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Coming off Invega/Xeplion (paliperidone) injections v11

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moerez said:
I took two injections so it should be later than you, and why did you get injection? For psychosis?
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i was prescribed a very low dose of olanzapine pills for my bipolar disorder, so i do not have schizophrenia. i did not take the olanzapine, i actually threw it away when i got home. i was then sent to the psych ward by my own psychiatrist after telling her i felt suicidal since someone close to me in life passed away. in the hospital they looked up my medication history and saw olanzapine. they did a test and saw i had zero amounts of olanzapine in my system, only weed at the time. so they told me that they know i haven't been taking my meds and that they have a solution. take this injection so that you never have to worry about taking pills. i was promised beautiful things and in that ward i was not allowed a phone or internet. they made it sound like the magic medication. "take the injection and we will let you go home for your brothers birthday tomorrow." so i took it, i figured it was only one month long injection right.
 
i'm very lucky that my mother cussed out the doctor who gave me it. they even gave me the box for the second injection, since the loading dose is two injections. i still remember picking it up from the pharmacy, an orange and white box. i spoke to two doctors that week asking what's happening to me and both of them suggested i take the second injection for better results. my mother threw the box away.
 
Invegatorture said:
How long off injections did you notice vyvanse working? Sorry if you already said.

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vyvanse worked by month five for me. i took st. johns wort, did keto for a few months, and don't have that much fat storage in my body anyway. i actually lost weight on invega, not really gained. i don't know if any of that helps but.

i'll have to look into it more. i've only seen bad things but cod was amazing while recovering from invega. short dopamine boosters.
 
I gained 30 pounds since I was in the hospital and I lost 5 pounds apparently but nothing noticeable, I’m not exercising outside of my job and walking but I didn’t need to exercise to be at the weight I was before… and since I’m on vyvanse you would think I would lose weight easily due to the loss of appetite but no. Ever since invega though I rarely feel hungry if ever, before I would become ravenously hungry when off my medication. My a1c levels have also been steadily rising over the past few months which concerns me
 
Actually I was at my lowest weight ever in the hospital, which wasn’t really at an unhealthy weight but i was skinny so I gained around 40, can’t fit a pair of jeans I loved anymore and it bums me out, thinking about doing more intensive exercise at the start of the new year but getting through the winter with seasonal depression is hard
 
Today is 8 months of my last injection, I am feeling more hopeless as months pass by, making this seem permanent . Nothing has changed much from last month , I will try to make a monthly update for myself to spot any progress. I am getting more suicidal as recovery seems not possible with months passing. I sleep a lot lately because whenever I am awake I feel so miserable thinking about this being permanent damage and no one around caring makes it worse. I never lost my ability to cry idk if its a good thing or not , so I have been crying a lot thinking that death might be my only option left. May Allah recover me soon so I dont have to die.
 
mona21 said:
Today is 8 months of my last injection, I am feeling more hopeless as months pass by, making this seem permanent . Nothing has changed much from last month , I will try to make a monthly update for myself to spot any progress. I am getting more suicidal as recovery seems not possible with months passing. I sleep a lot lately because whenever I am awake I feel so miserable thinking about this being permanent damage and no one around caring makes it worse. I never lost my ability to cry idk if its a good thing or not , so I have been crying a lot thinking that death might be my only option left. May Allah recover me soon so I dont have to die.
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being able to cry is actually a very good sign. for the first couple of months i couldn't do it at all.
 
silenthill said:
being able to cry is actually a very good sign. for the first couple of months i couldn't do it at all.
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But its already 8 months with no recovery, at this point I have lost all my hopes at recovery. Did you miss periods when you were going through this?
 
mona21 said:
But its already 8 months with no recovery, at this point I have lost all my hopes at recovery. Did you miss periods when you were going through this?
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i don't have periods. eight months, but how many injections total did you have.
 
I got 150mg and then a week later 100mg of invega sustenna. This is what I knew . Until recently I found , 150mg invega sustenna is same as 234mg and 100mg is same as 156mg paliperidone palmitate. This also made things so much more fucked up for me.
 
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mona21 said:
I got 150mg and then a week later 100mg of invega sustenna. This is what I knew . Until recently I found , 150mg invega sustenna is same as 234mg and 100mg is same as 156mg paliperidone palmitate. This also made things so much more fucked up for me.

When did your periods return?
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i think age may be an important factor, i'm not too sure. i was 19 when i got my one injection of invega. i was 58kg (127lbs) at my worst during recovery. like i mentioned before, i never really gained any weight at all. i think it stores in your fat cells too iirc.
 
invegaloner said:
I gained 30 pounds since I was in the hospital and I lost 5 pounds apparently but nothing noticeable, I’m not exercising outside of my job and walking but I didn’t need to exercise to be at the weight I was before… and since I’m on vyvanse you would think I would lose weight easily due to the loss of appetite but no. Ever since invega though I rarely feel hungry if ever, before I would become ravenously hungry when off my medication. My a1c levels have also been steadily rising over the past few months which concerns me
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when was your last dose and how many doses did you take?
 
hi, for those who have recovered, have you experienced symptoms (anhedonia, brain fog) going away for a few weeks or so, and then comes back at a less intense level? If you have experienced this, please let us know. Is this the "windows and waves" that everyone is talking about? Thanks
 
silenthill said:
my injection was in october of 2024. november and december were the worst. i had to be hospitalised for a while. january was somewhat better. i noticed the anhedonia lift slightly around that time. by may i was able to smoke 90% thc carts and feel just fine. keep in mind though, i only had one injection and never took another AP again.
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I was falsely diagnosed and forcefully injected only once. 7 months has passed and i still feel the same.
 
I also found out recently my dosage is equivalent to 234mg and 156mg, does this change things for my recovery? the doctor never warned about me stuff
 
silenthill said:
i think age may be an important factor, i'm not too sure. i was 19 when i got my one injection of invega. i was 58kg (127lbs) at my worst during recovery. like i mentioned before, i never really gained any weight at all. i think it stores in your fat cells too iirc.
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People told me vyvanse is dangerous because it's a stimulant. We're you worried about that?
 
Matthew01 said:
People told me vyvanse is dangerous because it's a stimulant. We're you worried about that?
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it is dangerous if you're prone to psychosis, such as if you have schizophrenia or other illnesses that contribute to it. i was never worried about that because i've been on and off of vyvanse for nine years. i've been on doses up to 50mg, but even 20mg does wonders for me. it's night and day.
 
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