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

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Invegaishell said:
When did everyone start to lose weight?
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I'd say since 4, more noticeably 5 months after the injection, because by then despite still having a considerable amount of anhedonia I forced myself to start returning to they gym in May, as well as going on walks. Eventually, as I started to increase the duration and intensity of what I do at the gym/how long I walk I began to notice a gradual reduction in how bloated I looked, throughout certain parts of the body, but mainly my belly.

I didn't notice until recently that my face also looks significantly more bloated and wider then before, which is unsurprising since I gained up to 70 pounds at one point after Invega. Thankfully, I've lost over 20, probably closer to 30 pounds since so that's great. For some odd reason I seem to have a decreased appetite and get full much faster then I did pre-Invega now which I find unusual but at this point is much better then how I was earlier, which was the complete opposite.
 
Rulomaner said:
I really don’t understand how your only worry is based in the weight you gained. Fucking hell. If you are all day bedridden is normal that you gain weight. You should focus more on cognitive decline and that stuff. Wtf man
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Not everyone has the severity of brain damage that me you and others like invegatorture have… some people only have weight gain and other minor issues … they have no idea how lucky they are to not suffer from lobotomy.
 
undermining weight gain as a source of depression is wild. especially if you havent even been on invega. All the other side effects are present but if I look aweful then of course my confidence to go out and live my life will be effected
 
My vacation is over. I’m heading on a flight back home rn. Back to invega struggle. I got tons of relief during my trip, it was awesome. I slept alot like 12h every day, I’ve had this side effect ever since starting invega. So nice to wake up without an alarm
 
Recoveringinvega said:
How do you know it takes that long??
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It doesn’t necessarily take that long. I would say as soon as you can start exercising you will start to notice weight loss. Proper diet is a must also most people are eating more than they think.

I don’t know for sure whether the weight gain is because invega messes up metabolism or only increases the apetite.
 
Im pretty damn sure it destroys the metabolism and also increases appetite. In the first month of invega I was working out fighting through the anhedonia and even got stronger cuz I was gaining weight. But no matter how hard I went at the time I was getting fat af
 
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