Has anyone came off of invega sustenna?

Are you better now? How long did it take to recover?

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Hey, has your sex drive recovered? Is your cognition any better?

I have been taking Invega injections and stopped about 4-5 months ago, making the switch to Abilify.

Iā€™m on Abilify injections now and iā€™m still experiencing low libido and weak erections.

Iā€™m not sure if this is the Abilify or the Invega from before.

Hey, have you lost the weight since coming off the medication? Did you have to exercise if so?

Iā€™m still on medication just not Invega. Yes I lost weight when I came off it but Iā€™m not exactly skinny.
Latuda causes some weight gain too, just no where near as bad as Invega. Invega works better though in my opinion.

Hello, i was originally taking saphris oraly at 25 mgs a day, felt pain in the brain, so i got off that med and went on 100 mg injection of inveega but i had a weed induced psychosis (on 100 mgs of onveega) soo i was bumped up to 150 mgs and that cleared all symptons of my psychosis however i felt drained all the time barely felt emotion besides feeling sorry for myself. I still had fun sometimes but the happiness would always fade, i gained 20 or 30 pounds and i was about 210 , 215. 8 months being stable i suggested lowering the dose to my docter, id tell him how i was feeling and it was done i had my meds lowered to 100 mgs waited 6 more months and was at 75 mgs. To go any further i had to set up an appointment with my psych dr. and he assessed me and said we can go down to 50 mgs for three months, i just had my last injection nov 2nd. Already i feel less anger and other emotions and am avle to experiance happiness more and more. However if it turned out that my psychosis is in life long term i may have schizophrenia. Anyway even if it doesnt work out you can always have it better.

itā€™s been 9mth. Iā€™m starting to go bk to my reality. itā€™s been awhile now I still donā€™t hv any enjoyment to anythg I do. i lost my relationship with my bf. I lost the energy my joy to do anythg.

For those who think lost enjoy happiness etc. You have to get used to it and make your life standards different.for example i m using 75mg and i don t feel anything also but i can sex work read and socialise.i have plan for future to study computer programming.this plans are help to forget senselessnes.i m like a android and i don t mind at all.i just get used to it for my lifetime.invega is the best ap so far.yes maybe you are too far away from happiness but at least this drug makes you normal android not a zombie.by the way i m working full time 8.80am to 5.30pm as a white collar and i don t even lost energy to doing job for a single day.this drug made me work horse.i m not tired even single second

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Hi has anyone s sex drive recovered. And are ye able to get drunk like normal. Its my biggest worry after these shots im off it 6 months and its only small bit better. Times its bit better and at times its poor. Please respond again people

Iā€™d say my sex drive is better than when I was first on invega, but no where near it used to be. Was your cognition hurt as well?

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Ya i felt awful while on it at first all sick couldnt eat had all the side effects my cognitive i dont knowand that weird feeling in my hrad did go away tho. What do u do to help the sex drive if u dont mind me asking lik any products

Nothing really. I donā€™t think thereā€™s anything you can take. But hey, Iā€™d ask your doctor for sure

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I did say to my doctor about the sexual issues. He just said we could try viagra or theres not else we can do. How long are u off the injectionā€¦ are u able to get drunk lik normal ā€¦

Iā€™m still on it tbh. I want to get off, but my doctorā€™s say I need to be on this med. What about you?

I came off it about last august didnt like the side effects at all . I dont think they should be putting people on this too easily u know its terrible it made me slow and with these side effects ye all mentioned just no wasnt nice.

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Hows everyone doing im going threw some tuff times atm

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Hyya symbo how many months did it take before you could get drunk or a buzz from smokes again ?

I get a buzz off drinking sometimes but i havent smoked cigs or weed in a while so idk about that, i have a e cig that i do use

Edit the last time i tried mj it wasnt a good experience

ok well what about psychedelics like shrooms or acid im currently on paliperidone right now and before i learned that it blocks your serotonin and dopamine receptors i did alot of mushrooms and acid which didnā€™t work. six or seven months after i get off of it will my receptors work like they used to and will i be able to get high on psychedelics again? mdma doesnt work anymore either im really worried.

weed isnt working either i just want to hear if anyoneā€™s serotonin and dopamine receptors went back to normal and were able to get high again because right now no one has said anything about that and im trying to find out if my serotonin and dopamine receptors are permanently altered to the point that ill never be able to get high again. please give me a reply if you have the experience to answer my question. catharsis is really important to me its a big pleasure in my life that has just been raped away from me by surprise. i dont even have schizophrenia for real i was misdiagnosed after striking my own face when i was having a really bad time.