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Mental Health Coming off Invega/Xeplion (paliperidone) injections v. 10

Good evening everyone! Have any of you had a Paliperidone serum level test? I told my psychiatrist everything I'm going through after the injection, and she said it's impossible for me to have a glow with Invega, since according to her, Invega lasts 2 half-lives, and I've been taking it for 10 months. I'm going to have a blood test. Have any of you had a paliperidone blood level test?
 
Luana Sampaio said:
Good evening everyone! Have any of you had a Paliperidone serum level test? I told my psychiatrist everything I'm going through after the injection, and she said it's impossible for me to have a glow with Invega, since according to her, Invega lasts 2 half-lives, and I've been taking it for 10 months. I'm going to have a blood test. Have any of you had a paliperidone blood level test?
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my psychiatrist and doctor couldn't find such test here in canada for paliperidone. There is a risperdone test which is chemically very similar to invega but didnt wanna risk the $80 price tag
 
I've heard that risperidone is similar. Here in Brazil, in the city where I live, I've only found one lab that tests Paliperidone dosage. I'll do it, and we'll see if it really is a permanent drug in the body after almost 10 months. I'll come back to tell you.
 
Guys, do you think that Paliperidone (Invega) leaves the person without a tendency to elevate mood (euphoric) even with medication, and anhedonia due to the drug still present in the body, or due to any damage it may cause at the brain level?
 
TonyTonyChopper said:
disagree meth psychosis is too severe and takes a while to recover from so antipsychotics are needed to bring them back to reality. Trust me I hate invega and I was given invega for 10 months for a simple weed psychosis but meth psychosis is a different beast.
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Meth psychosis goes away quickly with acute use of benzos and fast acting antipsychotics. In the ER. It would be harmful to keep giving antipsychotics as their brain will already have low dopamine after regular meth use.

I'm sure there's more to the story if you got 10 months of invega for weed psychosis
 
Luana Sampaio said:
I've heard that risperidone is similar. Here in Brazil, in the city where I live, I've only found one lab that tests Paliperidone dosage. I'll do it, and we'll see if it really is a permanent drug in the body after almost 10 months. I'll come back to tell you.
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FYI the drug can still be in the brain tissue after it leaves the bloodstream completely.
 
Conky said:
Meth psychosis goes away quickly with acute use of benzos and fast acting antipsychotics. In the ER. It would be harmful to keep giving antipsychotics as their brain will already have low dopamine after regular meth use.
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Interesting , that explains why i was always given haldol and lorazapam every hospitlization where I was brought in activily psychotic.

I'm sure there's more to the story if you got 10 months of invega for weed psychosis
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Yes there is. Got 3 back to back weed induced psychosis all under 2 months and in my 3rd hosptilization I racked up my first charge of mischief for breaking a grocery store window while psychotic. I was entered into mental health court and to get my charge withdrawn I had to take volunteer and take treatment . The psychiatrist refused to put me on pills and could only take invega injections. It took 8 months but once charge was withdrawn I stopped the injection.
 
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