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Mental Health Coming Off Invega Sustenna (Paliperidone) v4

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Well my parents abuse is gone to far. I’m taking my parents to court in august to get my son back. Then we are moving I’m done with the abuse. Enough is enough.
 
Scotthughes123 said:
if you want something to do at a full anhedonic state you need a time marker preferably something healthy mine was smoking i do not recommend that personally but even though i don’t feel it i can’t give it up examples like buy hard candy (sweets for us in the uk) or something to have every half hour/hour/2 hours pick a target your comfortable with it is a reward that helped me survive it’s a tiny incentive could be anything and make a project try small stuff like go to shop buy something/ talk to someone then move up build something or cook learn something if you need specific advice message me but i don’t check this religiously like i used to as don’t need to search for a recovery story etc but will check once or twice a week
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thats true mate
 
Edie2k2 said:
My doctor told me
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ions said:
You don't function normally on antipsychotics. Weed helped me regain worth and hope. I'm still fat as hell because of that shit, and it's just generally difficult to exercise. But I'm still undergoing it against my will.

If you're psycho, it might be a trauma you didn't process healthy.
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Is there an end in sight for you? Or are they claiming you must be on them for life.
 
Has anyone tried microdosing psilocybin after the majority of the neuroleptics are out of your system? I am planning to, it's shown promise in resetting the brain.
 
Do u ever look at people excited about life and think must be nice. Like trying new things or talking about deep stuff. Like damn must be nice not to have the wonder of life taken from you.
 
Heather01 said:
Do u ever look at people excited about life and think must be nice. Like trying new things or talking about deep stuff. Like damn must be nice not to have the wonder of life taken from you.
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yeah I understand how you feel. That pretty much sums of how invega takes away from you. it will come back, do not give up hope. I’m 13 months off and have deep conversations again, a zeal for life, working on opening up my own business, I strive to inspire others. All thode important aspects of the human existence you’re longing for, WILL come back. Give things time. Develop healthy routines, exercise, drink tons of water throughout the day, listen to podcasts, read books. STIMULATE your brain without the use of other substances. Although things might not feel even human while recovering from invega in the first year of it.... just know your life will become full again one day. And with that will come wisdom and even more zeal for life because you know what It’s like to not live life to the fullest. Jesus loves each and everyone of you! You will make it out of this. My messages are open if anyone wants to talk, I’m here.
 
Hello everyone
I am on 7th month off invega , received 4 doses total , for now , I feel better but still somethings did not resolve ; including sexual dysfunction , I can’t initiate erections and I feel I penile sensitivity, and the size on resting state is smaller than it used to be , also ejaculations contain less semen fluids than before , I want to make sure , has anyone experienced the same side effect and how long does it take to get back normal ?
I am taking testosterone replacement therapy, took 3 injections and I am on oral testosterone tablets for 1 month
Also I am taking cabergoline 0.5 mg twice weekly to help Improve my dopamine pathway

my prolactin was so high at the beginning but now it’s normal but still sexual dysfunction

I also gained weight that is not decreasing

tell me please if anyone resolved from these
 
Blakefree said:
yeah I understand how you feel. That pretty much sums of how invega takes away from you. it will come back, do not give up hope. I’m 13 months off and have deep conversations again, a zeal for life, working on opening up my own business, I strive to inspire others. All thode important aspects of the human existence you’re longing for, WILL come back. Give things time. Develop healthy routines, exercise, drink tons of water throughout the day, listen to podcasts, read books. STIMULATE your brain without the use of other substances. Although things might not feel even human while recovering from invega in the first year of it.... just know your life will become full again one day. And with that will come wisdom and even more zeal for life because you know what It’s like to not live life to the fullest. Jesus loves each and everyone of you! You will make it out of this. My messages are open if anyone wants to talk, I’m here.
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Thank you that helps a lot there are so many things I want to do. If I get a second chance at life I won’t waste it.
 
Hey guys motivation for you guys suffering, It does get better. It may be hard to believe but keep coming back for more support. That was the most worst experience ive had in my life withdrawing from that shot. I know you might wanna feel better in this moment but hey try not to count the days. I thank myself and the people who supsiringly didnt give up on me.

Everyday i wanted to die. Now i wish there was more time in the day to do stuff it wasn't a flip of a switch i was bitching and moaning for months and realized hey do i really wanna die when i could possibly get better. Everyday i needed the reassurance of can i get better.

I reearched every article tried every suppplement did every drug/supplement/rememdy u could think of excerize didnt even feel good man it sucked but hey
enjoying everything now.
 
a lot of type errors im tired its 4 am. I just think of when i was here wishing there was more success stories. Theres alot of people in distress here saying things out of emotion. listen to the ones who have recovered before.

It takes more then this shot to wear off to feel better, you still need a strong mindset which is hard to build when ur mind is blank but hang in there friends
 
morkovkay said:
It's been almost a year since I was supposed to receive my last shot but didn't so I figured I'd update on my situation. I would be off for a year on April 15th. I took Invega Sustenna for close to a year, then had 3 or 4 Invega Trinza injections which you take once every three months.

My psychiatrist refused to change my medication in any way after bringing up my side effects to him which included weight gain, lactation, anhedonia, inability to sustain employment, and suicidality so I just ghosted him. I am in Ontario, Canada and was not on a CTO, and my psychiatrist did not end up putting me on one after I refused to show up. The nurse repeatedly called me for a couple of days. I did not reply. She called my family, my mom just said that I don't want to take it anymore and the nurse said that it's ok but that I'll probably end up in the psych ward again.

The worst I felt was right after coming out of my psychosis and about 5-6 months after coming off Invega.

Anhedonia has passed. I feel things again! I was on the bus today and felt the warmth of the sun on my face. It felt so freaking nice. I am able to enjoy music, random small accomplishments. My sleep is more or less normal. On Invega, I used to wake up every 2 hours or so and it really fucked with me. I also slept for at least 12 hours every day, 14 or 16 hour sleeps happened too. Now I sleep a normal amount 7-9 hours and I wake up in the mornings fine.

I lost most of the weight I had gained from Invega, by counting calories. Tried to exercise here and there, but was unsuccessful to sticking to it.

One thing that has not recovered is my period. I get it maybe once every three months. I feel like I've been effectively sterilized so that's that.

Had no relapses of psychosis. Had a bit of mania, during which I slept a smaller amount of time per day and made some plans for the future. They weren't too out there and I wouldn't say they were delusional, albeit a bit grandiose. Made sure to sleep even if I didn't feel like it. I used hypnosis by Michael Sealy on youtube. They're pretty good. At the height of my "mania" I need 2 or 3 videos to finally fall asleep, but it ends up working in the end.

I sometimes have weird dreams where I feel like I'm psychotic again. Sometimes I randomly feel random intense euphoria in the middle of the night while I'm asleep and it wakes me up. I had some weird headaches during my recovery too, they mostly felt like tension in the prefrontal cortex. I still get them sometimes, but with lesser frequency.

Another thing that has not recovered is my speech. I have troubles expressing my thoughts. Sometimes I stop in the middle of a sentence, unable to finish it. This bothers me a lot. I tried to work on it, by making personal video entries where I talk about random things. If I start to monologue, after about ten minutes or so, my speech flows pretty okay. My problem is answering questions or keeping a conversation.

Recently, I also started to mess up words while typing. I write aloud instead of allowed. Complex instead of cortex, stuff like that. Never used to happen to me before, but here we are. I don't know how it is related to Invega, if it is at all.

I also can't quite focus while driving. It feels like I'm in a weird haze, like my brain is covered with some kind of film or something. Idk how to properly explain it. I just don't feel 100% present.
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Hey.
I can relate to these issues. About two years off invega now (I quit in August 2018 ) so it's been three years and three months

Some of that stuff has never went away for me either, I am a male. 28 years old.

my facial structure has warped as well as my bone structure.
I gave up driving because I have become a violent natured person
I have to constantly lie about my mental health because the system never released it's jaws from me but each morning I throw out my antipsychotic pills (since I escaped the shot) still dealing with family and doctors lies so the system has me because my family was trying to jeopardize me into shots again

worse experience of my life
my speech has evolved
and so has my voice
everything about me has changed
I am still the same soul though but it has genetically mutated me..

I found your notes fascinating because you described basically the after-affects of the film over the brain, but you will get stronger the more you push through it

I ended up slamming my car into someone because i didn't want to drive anymore and had to find a way to get rid of my vehicle and my license without my family trying to pressure me
 
haldolhell said:
a lot of type errors im tired its 4 am. I just think of when i was here wishing there was more success stories. Theres alot of people in distress here saying things out of emotion. listen to the ones who have recovered before.

It takes more then this shot to wear off to feel better, you still need a strong mindset which is hard to build when ur mind is blank but hang in there friends
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its been 3 years for me and I still feel like I am battling the weakness invega has left me with it's damn near killed me, my muscles became so weak that I have to rebuild them, only after taking the shot for 8 months

I believe in recovery as I can walk again but I needed a cane, and there was no other outlook than to re-train myself

but I am glad you are doing well
some people's stories are real though and they definitely have the right to express their remorse, this poison is basically eternal suffering of the soul
 
Scotthughes123 said:
mate be realistic in my experience getting high i can’t even make a sandwich without it taking like 15 minutes because it made me tired or i’d laugh ironically at making a sandwich high it gives you the munchies so you’ll overeat how do you lose weight eating in excess i’ve never looked at a salad high and thought mmmm i have however stated at sweets for an hour in a supermarket with my eyes red the most exercise i got was from the bed to the fridge or local shop because i ate all the food coz i got high
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Weed is a recovery tool against invega as it breaks the chemical bonds proven in scientific documentation, I am certain I can dig it up
it's not weed that is the issue, it's people who poison the marijuana which drives people into psychosis

for many, weed is a recovery tool they wish to experience after the chaos of being on this poison
 
Heather01 said:
Well my parents abuse is gone to far. I’m taking my parents to court in august to get my son back. Then we are moving I’m done with the abuse. Enough is enough.
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goodluck against them just plan carefully and you should win just becareful my parents tried to put me back into the system at age 28.. the system gives in to these types of people
 
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