Coming Off Invega Sustenna (Page 8)

Hi,

I was given Invega Sustenna at 100mg a month for 10 months since Dec 5th. My last shot was on August 29th 2013.

The medication gave me severe anhedonia and I have lost the motivation and willpower to do anything. I can no longer experience joy, happiness, or pleasure from anything I do and I have no interest in doing anything. I constantly feel restless and uneasy and I just can't shake this feeling away no matter what. All of these started about a week after my first IV.

I have been off this medication for almost 3 months now and I have yet to feel any improvements. I have read that it has a long half life of 25-49 days and that it can stay in your body for 300 days. So does that mean I will have to wait a year to start feeling better?

Any info on someone who has been off this med would be greatly appreiciated. I am interested to learn how many months it takes to feel better after invega sustenna.

Thank you

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Re: Edouard (# 14)

Thank you for the information. You said 6 to 8 months to back to normal. Did it go down gradually or accelerate in its decline? I.e. What were months 4 and 5 like?

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Re: Johnny (# 139)

My ahedonia used to be really bad while I was on Resperidone I think because of the psychosis and the Invega injections didnt give me ahedonia but then again i only received 3 injections... sometimes though I do feel more bored than the usual like when I havent really talked to my friend... im kind of a depressed person and sometimes i dont feel pleasure from music or ive just been listening to the same type of music for a while and dont enjoy it but i come back to it eventually but yea somedays are really lows but i think thats just my depression... this drug actually fixed my deluded thoughts and paranoia i just didnt like that I basically couldnt climax and the weight gain.

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Re: Carly (# 140)

I can now. Like I used to before. I couldnt before. This barely came back. In the 8th month.

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I gained 45 pounds; pre-invega I was 115 lbs and now I'm 157 lbs. 0 improvement. Will this nightmare end? Memory problems, no emotions, brain dead. From reading john's posts it looks like even around a year off you're not completely recovered.

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Johnny

Now that your one year off this drug, is your memory 100%? When did it improve? Thanks.

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Re: sandh (# 144)

Hi Sandy my memory is good came back about 7-8months libido about month 5 still got a bit of emotionally numbness but getting better now çan just get slightly drunk what about you how many shots of the horrible poison did you get still having a hard time with sleeping but getting a bit better

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Johnny,

Thanks for replying, I'm 7 months off. I had 4 shots and I'm sleeping fine. It's good to hear that your memory is good, gives me hope that at least I'll get my memory back sooner. My memory was wiped out completely but I can remember things when I think back. How long did it take for your memory to be 100% back? Hows your appetite? I don't get hungry or thirsty and have to force myself. Are you able to work? My mind is blank and don't think I can work even around 6 half life's.

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Re: sandh (# 147)

Memory was good at 8 months still got bit of brain fog though appetite good maybe cos I take mirtazapine I'm not working at the moment I had 6 of the hellish shots on a community treatment order imagine that forced to take poison by your government I'm neihthe skits or bipolar

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Wut do you use mirtazine for? I was forced to take 4 injections on a community treatment order as well
Have you lost any weight, can you enjoy music or reading, are you able to function without the help of anyone ?

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Re: Sandh (# 147)

Mirtazapine is for depression caused by evil invega enjoy music but not the same as before emotions slowly coming back though can function ok I have to I live by myself and my dog I gained 14 kgs but losing it now slowly I just gotta watch whet I eay mirtazapine gives you an appetitebut in getting better week by week just takes time

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Jhonny,

Is there anything that has gotten easier with the months passing? Are you able to look after yourself living alone? How's the motivation? Do you enjoy the things now that you use to enjoy pre-invega?

Is it hard living by yourself cause of the inj's.? How long have you lived alone? I want to work part time and move out of my parent's place. Try intermittent fasting. It may help with the weight loss once your hormones are in normal range. So I guess I'm supposed to feel exactly the same for another 5 months, or will it get easier by 9/10 months?

How many shots did you have? I had 4 shots and 7 months off, hardly any improvement.

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I have been on Invega for 4 months and it has been the worst drug ever. I have trouble concentrating and focusing on things, I also have trouble with my thoughts. My mind has been cloudy since I have been on this. This drug has been horrible. How long does it take to get Invega out of your system?

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It takes around 10 months to one year, get off invega sustenna asap!

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Re: Sandh (# 153)

It does get easier slowly I've been off It for a year almost I'd say 75% better I reckon another 2-3months and I'll be right I hope brain fog and depression worst in morning I had 6 shots my main problem is broken sleep now anyway it sure is one of the many medications from he'll hope you come right soon I'm sure we will all heal from it to anybody else on it GET OFF IT NOW

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Thanks. I hope you recover quickly as well. A year is a long time. Take melatonin for sleep. I pass my 5th half-life next month. It looks like you start to get better around the 7th half-life, that's like in March. It honestly sucks. This is poison they are injecting people with, clueless *****s.

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hi my name is Ruth and i have a 19 yr old daughter that is on Invega Sustenna and is now dealing with schizophrenia from coming off of it cold turkey shes back on it but still hears the voices from the schizophrenia and talks to these voices sometime arguementive .but as of today she is a changed person i want her off this medicine as well its not helping her i miss my daughter and it kills me as a parent to watch her suffer

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Re: Ruth (# 156)

Get her off this medication it is evil and inhumane. She will be forever depressed on this medication it is a shot of misery.

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Re: terry (# 5)

symptoms only get worse please wing yourself off from someone whos going through please

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Re: Verwon (# 1)

Smart move. Taper yourself - never go off cold turkey.

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I'm completely med free for the last 6 months and 7 months off since my last injection. And I'm improving slowly and starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I think I'm thru the worst

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