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Yes. My windows and waves are almost on a sort of cycle. 3 days of wave. One day of window. The thing is, though, even though I'm sort of in a cycle - 'stuck' if you will - things seem to be improving gradually.
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Mental Health Coming Off Invega Sustenna (Paliperidone) v.2
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@Tim are you naturally skinny... I can't loose weight no matter what I do. I'm 200
Invegasucks
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Hello fellow invega sufferers.. how is everyone's progress coming along? I must say that I am seeing some positive improvements in my physical and metal capabilities, however I'll admit I am noticing these improvements at a snail's pace seeing improvements at a week by week basis at best. I am currently six months removed from my two injections of 256mg and 156mg. I am currently taking no mind altering substances legal or illegal. I am not even drinking alcohol..
There are many healthy remedies that i have adopted. I am trying to eat as healthy as possible with fruits, vegetables, and good protiens. I am also taking a plethora of vitamins and omega 3s. I am also trying to get at much as sun light as possible because I have read through research that light therapy is very helpful with recovering a good mood from antipsychotic poisoning. I am also trying to get back on some kind of exercise schedule, although this proves to be very difficult for me still.. which sucks because I used to be very athletic, working out atleast five times per week.. But i have been looking at it this way, I might as well try at working out as much as possible to try and sweat this poison out of my system, atleast that's what I am hoping for.
So everyone I'll leave you with this, try and stay positive and know that there will be light at the end of the tunnel for us. We just need to try and maintain a healthy life style in order for our recovery process to occur. I am by no means fully recovered but I must say I have noticed some improvements from the beginning of this awful experience.
There are many healthy remedies that i have adopted. I am trying to eat as healthy as possible with fruits, vegetables, and good protiens. I am also taking a plethora of vitamins and omega 3s. I am also trying to get at much as sun light as possible because I have read through research that light therapy is very helpful with recovering a good mood from antipsychotic poisoning. I am also trying to get back on some kind of exercise schedule, although this proves to be very difficult for me still.. which sucks because I used to be very athletic, working out atleast five times per week.. But i have been looking at it this way, I might as well try at working out as much as possible to try and sweat this poison out of my system, atleast that's what I am hoping for.
So everyone I'll leave you with this, try and stay positive and know that there will be light at the end of the tunnel for us. We just need to try and maintain a healthy life style in order for our recovery process to occur. I am by no means fully recovered but I must say I have noticed some improvements from the beginning of this awful experience.
ZombieMode
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Yeah I'm doing much better now that i'm smoking weed again. Seeing and feeling true glimpses of recovery now. Interacting with other spirits again like talking with mates and can sometimes hear my old voice shine thru too.
Not really seeing much improvement- mentally in terms of alertness, though it is buried away and still exists, surely. I've seen it in myself.
Overall pretty satisfied. Quite literally was given a blessing last night. And music sounds cool again.
Desperately needing more sunlight and nature; though paralysis by fear holds me down for a while whilst i figure out how to beat it.
Guys & girls; i truly believe in all this. I think your best bet is to try think your way out of this position. Think your freedom back. Think how you can recover. What needs most attention in your healing efforts and how can you best accomolish this in an effective, organic and holistic manner...
For me- its my thyroid. My throat region. Which, AFAIK is responsible for not only communication and speech (which i sttuggle with) but metabolism (whilst not too fat, ive lost muscle, feel weak and just still very heavily sedated. Almost like im in some gravity suit.)
Um, sex is weird. I'm a believer in the thought that sex and spiritual and emotional energy are all one in the same. Our energetic bodies, if you will. So yeah, i sorta feel sex energy in small doses, but it has been increasing in frequency since ive started getting high again.
Oiiiii i managed to laugh twice last night. Proper laughs.
Obligatory Invega board Negatives:
-Something weird going on with my jaw, way out of alignment.
-cripplingly paranoid and fearful. Weed brings both relief and enhancement of these feelings/states. Good and bad.
Not really seeing much improvement- mentally in terms of alertness, though it is buried away and still exists, surely. I've seen it in myself.
Overall pretty satisfied. Quite literally was given a blessing last night. And music sounds cool again.
Desperately needing more sunlight and nature; though paralysis by fear holds me down for a while whilst i figure out how to beat it.
Guys & girls; i truly believe in all this. I think your best bet is to try think your way out of this position. Think your freedom back. Think how you can recover. What needs most attention in your healing efforts and how can you best accomolish this in an effective, organic and holistic manner...
For me- its my thyroid. My throat region. Which, AFAIK is responsible for not only communication and speech (which i sttuggle with) but metabolism (whilst not too fat, ive lost muscle, feel weak and just still very heavily sedated. Almost like im in some gravity suit.)
Um, sex is weird. I'm a believer in the thought that sex and spiritual and emotional energy are all one in the same. Our energetic bodies, if you will. So yeah, i sorta feel sex energy in small doses, but it has been increasing in frequency since ive started getting high again.
Oiiiii i managed to laugh twice last night. Proper laughs.
Obligatory Invega board Negatives:
-Something weird going on with my jaw, way out of alignment.
-cripplingly paranoid and fearful. Weed brings both relief and enhancement of these feelings/states. Good and bad.
I have been put on Invega twice; about 15 months after stopping the injections the first time, I had lost all the weight (over 60 lbs). I've gained 40 from the two starter doses so far, and have been off for 11 weeks but am still currently unable to lose any weight yet. I'm guessing it will be another 4-6 months before I'm able to start losing weight. I am female, and I remember from going off the injection last time that it was only at certain times of the month that I was able to lose weight, rather sporadically. It wasn't just that I held on to water at other times of the month, it was a complete lack of ability to lose any weight.
Just look at it as roughly a twelve month sentence, and you will be pleasantly surprised if around the 8 or 9 month mark you are able to begin to feel better. I was an avid runner before being stuck with these injections again. I ballooned up from about 102 to now 140-some lbs. I'm going to stop my waitressing job for a few months and just ride this out a bit. I am waiting to get the body back that they stole from me yet again. Of all things, I asked them nicely not to put me back on this medication of all the medications for the reason that it causes me to gain weight than I cannot lose, and of course they did exactly what I asked them not to do.
I have found Haldol to be less harmful for my body makeup than Invega. With Invega, I rapidly and immediately gain lots of weight. With Haldol, the weight comes on less rapidly and I believe if I were to be on it for a longer period of time, I'd be able to curb the weight gain with my running. However I've never really been on it more than a few days while being inpatient. In the hospitals around here, they shoot you with Haldol when you come in if they feel you are "acting up" or what have you. Older meds, ex Haldol, just seem to work better for my (female) body makeup.
@ Invegasucks -I am also regularly athletic, but not so much since being shot with Invega again. I've gone running a number of times since being shot with it, but it becomes quite aggravating when you put in all the work and are left with all this stubborn weight. Certainly there are other bonuses of exercise, but I've been through this circus too many times to focus on much more than my one main goal- getting my body back. I got the same two starter doses that you did, and it's been 11 weeks now for me. I had not drank in over a year before they put me on this stuff again, and I barely consume any alcohol yet again. One thing this med seems to do is turn a lot of people on to holistic, homeopathic home remedies. The last time I was on this med, I tried to cure my hormonal imbalance myself but eventually had to just ask to please be taken off the medication and wait months and months for my body to rebalance. It sounds like you are going to have a cheerful ride to Healthy, with the choices you are making in your daily life.
I have beat the medication once already and will again, it just takes time (think 8-9 months to start). I am currently waiting for Invega to pass and have been put on Geodon, just hoping it does not cause me to gain even more weight than the Invega already has.
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Coming off Invega this time I have the "ideation" thing I believe, but I believe it just to be a part of coming off. I've read what some others have said, and you really do need to picture yourself a few months (or year) in the future. It will pass, there is coming off of it, I have done it before. I don't know if you are on another med while coming off the Invega, but it was being so fed up and going off all meds that landed me back to start, and being shot with Invega once again. So be forewarned, and try and find something less harmful that will keep you away from hospitals. I was just so deadset on getting my body back that I didn't take anything, and that's why they stuck me with the injection once again. Yes, I do feel aggravated, but my suicidal ideation thing is more-so a bit of spite towards the medical doctors than anything else; I really wish they would feel some type of remorse for what they do sometimes.
It scares me that it might be permanent. Tina, bob, and Ross Jason Boehm Lai have been off it for years and have had no recovery. It's been 6 months for me and still no improvement. I can't even run and yet I was able to run 10 miles a day.
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