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

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I have seen people enter the psychiatry ward and become slow as hell and drool with zombie eyes and I leave them in the psychiatry I that's not why I left and not the others there are some years left, this shitty life disgusts me
 
Good morning,
I had a haldol decanoas injection for 8 months (200 mg/4 ampoules).
I stopped everything since June 2020.
I had serious side effects, hence the decision to stop everything because the psychiatrist cannot force you to continue. In their jargon, this is a therapeutic window (stopping all medication).
Currently I am still recovering but not recovered because the sudden stop gave me insomnia which has lasted since stopping. I take quetiapine to be able to sleep 50 mg.
Currently I cannot return to work because I am still tired and I have persistent tinnitus and other symptoms.
The advantage is that it is livable.
I can do activities like going for a walk or watching series on Netflix.
I can do bodybuilding sets of 10 push-ups.
A year ago it was impossible to be able to do all that.
So things are coming back but slowly I think I need another year for a good recovery like motivation the desire to do things + sport work and be happier naturally like before the injections.
 
In our case it's time that repairs us, the more months pass the better we feel but the hardest part is living with it every day. I'm mainly talking about our inner feeling of not feeling like we did before the injections. .But I went through a very very difficult withdrawal, for example I had akatesia for a good month.
I saw blurry, even very blurry, for 6 months (my vision returned in January 2021).
And the symptom that persists is insomnia.
My pharmacist congratulated me on withdrawal because it is very hard to live with.
He told me that insomnia will be cured even if it has lasted for a year.
Above all, you should not worry because all you feel is the effect of the haldol and everything returns to its place in the brain except that the brain goes at its own pace. It returns to the way it was before taking it. of haldol but it lessens month after month until we forget what we've been through. We return to a normal life.
The hardest part is that every day we have to get up in a state of fatigue and anhedonia.
My libido has also returned, at least enough for me to have sex with my friend.
And the people around us see the difference and it’s true that the fight also continues without respite.
In any case I confirm to you that you will get back to your life even better than before Haldol.
Courage to you ❤️
 
Hello everyone I'm 8 1/2 months off. The last month I've been able to live rather normally playing games that I used to play at a level I would consider using lots of critical thinking. I've been doing all the things I used to do. The only symptom I have left that bothers me sometimes is brain burn but that has gone away progressively from when it started month 2 1/2 to month 8 1/2 now. I have hope I will fully recover and believe you will too. It may seem like at moments you are stuck, but hope will grow with you as time progresses. I have read all of the forums in desperation during my first 3 months on Invega and tried narrowing it down to statistics that gave me overwhelming amounts of hope compared to what I was going off of before. The logical part of knowing almost all people recover from Invega helped me a lot. You will be one of them. This drug will face you with challenges and make you very patient. You can celebrate small victories but recognize that a victory doesn't mean you have won the war. You are in a war for yourself that is irreplaceable. One that is very important to your development as a human being. Stay strong, and realize that you may have moments where you break. But when you break, it won't take you. It will only lead you to another destination where you will find more hope along the way. The only true reality is in the present so how can you blame yourself for feeling bad about what is happening. You will be shown the other side, slowly but surely. I believe in all of you.
 
Also pray for Davievargie on here. He took Nardil to help with his issues from Invega and developed some more. It will go away with time.
 
Nate4268 said:
Also pray for Davievargie on here. He took Nardil to help with his issues from Invega and developed some more. It will go away with time.
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damn Nardil is a antidepressant ive heard mentioned in the r/anhedonia subreddit . It seemed like the only drug that worked for anhedonia and I was going to ask my doctor if he would prescribe it. What kind of issues was he having on Nardil?
 
Nate4268 said:
Hello everyone I'm 8 1/2 months off. The last month I've been able to live rather normally playing games that I used to play at a level I would consider using lots of critical thinking. I've been doing all the things I used to do. The only symptom I have left that bothers me sometimes is brain burn but that has gone away progressively from when it started month 2 1/2 to month 8 1/2 now. I have hope I will fully recover and believe you will too. It may seem like at moments you are stuck, but hope will grow with you as time progresses. I have read all of the forums in desperation during my first 3 months on Invega and tried narrowing it down to statistics that gave me overwhelming amounts of hope compared to what I was going off of before. The logical part of knowing almost all people recover from Invega helped me a lot. You will be one of them. This drug will face you with challenges and make you very patient. You can celebrate small victories but recognize that a victory doesn't mean you have won the war. You are in a war for yourself that is irreplaceable. One that is very important to your development as a human being. Stay strong, and realize that you may have moments where you break. But when you break, it won't take you. It will only lead you to another destination where you will find more hope along the way. The only true reality is in the present so how can you blame yourself for feeling bad about what is happening. You will be shown the other side, slowly but surely. I believe in all of you.
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hello how many injections did you have? I too have 8 months of leave and I may also have a brain burn, sometimes I feel tingling sometimes, I'm not sure if that's what you feel?
 
fenec said:
hello how many injections did you have? I too have 8 months of leave and I may also have a brain burn, sometimes I feel tingling sometimes, I'm not sure if that's what you feel?
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since ur 8 months off, do you still have anhedonia or feel any joy towards your hobbies?
 
TonyTonyChopper said:
Damn , your recovery is very close you should start seeing some major improvements in the next few months. Is there a lab in france that can test how much haldol is in your blood? , below 2 mg is when you notice receptors waking up
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even if there is no more haldol in my blood, the brain must return to normal functioning and which creates new receptors, no, it's not for blood tests, I hope within 1 year of stopping I would have improvements
 
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