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

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I want my old mind back, I want my old lifestyle back. It should not be this difficult to feal like a normal human being.
 
invegetable said:
I had joint and muscle pain and stiffness until a couple months ago. Couldn't walk fast, my gate was weird and had trouble walking down stairs. So that has improved but otherwise I'm the same or worse than before, cognition, libido, emotional range all gone, my personality is non-existent now. I had a lot shots though so your chances of recovery are likely much better than mine.
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How much is a lot of shots ? I had 6, I think that’s a fair amount. I’m hopeful at the very least my akathisia eases. It’s torture.
 
Trueart2 said:
Read the documentary it answers many questions about recovery and what you can expect

docs.google.com

Invega documentary

Credit TrueArt2: V1(19 good outcomes, 6 bad) Narshe81:Took invega for close to a year, no recovery. Paranoid Android: Recovered( 3 Months of Invevga + 18 months of abilify) starkid: Recovered but feels as if his brain will never be the same, speaks explicitly about emotions and motivation(2 Year...
docs.google.com docs.google.com
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Your work here is valuable. I hope for the love of god I start recovering. 32 days since my last injection.
 
lukeflowz said:
How much is a lot of shots ? I had 6, I think that’s a fair amount. I’m hopeful at the very least my akathisia eases. It’s torture.
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I had 7 of 156mg. Yes, 6 is a fair amount unfortunately. But also my body weight was very low, I weighed around 58kg when I first got injected and I'm 175cm so that may be a factor. The akathisia went away for me I'd say 4-5 months after stopping so you'll be fine in that area most likely. It's rarely permanent from what I've read. The best relief I've found is weed.
 
deficiT said:
As is standard procedure, after ~250 (uhhhh in this case, 400, my bad) pages the previous invega thread (v 9.0) has been closed and discussion will be continued here.

This thread is for anyone currently prescribed, coming off, recovering, or completely healed from taking paliperidone (Invega, Xeplion) injections. The thread is for venting, sharing experiences, general advice, and providing support for people having received Invega injections and recovering from Invega injections.

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Mental Health Thread 'Coming off Invega/Xeplion (paliperidone) injections v. 9'

As is standard procedure, after ~250 pages the previous invega thread (v 8.0) has been closed and discussion will be continued here.

This thread is for anyone currently prescribed, coming off, recovering, or completely healed from taking paliperidone (Invega, Xeplion) injections. The thread is for venting, sharing experiences, general advice, and providing support for people having received Invega injections and recovering from Invega injections.

Please be respectful and keep the discussion on topic. The moderating team reserves the right to edit/delete ANY off-topic or insensitive...
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I used to take that for a short time. You'll recover 100% after a few months. It blew me up like a balloon, suicide ideation, no motivation to even get up and piss or get something to eat. Thought my life was over. It wasn't. I quit and everything turned out great. Don't listen to the idiots talking about people never recover. That's bullshit. They got other issues...
 
invegetable said:
I had 7 of 156mg. Yes, 6 is a fair amount unfortunately. But also my body weight was very low, I weighed around 58kg when I first got injected and I'm 175cm so that may be a factor. The akathisia went away for me I'd say 4-5 months after stopping so you'll be fine in that area most likely. It's rarely permanent from what I've read. The best relief I've found is weed.
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Weed throws me off into a psychosis. Is not an option for me. I’m just gonna have to wait this out and hope this akathisia goes away.
 
lukeflowz said:
Weed throws me off into a psychosis. Is not an option for me. I’m just gonna have to wait this out and hope this akathisia goes away.
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I smoked weed for over a decade, then it started to do me that way too, so I quit. Shame too because I liked it... although it's not good for memory. But for some, if you mix it with certain other drugs like high doses of dextroamphetamine, it can really mess with you. The dextroamphetamine can easily send some people into psychosis until they quit, and even then it can happen during the come off. The Invega I think is terrible stuff unless someone is already pretty non functional to the point of not being able to do anything.
 
lukeflowz said:
Weed throws me off into a psychosis. Is not an option for me. I’m just gonna have to wait this out and hope this akathisia goes away.
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The akathisia does get better man. I was pacing around all day despite being in pain since the day I got injected so that would be close to an year actually. I know how much it sucks it causes your mind to spiral. Just know that it eventually goes away.
 
Matthew01 said:
Anybody here tried ritalin? It increases the amount of dopamine release in the stratium
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I used alot of coke recovering from invega and abilify and it didnt help at all. Ritalin does much the same thing as coke
Dr. Morphine said:
I used to take that for a short time. You'll recover 100% after a few months. It blew me up like a balloon, suicide ideation, no motivation to even get up and piss or get something to eat. Thought my life was over. It wasn't. I quit and everything turned out great. Don't listen to the idiots talking about people never recover. That's bullshit. They got other issues...
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I blew up to 225lbs of fat when i was on invega and abilify. When your fat and suffering from anhedonia because of antipsychotics its hard to get the motivation to do anything. It sucks so bad

I recovered after about a year though
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Weed throws me off into a psychosis. Is not an option for me. I’m just gonna have to wait this out and hope this akathisia goes away.
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If you have akathisia tell your doctor asap thats a medical emergency
 
Hi everyone, I'm new here and just spent the last few hours reading testimonies. By the way, sorry for the long post, and thanks to whoever will take time to read.

Here's my story

I did a psychosis after going through job loss, separation, bankruptcy and cannabis use all around the same time.

My family then forced me to the hospital and I got let out twice after spending one week there. Then I got a court order for 18 months despite the judge saying in court that I wasn't looking or sounding psychotic at all, which was a first for him in these type of cases. I did think I was about 50% back to normal by then. However, the order still applied.

I was supposed to go back to the hospital until I was "stabilized" but I managed to bargain by saying I would take the injection (Invega Sustena) instead of the pills.

This was a huge mistake since I then developed life shattering side effects, which imo are not side effects, but just what this crap does. I have to say it did pull me out of psychosis 110% but the cons outweighs the pros in my case.

My symptoms include, severe anhedonia, a constant feeling of not being cozy, having to walk around most of the day to keep me busy and because it's hard to sit down for long because of boredom. No motivation to even shower or brush my teeth. Low energy. Sleep 8-11h per night but I wake up every two hours to pee. Which did not happen before invega. Gained 45 pounds in 4 months. No fun when enjoying music, nothing to say in conversations. No feeling when doing caffeine or weed. I do still feel alcohol but never really liked it. I had erectile dysfunction and practicaly no semen at first but it got better and eventually much better after quitting the medication. Still far from what it was though.

I'm at 3 months and a half off the injection now and I do notice things starting to be better. At first, movies and video games were impossible for me because of immense boredom but I can now play a bit and watch walking dead from time to time which is good. I think maybe I just became better at forcing myself to do stuff to keep my busy and pass time. I dont really have the motivation to work So time is so long. Days take forever to end. I used to be able to spend days and have fun all by myself but now I keep visiting family and friends to prevent the boredom of being alone in a almost vegetable state.
 
Yeah akathisia is one hundred percent a medical emergency, it can cause you to be suicidal. There’s no reason to suffer through it and wait it out, there’s medicine that can help and that medicine will not affect your recovery.
 
I had 6 injections in total I believe. It's been 3 and a half months now off it and I think I'm slowly getting better. As someone indicated, I use weed as an indicator to see if my dopamine receptors have come back from the dead. So far, no luck. I had a pretty big tolerance before the injection however and I do smoke everyday since then so maybe a T break would help. However, I can precisely pinpoint the 1st injection to the time I stopped feeling weed. I am able to feel shrooms but lsd did nothing when I tried a month ago. I found vyvanse works really great but only for a couple of days until you have to stop for a while. On vyvanse, I almost feel like my old self, except I still can't get high on weed. I terribly miss my weed buzz. I fear that it would not come back but by God's grace and patience, I believe it will. Particularly after reading some testimonies here.
 
Trueart2 said:
I went from 169 to 220 cause of Invega
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I went from about 160 or 170 to 225lbs it was insane

AmazingGrace7 said:
Hi everyone, I'm new here and just spent the last few hours reading testimonies. By the way, sorry for the long post, and thanks to whoever will take time to read.

Here's my story

I did a psychosis after going through job loss, separation, bankruptcy and cannabis use all around the same time.

My family then forced me to the hospital and I got let out twice after spending one week there. Then I got a court order for 18 months despite the judge saying in court that I wasn't looking or sounding psychotic at all, which was a first for him in these type of cases. I did think I was about 50% back to normal by then. However, the order still applied.

I was supposed to go back to the hospital until I was "stabilized" but I managed to bargain by saying I would take the injection (Invega Sustena) instead of the pills.

This was a huge mistake since I then developed life shattering side effects, which imo are not side effects, but just what this crap does. I have to say it did pull me out of psychosis 110% but the cons outweighs the pros in my case.

My symptoms include, severe anhedonia, a constant feeling of not being cozy, having to walk around most of the day to keep me busy and because it's hard to sit down for long because of boredom. No motivation to even shower or brush my teeth. Low energy. Sleep 8-11h per night but I wake up every two hours to pee. Which did not happen before invega. Gained 45 pounds in 4 months. No fun when enjoying music, nothing to say in conversations. No feeling when doing caffeine or weed. I do still feel alcohol but never really liked it. I had erectile dysfunction and practicaly no semen at first but it got better and eventually much better after quitting the medication. Still far from what it was though.

I'm at 3 months and a half off the injection now and I do notice things starting to be better. At first, movies and video games were impossible for me because of immense boredom but I can now play a bit and watch walking dead from time to time which is good. I think maybe I just became better at forcing myself to do stuff to keep my busy and pass time. I dont really have the motivation to work So time is so long. Days take forever to end. I used to be able to spend days and have fun all by myself but now I keep visiting family and friends to prevent the boredom of being alone in a almost vegetable state.
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I understand the constant feeling of need to do something cause of boredom. Invega and ablify completely wrecked my attension span to
 
lukeflowz said:
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Whats your story- how many doses/shots and how long have you been off.
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I had 2 shots 150mg and 100mg. Last shot june 17. I am hoping to get my old self back. Looking for stories of hope and full recovery. I would love to know how many people get their old self back.
 
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