully recover or to a certain extend where I can live my life as it was before invega thats if I dont get psychosis in those times. Ive gone a year or more without dopamine or serotonin cause they were blocked by APs. I want a surge of dopamine back. I want to enjoy the things I use to. I also get a mental fog I feel like invega is being released more into my mind when I have an arguement or when my anxiety goes up does this happen to anyone? Or when I have a fight with someone I feel like a bus hit me its weird I never use to feel like this does this happen to anyone? Anyways I feel %60 recovered I do sometimes get dizzy when I standup from a lying position which means either the injection has messedup my blood pressure or invega is still in me and its affecting my blood pressure. Even at small doses this injection is fatal. I hope everyone a speedy recovery for those who have newly gotten off invega and for those who are struggling with the side effects I hope you find peace and tranquility from this clamity, I hope you come to terms that you'll not be the same better or worse it will change you but you will recover to life a sustainable life so yeah and special thanks to @Kaatrina for coming back and giving others hope.
 
CrimsonThornX said:
For any one that claims to have made a full recovery from Invega, particularly guys, could you please tell me if your sexual function has completely return to normal? I've seen and read about so many cases of people that never managed to recover after several years, apparently even one person in particular that still had lingering problems a whole 20 years later, which was caused by a different medication but still. I've been trying my best to remain hopeful and positive but for the past few days I've completely lost hope of ever achieving a true full recovery. I'm grateful that all things considered I can still function mostly normal, compared to someone completely blind, deaf, paralyzed, or missing limbs. But even then I can never come to terms with the depressing reality that I have most likely been left permanently damaged, all because I just simply wanted to seek help from a psychiatrist, deciding to fully trust them for help in the process.
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Hey Crimson your sexual dysfunction does return to normal around 7-8 months off and your sperm count returns to normal, so dont worry about it just stay off all pills injections that affect your penis and sperm.
 
First time I was on antipsychotics everything was different. Took risperidone 1,5 years (after my first psychotic break - spent 1 month in a medical institution) and my life was completely normal - was risperidone along with lithium carbonate.

Was in my first year of engineering graduation, getting lots of goods grades, studying alot, was a talkative person. There were no side effects, at least I didn't noticed ANY. Used to play lots of videogames, watch movies, TV shows, fap everyday (the med didn't affected my libido!). I was very active in some Telegram's chats, shitposting alot, it was really fun! Life was great!

This time, 8 years later, it was like hell. Zombie like, no feelings, fatigue, ED, no thoughts. I don't know what happened. Even without AP I am struggling in life.
I ask myself if the second psychotic break was worse than the first one, if I am older so it's hard to get through, if this time my brain fried and I developed some kind of illness... I really don't know how I did so well when I was 20.
When I'm sad (like right now) I think that I got one chance to have a normal life after my first episode. Then I fucked it up using drugs and now there's no return. After a second episode things cannot be like they were before. And then I feel hopeless.
 
naoaguento said:
First time I was on antipsychotics everything was different. Took risperidone 1,5 years (after my first psychotic break - spent 1 month in a medical institution) and my life was completely normal - was risperidone along with lithium carbonate.

Was in my first year of engineering graduation, getting lots of goods grades, studying alot, was a talkative person. There were no side effects, at least I didn't noticed ANY. Used to play lots of videogames, watch movies, TV shows, fap everyday (the med didn't affected my libido!). I was very active in some Telegram's chats, shitposting alot, it was really fun! Life was great!

This time, 8 years later, it was like hell. Zombie like, no feelings, fatigue, ED, no thoughts. I don't know what happened. Even without AP I am struggling in life.
I ask myself if the second psychotic break was worse than the first one, if I am older so it's hard to get through, if this time my brain fried and I developed some kind of illness... I really don't know how I did so well when I was 20.
When I'm sad (like right now) I think that I got one chance to have a normal life after my first episode. Then I fucked it up using drugs and now there's no return. After a second episode things cannot be like they were before. And then I feel hopeless.
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How many Injections have you had and how many months are you off buddy
 
naoaguento said:
Didn't got injected actually. Only had oral version.
I took risperidone 3 months and Abilify 3 weeks.
I am 7 weeks off Abilify.
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You'll be fine man oral pills are half as bad as injection, maybe you just need to focus on yourself abit go gym, adopt a healthy eating pattern or even meditate in the nature, take a holiday just look after yourself in general and dont be harsh on yourself too much life has its ups and downs its normal we all have good and bad days. Set up a good routine for yourself sleep at the same time and wakeup at the same maybe even get a job if you dont have one if youre ready for that just take it easy. And try to stay away from unnessary medication cause drs love to prescrible medication even for small problems and maybe stay away from aps cause they do have alot of side effects that out weigh the benefits
 
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