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Mental Health Coming Off Invega Sustenna (Paliperidone) v4

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haldolhell said:
Almost a year off. Really enjoying life again. Didn't think id ever make it this far or was possible. My life was even better then before as i used to get super manic or super low. Was the toughest period of my life recovering tho. Couldn't do shit and wanted to die. Now i feel normal.
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Good to see you again man. Glad you're better. I'm enjoying life again too. Feels good to be normal again.
Can you get high now though? I'm just waiting to be able to get drunk and high now that everything else is good
 
I am going to get Ketamine treatment for depression. Does anyone know if Invega will block that too? 6 months off of Invega and still can't feel the affects of Adderall like before Invega.
 
Ketamine is a no-go. It simulates the negative and positive symptoms of schizophrenia. That is sadly not good for someone who has had organic psychosis.
 
just wanna ask when you guys smoke weed do you feel the weed but without euphoria and laughing or do u just not feel weed at all

on another question how long does it take to start feeling substances and alcohol again
 
I have neuralgia especially in the morning feel like someone shoot my brain hope that will pass i m ready to get an operation if i need to
 
stormyroom6 said:
just wanna ask when you guys smoke weed do you feel the weed but without euphoria and laughing or do u just not feel weed at all

on another question how long does it take to start feeling substances and alcohol again
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For me I couldn't feel it at all while on invega sustenna. The 5th month off of it I got high off of some Colorado dispensary stuff but there wasn't much euphoria I think but I was still high and after the 6th month I could feel average weed alittle bit but usually my thoughts get scary or I just get anxiety and it will pretty much only be a negative experience after just a few minutes of the relaxing qualities. I had one day where it just eased my mind completely (wasn't really high though) and I think that was around the 7th month. But I still pretty much can't feel it. I'm 9 months off of 2 156mg and 1 117mg injections now. Waiting to see how it'll feel in like May or something, where I'd be off invega for a year.
I will be posting when I can feel it again, when there's euphoria. Same with liqour. Hopefully shrooms too if I can get my hands on some.
From the experiences I read, on average it takes 5-12 months for people who weren't on it very long (say like under 8 injections) but the people that were forced to be on it for a long time it'd be even longer. This one guy couldn't feel anything 2 years in after 18 injections. Some people feel substances again though after 5-6 months but don't recover until 11-12 months or the other way around for some other people. But it varies depending on the person and the amount of the injections you recieved ontop of the mg. There's really no exact time that someone can tell you. Not even doctors. Just gotta wait and see.
 
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AlphaMethylPhenyl said:
Ketamine is a no-go. It simulates the negative and positive symptoms of schizophrenia. That is sadly not good for someone who has had organic psychosis.
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I appreciate the response but each case is different. My last episode was in 2019 and I have found several reputable doctors willing to consider giving me the chance, after analyzing my circumstances.
 
I was able to smoke weed after about 7 months off. The effects were like before I was on it. Strong and psychoactive. I’m diagnosed bipolar and I’ll accept that but don’t call me schizophrenic and give me some fucked up ass medication that’ll kill my brain and body for 4-6 months straight. I don’t take any medication for my bipolar, I used to take fish oil and that helped with mania plus it’s good. Now I just do my own thing. I don’t get high very often cuz I’m not a stoner. But I can still fully flirt on girls, get bedded, drink, do psychedelics, etc without issue. So hopefully you all make it to that point too. It was truly horrible to be on but I’m 22 and it was only 5.7 months of my life. I’ll move on and never look back; life is as great as I need it to be in this moment and forward. Hail!
 
Here from Belgium, been shot four times w Invega Sustenna in 2018 after a third psychosis, a year after i recovered my natural state.
Then i went through a fourth psychosis episode and basically took one year and a half of Invega pills.
Side effects w Pills were lower but now i've decided to stop it too.
This thing from pills to shots is that it sucks the life out of you, i've read a post w someone stating that the whole environement doesn't feel the same, as well as your emotions and your sexual instincts.

I mostly went to pschosys episodes due to stopping treatment and smoking pot. imo Be careful about marijuana and psychosis. From my experience it's basically a bomb waiting to explode, i could smoke for months after stopping medication and then a switch happens and i went back into psychosis mode.

I give a go again to stop medication but this time i won't be smoking. Enough is enough, i'm lucky this time i was on pills as the product gets out of your body a lot quicker.
I was lurking here 2 years ago while i was stopping Invega Sustenna shots, found out a lot of ppl were through this HELL. OK you are not in psychosis, but what's left ?
you are dead inside and outside look dead to you. At the time, it took me about a year of doubts to never be able to be myself again and patience so that shit gets out but i did, mistake i made is that i came back to smoking pot.
Then after i unwillingly accepted to take the pills so that i don't get back into another psychosis episode. It's been a year and a half and i'm destroyed. I'll take the risk again to stop it. I better be shot dead than continuing to kill my life experience due to fear. Invega sucks life out of you. Big time

This time luckily should go way faster bc i was taking invega pills.
I just wanted to share my experience may it help someone who's into this rude experience.
Wish you the best, this whole path is hard (psychosis, psychiatric asylums, medication) but i'm sure when we look back we learn a LOT from it.
eg about meaning of life and what's really important about it.
When life is took out of you, get it back and you'll get the value of it. Gaining it back is like a resurrection. I go forward to it and i hope you all acheive to regain yourself back.
Trying to be a better human and take care of my relatives.
Good luck you are not alone in this hell and imo everything that happens is an opportunity to learn something. Take care
 
6 months off of 2 shots. Still feel like life is pointless. I have no idea what I want to do at all. I feel lost in a world that I don't recognize. I'm afraid of driving. I don't see life as an adventure anymore but as a task. I have no goals or dreams. I can't describe myself. I feel like I'm no one. Can't enjoy the moment at all. Never feel like I'll have a meaningful conversation or task relationship again. I don't know what to do. I can't stand this endless torture but I have to believe there's an end. Hope you all the best in your recovery. I can't believe this is happening.
 
I was on monthly court-ordered Invega injections for 3 years total with 117mg, and I'm 33 now. I was on the injections for one year, then was off of them for 5 months, then back on it for two years because I kept getting taken back to the mental facility and being put on court order. I've read through this thread and the previous much bigger thread and alot of people were saying that it ruined their lives and shit, and that some of them if they didn't get better after some time were going to be 'checking out' and killing themselves, and they mentioned how much they were on and I've been on it a lot longer than them, so I was thinking if it ruined their lives, then where the hell does that leave me?..I've also looked at another message board where people talked about having taken Invega and how much they were on and found 8 people who've been on it for longer than me with the same or higher doses.

People mention that it makes them feel emotionless and zombified, and that they gain a bunch of weight and have low sex drive and stuff, and I'd say I definitely have some of that. It definitely isn't the same as it was four years ago before I was on it, and I did gain a bunch of weight as well. During the time I was on it I was still able to work full- time almost two and a half years total at several different jobs, and was able to do some online school at other times and during some of the times that I was working too. I think that most of psychiatry is bullshit and hate that they put me on those injections for that long. I think that one time in the mental facility they even gave me a loading dose for no reason when I was still on the regular monthly injections because they're stupid. I'd like to sue these people for millions of dollars for putting me on it if I could.

I'm looking for ways to detox from it, and I've been taking some vitamins, St. John's Wort, and CBD, and have been trying to work out more. I was even looking to do things like shrooms, coke, or ecstasy to maybe try to 'reset' my dopamine receptors, and have done a bit of shrooms already. I was also looking to maybe take a dopamine agonist or something, but it seems like they also have quite a bit of bad side effects. I'm sure there has to be at least someone on Earth who knows the best way on how to detox and recover from this. If anyone has any other suggestions on how to undo the damage of Invega and to detox from it let me know..
 
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Dre87 said:
I was on monthly court-ordered Invega injections for 3 years total with 117mg, and I'm 33 now. I was on the injections for one year, then was off of them for 5 months, then back on it for two years because I kept getting taken back to the mental facility and being put on court order. I've read through this thread and the previous much bigger thread and alot of people were saying that it ruined their lives and shit, and that some of them if they didn't get better after some time were going to be 'checking out' and killing themselves, and they mentioned how much they were on and I've been on it a lot longer than them, so I was thinking if it ruined their lives, then where the hell does that leave me?..I've also looked at another message board where people talked about having taken Invega and how much they were on and found 8 people who've been on it for longer than me with the same or higher doses.

People mention that it makes them feel emotionless and zombified, and that they gain a bunch of weight and have low sex drive and stuff, and I'd say I definitely have some of that. It definitely isn't the same as it was four years ago before I was on it, and I did gain a bunch of weight as well. During the time I was on it I was still able to work full- time almost two and a half years total at several different jobs, and was able to do some online school at other times and during some of the times that I was working too. I think that most of psychiatry is bullshit and hate that they put me on those injections for that long. I think that one time in the mental facility they even gave me a loading dose for no reason when I was still on the regular monthly injections because they're stupid. I'd like to sue these people for millions of dollars for putting me on it if I could.

I'm looking for ways to detox from it, and I've been taking some vitamins, St. John's Wort, and CBD, and have been trying to work out more. I was even looking to do things like shrooms, coke, or ecstasy to maybe try to 'reset' my dopamine receptors, and have done a bit of shrooms already. I was also looking to maybe take a dopamine agonist or something, but it seems like they also have quite a bit of bad side effects. I'm sure there has to be at least someone on Earth who knows the best way on how to detox and recover from this. If anyone has any other suggestions on how to undo the damage of Invega and to detox from it let me know..
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Good evening. In my personal experience, I did recover but for me it was a slow process and week by week at the end I felt better and more natural. I did acid like 4 times after the experience and still experienced high dopamine output without going manic. I’m into black magick and demonology now but back then I had willingly (without prior knowledge of the medication) got 4-6 high dose injections. It was Hell but I made it though. How far along are you? I wasn’t on it that long but I fully recovered. That shit is poison.
 
Hopefuldopeful said:
Good evening. In my personal experience, I did recover but for me it was a slow process and week by week at the end I felt better and more natural. I did acid like 4 times after the experience and still experienced high dopamine output without going manic. I’m into black magick and demonology now but back then I had willingly (without prior knowledge of the medication) got 4-6 high dose injections. It was Hell but I made it though. How far along are you? I wasn’t on it that long but I fully recovered. That shit is poison.
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I've been off it 3 months now. I'm not sure if I've gotten any better yet. It seems like most of the people on this forum haven't been on it that long and they were only on it for like a year or less.
 
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John78 said:
Good to see you again man. Glad you're better. I'm enjoying life again too. Feels good to be normal again.
Can you get high now though? I'm just waiting to be able to get drunk and high now that everything else is good
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Not drunk. I never really got drunk a lot in my life and this happened before I even turned 21 and I’m already 22 now so missing out but it’s fine. I always loved weed more anyways.

Ima sound like a druggy I prob am but I’m usually just 9.6/10 times it’s just weed.

Here’s the run down bro. I haven’t tried alch in a while but fireball worked for me cause I was able to drink a lot of it but I was feeling like maybe 5/100 of it the first time maybe 8/100. I took a few months break I just tried a beer smaller bottle and it’s been a big break it didn’t work. I tried drinking more out of boredom on the shot then I have drank my entire life but To be fair I’m more of a pothead

Xanax works now before 8mg didn’t touch me. Now that shit has me blacked out listening to music feeling good. But I don’t recommend u know better I don’t have to explain but for anyone else fuck Xanax. I quit years again and I’m not doing them again I don’t like time traveling. And in fear of doing something I’m embarrassed about. Atleast alchohol you have some control Xanax is just like a monster. But I did control myself good for the parts I remember it wasn’t crazy euphoric but I’m glad fuck Xanax.

I tried coke a few times didn’t work then the last time gave me extreme anxiety. I possibly got kinda uplifted /energetic for a second but nothing euphoric. Fuck coke too whatever.

stopped doing wacky tobaccy but that works somewhat when I did

and finally weed

I have to switch up the strain or switch from pen to dab to flower

BUT I FINALLY GET SOME EFFECT at first it was subtle then nothing then stronger and stronger. It feels like I have a strong tolerance when I smoke now it still works but even if I took a super long break I don’t think it’ll be a trip like it used to be but fuck thank god it’s kinda back it’s been about a year dude. I stopped doing all the coke xans alch experiments because this tiny buzz works and it’s enough for me. I just took a small hit and I feel a slither of euphoria for a minute and then after effects from just 1 minute more to up to 20 mins after effects being like anxiety free out of a bad thought loop feeling uplifted etc.

Spending so many days failing to get high was hard and sad. ESP when friends and even family at special occasions are doing it and u can’t with them but I really learned about how addicted I was it was a real step back may have needed This. I thought my problem was with weed but when that ahedonia hit I was desperate for anything it was quite scary really made me suicidal and shit
 
haldolhell said:
Not drunk. I never really got drunk a lot in my life and this happened before I even turned 21 and I’m already 22 now so missing out but it’s fine. I always loved weed more anyways.

Ima sound like a druggy I prob am but I’m usually just 9.6/10 times it’s just weed.

Here’s the run down bro. I haven’t tried alch in a while but fireball worked for me cause I was able to drink a lot of it but I was feeling like maybe 5/100 of it the first time maybe 8/100. I took a few months break I just tried a beer smaller bottle and it’s been a big break it didn’t work. I tried drinking more out of boredom on the shot then I have drank my entire life but To be fair I’m more of a pothead

Xanax works now before 8mg didn’t touch me. Now that shit has me blacked out listening to music feeling good. But I don’t recommend u know better I don’t have to explain but for anyone else fuck Xanax. I quit years again and I’m not doing them again I don’t like time traveling. And in fear of doing something I’m embarrassed about. Atleast alchohol you have some control Xanax is just like a monster. But I did control myself good for the parts I remember it wasn’t crazy euphoric but I’m glad fuck Xanax.

I tried coke a few times didn’t work then the last time gave me extreme anxiety. I possibly got kinda uplifted /energetic for a second but nothing euphoric. Fuck coke too whatever.

stopped doing wacky tobaccy but that works somewhat when I did

and finally weed

I have to switch up the strain or switch from pen to dab to flower

BUT I FINALLY GET SOME EFFECT at first it was subtle then nothing then stronger and stronger. It feels like I have a strong tolerance when I smoke now it still works but even if I took a super long break I don’t think it’ll be a trip like it used to be but fuck thank god it’s kinda back it’s been about a year dude. I stopped doing all the coke xans alch experiments because this tiny buzz works and it’s enough for me. I just took a small hit and I feel a slither of euphoria for a minute and then after effects from just 1 minute more to up to 20 mins after effects being like anxiety free out of a bad thought loop feeling uplifted etc.

Spending so many days failing to get high was hard and sad. ESP when friends and even family at special occasions are doing it and u can’t with them but I really learned about how addicted I was it was a real step back may have needed This. I thought my problem was with weed but when that ahedonia hit I was desperate for anything it was quite scary really made me suicidal and shit
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Sorry if that was too long basically
weed kinda works that’s it!
 
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Hopefuldopeful said:
I hope everyone recovers. It took me around 6 months to recover. I was grateful I did.
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I’m glad you recovered I got bipolar too and when I don’t take care of myself my mania can turn into psychosis. That’s where the drs put me on this schizophrenic drug. Sad. It’s a year of my life. But I guess I’ll learn from it
 
Dr PHD said:
I am going to get Ketamine treatment for depression. Does anyone know if Invega will block that too? 6 months off of Invega and still can't feel the affects of Adderall like before Invega.
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Honestly yeah I tried like everything man even salvia I couldn’t get a hold of ketamine but I bet u this no matter what drug it is it has to trigger ur dopamine or seratonin or some receptor invega/APs block. I was on haldol and like it even blocks weird things like Sigma 1 receptor which makes DMT work.

you can try it but at most I feel like it’ll be placebo or just visual effects. Who knows. But I don’t think the dopamine comes back for another few months unless ur lucky
 
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