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Mental Health Coming off Invega Sustenna (Paliperidone) v3

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morkovkay said:
It's been three months since I was supposed to have my last shot of Invega Trinza. I tried to get the doc to take me off of it but he refused so I simply didn't show up for the appointment. They called me from different numbers, some private. I did not pick up. They called my mother and she basically told them I'm not going to take it anymore. The nurse said ok but told us that psychosis will most likely return.

I still have anhedonia and my feelings are pretty flat most of the time, though I started to feel anger. I'm glad my emotions are coming back to me. I would've preferred anger not being the first to come back but oh well. Had a brief period of happiness about a month ago before going to sleep. Haven't felt any good emotions since.
I dropped out of university due to the psychosis and the injection made it impossible for me to hold down a job, so I quit two min. wage jobs after working for two months.

I kind of just gave up on life and would spend most of my days in bed watching countless videos on YouTube drifting in and out of sleep. I would browse suicide forums at night. I found a good method and was about to end it, but one day mom told me to look at courses to take to get money out of my education fund. I looked around and found welding to be quite appealing so I might go for it. That'll be when I feel a bit better though. I still feel like shit and I don't think I'll improve in time for September. If it doesn't work out, suicide is always an option.
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No suicide is not an option. You have so much to live for. Recovery will take a while but you have to keep going. Your family is counting on you and things always get better with time.
 
I'm really hoping and pray to GOD everyday that we will heal.
Hopefully recovery is in fact possible.
 
I really don’t know what to do. I can’t get out of bed to shower or dress or eat. I have to go to work in a month and I don’t think I can whether I’m on or off the meds. I think I’m in crisis but my medical team wants to put me on 2 more meds.
 
Gdvffh said:
Hi all. Im a guy that was put in rispieridone in 2015 and it took me a year to recover. Unfortunately in 2017 i started hearing things again i g9t put on abilify and again i recovered after a year. Now ive been put in a different antipsychotic back in april. They gave me 3 injections and im back to the whole feeling like shit again. I havnt take an injection in a month but man it sucks being back on an antipsychotic. I got a lot of the symproms thst you people are mentioning, feeling like shit. Not talking. Not doing much. Hard to converse. Man these meds are rough thats all i have to say. Im living with my parents atm but my parents are believers in the meds. For one right now i just really wanna get bettet again. But 2 im worried that if i start to feel like shit then ill just end up on meds again. Cause my parents will call the cops on me and get me sent to a mental health ward. Its annoyibg how just knowing these meds are bad for you is not enough to not get put on them. We have parents and cops and psychiatrist that can force you to take pills, and if you dont take pills then they force an injection on you. Real corrupt stuff going on.
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Yeah it’s fucked up man. Just gotta battle that shit in court
 
Gdvffh said:
Yeah thats how it works. They wont let you leave unless you get an injection. I was in your situation 2 years ago at the mental hospital. They wouldnt let me leave unless i took an abilify injection. I took it and felt like shit for a long time.

Well at least your in the 5 month mark. Give its another 3 months so and you should be feeling better, i got a good 7 months to go.

Im just wondering for those people that are complaining of sexual dysfunction, why not just take viagra?
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I would imagine that Viagra wouldn’t really help. It increase your Nitric Oxide levels so you might be able to get hard but it wouldn’t affect your ability to orgasm or the semen output
 
Guys and gals, recovery is just a matter of time.

You must have been happy at some points in your life. Try to remember that level of happiness IS possible again.

Why wouoldn't it be? A drug that the vast majority of people fully recover within 18 months?

Don't give up.
 
Im committing suicide srsly
Since having taken abilify 5 months ago (only usef it for 2 weeks) I seem to having lost my vocabulary in dutch,french and english,have memory loss,cognitive impairment,akhatisia,muslce pain,loss of executive functions,loss of emotions,having no thoughts or inner monologue,loss of iq,diminished intelligence,no energy,no drive,no motivation

How long is it going to last?? Im only 19 years
 
It's really a unique recovery to each individual, but you're 19 - you have a life time to recover not just from APs but change and develop as a person.

It's a journey and honestly you will see fun times in the future.
 
Ab33 said:
Im committing suicide srsly
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I really hope you don’t - things will improve and you will eventually forget this time in your life. I’m sure there are plenty of other people in your life that would also miss you greatly. Or people you’ve not met yet that shouldn’t miss out on that opportunity to know you and love you.

In the mean time, if you are really feeling that way you might find some support or perspective in this thread: https://www.bluelight.org/xf/threads/the-suicide-support-thread.749652/page-50#post-14904080
 
I dont think the issue is thst the drug is in are system for a year. I think it just takes a year to feel good from the medication because your brain has to reconfigure itself back to normal. Its neuroplasticity and you regrowing cells that are healthy and after enohgh time youve regrown all your cells and your brain is working normally again
 
Gdvffh said:
I dont think the issue is thst the drug is in are system for a year. I think it just takes a year to feel good from the medication because your brain has to reconfigure itself back to normal. Its neuroplasticity and you regrowing cells that are healthy and after enohgh time youve regrown all your cells and your brain is working normally again
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well the drug can take over a year depending on several factors. number of injections, mg, metabolic rate, age, body fat percentage, health, and i think some more i'm forgetting. the healing or recycling of the receptors though takes 1-4 weeks i heard. i could be wrong. maybe longer. but not nearly as long as the medication.
 
Ab33 said:
Im committing suicide srsly
Since having taken abilify 5 months ago (only usef it for 2 weeks) I seem to having lost my vocabulary in dutch,french and english,have memory loss,cognitive impairment,akhatisia,muslce pain,loss of executive functions,loss of emotions,having no thoughts or inner monologue,loss of iq,diminished intelligence,no energy,no drive,no motivation

How long is it going to last?? Im only 19 years
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How many languages do you speak? I can speak 7 but I’m only fluent in English
 
One day I would like to buy a car and go camping and go hiking again maybe get a dog I just don't see it happening to be honest with you it's like.........
How are we supposed to recover.?
I got 1 shot I am hoping by 5 years I am healed everyone is different I understand that I just don't understand why some people heal and some people don't I imagine it will feel like one day you wake up feeling refreshed years and years and years after the injection it just feels some days like the injection is forever :(
 
I have a lot of hope for the future and recovery. It’s been close to 100 days and I seem to be feeling better and losing weight. I’ve been using St. John’s Wort which seems to help. I’m going to eat at a 500 calorie deficit to hopefully burn off the fat that contains invega. I’m expecting a recovery anytime between late this year to mid next year.
 
Sbar25 said:
One day I would like to buy a car and go camping and go hiking again maybe get a dog I just don't see it happening to be honest with you it's like.........
How are we supposed to recover.?
I got 1 shot I am hoping by 5 years I am healed everyone is different I understand that I just don't understand why some people heal and some people don't I imagine it will feel like one day you wake up feeling refreshed years and years and years after the injection it just feels some days like the injection is forever :(
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Hi, as someone who has been through this before i can tell you that you dont just one day wake up and feel better. You slowly and slowly feel better and better. At some point you just try and do more things and your able to. Then your able to do more and then one day you look back at yourself and realize that your completely healed. Part of the process of getting better is to try and do more things. Try and use more energy. Laying in bed everyday waiting to be 100%, fine will make it take longer.
 
Sbar25 said:
You went through invega.?
Did you recover.?
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I wasnt on invega i was on risperidone. But risperidone and invegga are the same thing. And yes i did recover and yes it was hell. Unfortunately im on another antipsychotic and have been put through this hell again.
 
Gdvffh said:
I wasnt on invega i was on risperidone. But risperidone and invegga are the same thing. And yes i did recover and yes it was hell. Unfortunately im on another antipsychotic and have been put through this hell again.
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they have the same metabolite or whatever, but invega lasts longer. you get injected with risperdal every 2 weeks as with invega it's 4 weeks. risperdal is also metabolized by the liver whereas invega is barely metabolized by the liver. i think there's other differences but i couldn't tell ya'.
 
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