i feel good on the max dose of invega sustenna. i have found that over the past year because of my workout regiment i have felt a lot better compared to before i start exercising
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I have this congested feeling in my head even after I have done hour of treadmill recently. It’s almost like flat feeling, but it doesn’t feel like lack of dopamine. I don’t know if amyloban 3399 would help with this @anon22322466
0 pleasure, lost tons of fine motor skills along with my professionalism. I only feel worry, anxiety, hopelessness and suicidility at times. None of the SSRIs have worked as it’s mainly dopamine related, also after exercise I feel much worse as more of the invega is released from the muscle stores.
I know I sound very anti-invega but I can’t get over being ruined as a human being.
What kind of exercise you do? I didn’t know about the invega exercise release
I am not sure if Amyloban 3399 alters dopamine levels, but I do love it for reducing auditory hallucinations. Every day it’s a little better, and it’s been almost two months so far. My voices are so quiet, they barely make a peep now.
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If it reduced mind reading I’d be all over it. I still have to wait another month for full 3 months with invega to see its full potential.
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I don’t want to jump the gun, but I think it does. My thought broadcasting episodes have been sharply reduced recently.
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@Ale. I played around with dopamine a bit. I’m on 6 mg invega and 1500 mg depakote. I was on lithium before and my fatigue was so bad I convinced my dr to give me Ritalin. After a couple rounds of going up and down on it to see if I could find a decent dose without causing voices I quit it.
Everyone knows that APs block dopamine. But having more isn’t always better. There were times when I thought Ritalin was helping, but at the end of the day more dopamine =more voices
Switching to depakote and starting amyloban solves almost all my fatigue issues. I still take 400 modafinil and drink about 450 mg caffeine but it works good now.
I feel much better than I did trying to jack up dopamine.
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Sounds like a good plan, but I think I’ll take lower injection with less risk of relapse
I get the monthly injection of Sustenna of 156mg. I was at the highest dose of 234mg and got it successfully lowered. I want to go even lower but am a little scared. But I’ve been on this medication for more than a year and out of the psychiatric ward for more than a year and hoping to keep it that way. I feel stable and functional I still have racing thoughts here and there and my depression is starting to go away but other than that I am doing and looking good according to my psychiatrist.
I go to the gym 3 - 4 days out of the week, work as a cashier about 42 hours a week, maintain my hygiene, I’m not delusional, don’t hallucinate, have insight into my illness, don’t talk to myself, and overall have started to feel a lot better since about a year ago. It was very tough but I’ve managed to hang in there and it seems to be getting better with time.
I still get vivid dreams and have slight insomnia but other than that I feel good. I listen to podcasts, read books, talk to friends, post on this website to help others and try to stay active and busy. I try to stay motivated by thinking about achieving financial independence because I don’t want to be working forever so that’s what keeps me going and maintaining a stable lifestyle and I try to think about my family in the process who have supported me in my recovery. I worked towards it too and it is paying off.
Hang in there man because it will get better with time.
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