Coming Off Invega Sustenna (Page 9) (Top voted first)

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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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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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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Re: Edouard (# 14)

hi did you go off the invega cold turkey or did you have a alternative backup medication? cause my 19 yr. old daughter went off for 8 month cold turkey and was fine at first for about 8 month then shizophrenia snuck up on her just out of the blue

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Do people ever recover from this nightmare? How long do I have to live like this? Will s*** get better?

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Re: Ruth (# 161)

Niacin (vitamin b3) can cure schizo or any mental illness. Please check out videos of dr abram hoffer on YouTube.

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Re: Sandh (# 163)

Thank you so much for the information. I will definitely look into it. Thanks again & god bless.

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Re: terry (# 5)

It's the invega and it doesn't get any better, just worse. Try to get your dr to wing you off this medicine. It's bad stuff. I know from experience. Try some activated charcoal to release the poison from your body.

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Re: Sandh (# 155)

If it helps you can try activated charcoal. This is used to absorb poison from the body and it's sold in vitamin form as well.

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Start her with a small dose, vitamin b3 makes you flush your skin red, and itchy the first 30 minutes when you take it but over time it stops happening. No problem. Good luck. Once invega is out of my body I will start taking niacin for preventive measures. Hope your daughter gets better.

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I will try, I'm almost 8 months off since my last injection with no improvement. Thanks, I'll check it out. Are you giving it to your daughter? How is she doing being 8 months off the drug?

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It depends on the milligrams and how long you've been on this inj... That's why I say don't go any further, get yourself winged off this medicine asap and start building your immune system up with healthy foods and vitamins, hemp seed, black seed oil - 4000 mg daily, start doing healthy green leaf smoothies with walnut or almonds & maybe a protein powder. Blueberries lower your sugar levels, goji berries are good as well. Anything that helps with the brain. Dr.'s wont tell you this because their job is to keep us unknowledgeable of these things so they can keep making money off of us.

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