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

[flystr8]

Waking up mid sleep cause my nasal congestion honestly makes me feel like I’m going to die

 

[flystr8]

Hopefully when you heal and your hormones are in check you will lose it. I also put on weight from these drugs, i plan to fast to get rid of the excess fat when I’m off injections

I’m pissed of the fat invega stores in your fat and muscles and that’s how it releases slowly, my nose feels completely unresponsive

 

[flystr8]

I really want to go back to them days where I could literally do anything I want as a normal human being and breathe normally and most importantly sleep my life has turned into this depressing thing that feels like I’m dying slowly..

 

[invegetable]

I just found out that in a study done on Chinese patients the median halflife was 66.5 days and up to 80 days which is almost twice the advertised range. That means a lot of are very likely to be feeling the full effects of the drug and have not even begun the withdrawal/healing stage.

This was for 150mg btw

Also, if you had a low body weight it's been proven that clearance takes longer

 

[Trueart2]

I just found out that in a study done on Chinese patients the median halflife was 66.5 days and up to 80 days which is almost twice the advertised range. That means a lot of are very likely to be feeling the full effects of the drug and have not even begun the withdrawal/healing stage.

This was for 150mg btw

Also, if you had a low body weight it's been proven that clearance takes longer

Can you link that research study here?

 

[invegetable]

Can you link that research study here?

Pharmacokinetics of INVEGA SUSTENNA

A summary of pharmacokinetics of INVEGA SUSTENNA® (paliperidone palmitate 1-month).

www.jnjmedicalconnect.com

You have to select "medical practitioner in USA" or whatever. It's under the section Si et al 2014, the table containing t1/2 (halflife) for all 3 dosages.

 

[Matthew01]

Thinking is hard and dull for me. Trying to retrieve good memories and feel good about them is very hard. It feels impossible

 

[rawbanana]

Last night I felt positive but today I’m feeling hopeless again.

I just feel like this shouldn’t have happened to me. I had a bright future. I had possibilities.

 

[Trueart2]

Invega is so sedating, I can’t think of anything

 

[Matthew01]

Invega is so sedating, I can’t think of anything

I'm experiencing something like this too. My mind feels blank.

 

[Trueart2]

I'm experiencing something like this too. My mind feels blank.

It’s one of the scariest aspects of this, losing your thought processe and allowing cognition dulling to become a staple in your life.

When I smoke weed and subsequently get high the thoughts start to flow in a bit, albeit not at the level I was at pre-Invega; but it still demonstrates it’s not all gone

 

[Trueart2]

Recovery story:

seeing as i haven't been active too often, this will be my final post.

october 10th, 2024. i was surrounded by 4 people in my room alone, including the doctor seeing me at the psych ward. they began to tell me how invega is a good alternative to quitting drugs, seeing as they knew my history of marijuana use and other drugs. mind you, i've never personally experienced psychosis. i was in there for any support on drug use since all the rehab programs were full. they kept telling me that this injection would make me happy and calm. i have aspergers so i didn't know what to say back, i smiled and agreed with them. note, i have NEVER been on an antipsychotic before ever. only things for my bad adhd and anxiety. the next morning i received the shot, and that's when hell began. i was given one injection of 234mg, nothing more. they agreed to let me out for my mothers birthday if i complied with the shot, so fuck it. they trusted me to follow up with the second loading dose myself after leaving by giving my mother the box of the injection through CVS pharmacy. yes, they expected my mom to do it herself, we were not given the option of a nurse.

time passes, i never end up getting the second loading dose. i spent the whole month in the emergency rooms multiple times complaining to doctors about what had happened and they began to convince me invega leaves in a month and i'm just an anxious person. this happened multiple times. i was even threatened with being sent to an asylum instead of a normal hospital ward for 'being insane and delusional.' i had to suffer in silence while those people wanted me to get better. get better? you made it so i cant. 'anxious person.' i actually believed them for some time. until i found bluelight.

my mother and brother were very supportive during my recovery, sometimes skipping work to stay home with me, but they just didn't believe the injection would last this long. i mean, yeah it's a little bad to not believe your family, but can you blame them when 10 fucking doctors say i'm fine and cured?

anyways i had the same symptoms you all have. i don't wanna get into what it was like, just know i tried to kill myself many times and ended up hospitalized 5 more times. my mom began to threaten any doctor who thought another injection would work with legal action so i felt safer. it wasn't until february where i began to feel somewhat okay.

nowadays, almost 8 months later, i've lost all my invega weight. i've cried, listened to music all day and sang along, i've been able to keep a daily routine for 2-3 weeks now, i go to the gym often, etc. i'm not gonna sit here and say i'm fully recovered because like some of you say, my sleep is also pretty fucked. luckily weed helps with that, which i can feel. not sure about caffeine and nicotine since i don't take those. oh and plus the short term memory loss.

but is life okay? i'd say it is, more than okay. i'm getting back in shape, going out, playing guitar again, keeping my room clean, and i can kind of feel emotions again. my hair used to be a fucking rocky mess, it was curly and horribly matted and tangled since invega made me not even wanna wash it for weeks. i didn't care about anything. now it's silky long and i count only 2-3 hairs falling out compared to back then. i'm at a point where i'm satisfied with recovery. i'm hoping that years down the line i'll fully recover cause users like @t_xeplionhell give me hope, but for now, i'm just gonna keep moving forward. i don't know if it was because i didn't get the other loading shot, or if i was lucky, but i think i survived this nightmare for good. it's been nearly 2 months of constantly feeling normalish. i've since been off all medication and feeling much better.

please talk your shit and help get this fucking drug away from people who don't need it. or if it were me, ban injections for good.

so finally, not everything is perfect but as horrible as this may sound to you all, i'm okay that it happened. because now i can be a better me, not the me from before the shot who was a horrible mess with black trash bags taped to their windows, sometimes found blacked out on the floor from drug usage and severe selective mutism. i feel like it somehow gave me more confidence, less overthinking and more motivation to change my life. this is just me though. i'd say the gym and eating healthy really helped.

thank you, take care. - Rue

 

[Matthew01]

Recovery story:

seeing as i haven't been active too often, this will be my final post.

october 10th, 2024. i was surrounded by 4 people in my room alone, including the doctor seeing me at the psych ward. they began to tell me how invega is a good alternative to quitting drugs, seeing as they knew my history of marijuana use and other drugs. mind you, i've never personally experienced psychosis. i was in there for any support on drug use since all the rehab programs were full. they kept telling me that this injection would make me happy and calm. i have aspergers so i didn't know what to say back, i smiled and agreed with them. note, i have NEVER been on an antipsychotic before ever. only things for my bad adhd and anxiety. the next morning i received the shot, and that's when hell began. i was given one injection of 234mg, nothing more. they agreed to let me out for my mothers birthday if i complied with the shot, so fuck it. they trusted me to follow up with the second loading dose myself after leaving by giving my mother the box of the injection through CVS pharmacy. yes, they expected my mom to do it herself, we were not given the option of a nurse.

time passes, i never end up getting the second loading dose. i spent the whole month in the emergency rooms multiple times complaining to doctors about what had happened and they began to convince me invega leaves in a month and i'm just an anxious person. this happened multiple times. i was even threatened with being sent to an asylum instead of a normal hospital ward for 'being insane and delusional.' i had to suffer in silence while those people wanted me to get better. get better? you made it so i cant. 'anxious person.' i actually believed them for some time. until i found bluelight.

my mother and brother were very supportive during my recovery, sometimes skipping work to stay home with me, but they just didn't believe the injection would last this long. i mean, yeah it's a little bad to not believe your family, but can you blame them when 10 fucking doctors say i'm fine and cured?

anyways i had the same symptoms you all have. i don't wanna get into what it was like, just know i tried to kill myself many times and ended up hospitalized 5 more times. my mom began to threaten any doctor who thought another injection would work with legal action so i felt safer. it wasn't until february where i began to feel somewhat okay.

nowadays, almost 8 months later, i've lost all my invega weight. i've cried, listened to music all day and sang along, i've been able to keep a daily routine for 2-3 weeks now, i go to the gym often, etc. i'm not gonna sit here and say i'm fully recovered because like some of you say, my sleep is also pretty fucked. luckily weed helps with that, which i can feel. not sure about caffeine and nicotine since i don't take those. oh and plus the short term memory loss.

but is life okay? i'd say it is, more than okay. i'm getting back in shape, going out, playing guitar again, keeping my room clean, and i can kind of feel emotions again. my hair used to be a fucking rocky mess, it was curly and horribly matted and tangled since invega made me not even wanna wash it for weeks. i didn't care about anything. now it's silky long and i count only 2-3 hairs falling out compared to back then. i'm at a point where i'm satisfied with recovery. i'm hoping that years down the line i'll fully recover cause users like @t_xeplionhell give me hope, but for now, i'm just gonna keep moving forward. i don't know if it was because i didn't get the other loading shot, or if i was lucky, but i think i survived this nightmare for good. it's been nearly 2 months of constantly feeling normalish. i've since been off all medication and feeling much better.

please talk your shit and help get this fucking drug away from people who don't need it. or if it were me, ban injections for good.

so finally, not everything is perfect but as horrible as this may sound to you all, i'm okay that it happened. because now i can be a better me, not the me from before the shot who was a horrible mess with black trash bags taped to their windows, sometimes found blacked out on the floor from drug usage and severe selective mutism. i feel like it somehow gave me more confidence, less overthinking and more motivation to change my life. this is just me though. i'd say the gym and eating healthy really helped.

thank you, take care. - Rue

This is horrible, he hasn't fully recovered from a single dose. I can't live with short term memory loss. I need the 100% me back, this is absolutely wrong and I don't deserve it. I wish he gave a percentage? Do you guys think he's fully recovered now?

 

[rawbanana]

This is horrible, he hasn't fully recovered from a single dose. I can't live with short term memory loss. I need the 100% me back, this is absolutely wrong and I don't deserve it. I wish he gave a percentage? Do you guys think he's fully recovered now?

I feel your pain

 

[Trueart2]

This is horrible, he hasn't fully recovered from a single dose. I can't live with short term memory loss. I need the 100% me back, this is absolutely wrong and I don't deserve it. I wish he gave a percentage? Do you guys think he's fully recovered now?

That was May 30th about 7-8 months since the incident(of being injected), that’s great progress

 

[Trueart2]

@Invegatorture What do you think about weed effectiveness being a reliable indicator for recovery?

 

[Matthew01]

@Invegatorture What do you think about weed effectiveness being a reliable indicator for recovery?

Speaking about indicators. I have artane and I'm planning to use that to test if I've fully recovered because it makes me feel good when I took it before taking the injection. Do you guys think that's okay?

 

[Invegatorture]

@Invegatorture What do you think about weed effectiveness being a reliable indicator for recovery?

I would say it is. Some people don’t feel it at all after invega. For me personally I can feel it fully but no euphoria, it makes my anhedonia more pronounced. I prefer music sober than high while on antipsychotics which is crazy. If you can feel weed its only a good thing. I have always recovered from these drugs and i could always feel weed.

 

[Invegatorture]

Invega is so sedating, I can’t think of anything

From what I’ve read about these drugs, before they were named antipsychotics they were known as major tranquilizers. Given to make people easy to control. I have so little energy physically and mentally, I wake up exausted every day. So weak and fatigued.

 

[Invegatorture]

Have you tried counterbalancing it with stimulants? Going to need something stronger than coffee in the mornings for a while

What stimulants would you recommend? I drink very strong coffee every day which gives me a slight buzz. Tbh tho I wanna avoid drugs I fear they may interfere with recovery