Has anyone came off of invega sustenna?

I wish Abilify came in a 3 month shot. That’d be nice.

How is Abilify injection working for you? Also, did you get an Invega shot?

I love invega. I’m on75 mg monthly and I feel great, along with the vitamins and omega 3s. It’s also the dedication to playing bass that has been a life saver for me. It’s doing wonders for my mind. Much of the time, I’m feeling better than I did prior to getting ill…and I was ill. 4 times in the hospital in 5 years and the last time was very serious. Mega hallucinations and intense voices in my head and irratic behavior. Invega sustenna snapped me out of it within a month

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Abilify is working pretty good for me. I have to get contacts for the blurry vision, and I’m trying Hyland’s Restful Legs for the restlessness and teeth grinding/jaw clenching. The side effects so far are minimal.

This invega sustenna has chg my way of thinking. For the mths I hv lost the way I use to see thgs. Now I hv no control of wat I feeling. I feel alittle better but fully back to myself. I just hope I don’t feel like this for the rest of the year. No self control of my feelings.

I highly doubt it’s some medication you took months ago. More likely it’s an illness you suffer from causing your inability to control your feelings. You’ve got to separate side effects from the medication from your illness if you’re going to understand your problems.

Really? Hmm I hope you’re okay, hope that you begin to see some good
effects from them (L)

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Kitty4
August 13

Its been since March. I haven’t had my life back. I see thgs differently.
I wish i never took this shot. It affected me so bad.


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kevonb124
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Uh it was about a year ago today. I only ever took the two shots (maybe

  1. and then stopped as soon as I left the hospital pretty much. Just
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Today I woke up n I still don’t feel my old self. I need one more mths before all this goes away.
I can’t handle the reality of this drug.
It’s been a long journey. I can say I been better but need to be fully completely well.
I will report in couple of weeks.

I’m starting to notice a boost in my energy, memory and emotion. Adding a glass (just the one) of wine on the occasional night, my daily strong coffee, omega 3 and magnesium oxide supplement has really helped to improve things for me. I’ve been off this 5 weeks now. Was actually able to tidy up with ease and have a good conversation today. So don’t give up hope :slight_smile: just tweak it here and there.

Awesome! Great to hear! What combination do you think you’ll try next? Has
your doctor suggested anything?

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Kitty4
August 17

Today I woke up n I still don’t feel my old self. I need one more mths
before all this goes away.
I can’t handle the reality of this drug.
It’s been a long journey. I can say I been better but need to be fully
completely well.
I will report in couple of weeks.


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Kitty4 August 13 Its been since March. I haven’t had my life back. I see
thgs differently. I…

To tell u the truth. I’m stay on my pills. No more shots. It mess up my way of thinking. I was doing good when I had my pills.
If I forgot to take them o well. Now I have un chemical balancing crap I gotta deal with.
It’s getting better but still need another mth before I can see the light

I’ve been of it for months man,
it’s the best one because it works the best when your at your worst but its the worst as well, I was on it for 3 years.

Now I’m on basically hardly any medication and I’ve lost a lot of weight that I initially put on and I feel as if I’m going to lose it all.

Had hardly any other symptoms though besides weight gain.
some people have wild symptoms on medication.
I’ve even got my memories back being of this medication, I can recall so much sh#t now.

lost about 20% of what I put on in 6 months eating exactly the same.

How long have you been off this medication?

Its been 6 weeks since I’ve been off this medication and I’m already starting to feel back to normal. I’d say give it another 3 and I’ll be fine. The talks of having to wait a year etc, seem to be more of a guesstimate. But really I think it would only take a couple of months before you can get back to yourself again.

@scartissue you are lucky you are recovering quick. Did you recover you sex drive? It’s my 5 month off this posin and I still can’t run and get a natural erection.

No, still no sex drive. Was thinking of taking maca root to see if it helps.

I came here just to tell you that I like your avatar picture.

Thanks :slight_smile: I think it sums up the way I feel at times.

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Today is my 5 mth. Still trying to get back my chemical balancing straight. 1 more mth to go . N hopefully I will be done with nightmare.

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Do you think your voices will come back after Invega sustenna leaves your body? I’m on the same medicine and I just feel so tired and my stomach is hurting. A lot of what I do is lay on the bed and stare at the ceiling.