# Back to the drawing board **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [June 22, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449 "2026-06-22T21:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/mars/32/4869_2.png) [@Mars](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/1 "2026-06-22T21:34:34Z")
Seems like Invega has given out for me. Now to find a new med. Have you ever had one quit working? ---
**Author:** ![anon80779285](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@anon80779285](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/anon80779285)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/2 "2026-06-22T21:36:24Z")
Have you ever tried the newer ones like aripiprazole/Abilify ---
**Author:** ![Mars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/mars/32/4869_2.png) [@Mars](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/3 "2026-06-22T21:37:28Z")
Yeah I’ve had injections of Abilify before. Didn’t really help. ---
**Author:** ![anon80779285](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@anon80779285](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/anon80779285)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/4 "2026-06-22T21:40:58Z")
Sorry to hear that man, it’s been a life changing medicine for me. ---
**Author:** ![Corion](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/corion/32/8884_2.png) [@Corion](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Corion)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/5 "2026-06-22T21:41:46Z")
Sorry @Mars your going through this. Ive had caplyta stop working and I havent found one that truly works yet. Im on uzedy, clozaril and vraylar now ---
**Author:** ![SzSupportAdmin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/szsupportadmin/32/334_2.png) [@SzSupportAdmin](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/SzSupportAdmin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/6 "2026-06-22T21:45:47Z")
I’ve never had one quit on me. I have reduced or stopped meds and then lost it but never had a med quit on me. I only quit on them. Hopefully that will never happen again. Good luck on the new med search @Mars . ---
**Author:** ![Mars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/mars/32/4869_2.png) [@Mars](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/7 "2026-06-22T21:55:10Z")
What was the medication you take @jukebox? Fluphenazine was it? I have a bottle of that in the cabinet. ---
**Author:** ![jukebox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/8 "2026-06-22T22:08:07Z")
yes generic prolixin…fluphenazine…do not take that bottle of pills…get it prescribed by a pdoc. ---
**Author:** ![Mars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/mars/32/4869_2.png) [@Mars](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/9 "2026-06-23T00:38:44Z")
I took one before you posted. 2.5 mg low dose. Won’t do that again. Been anxious about side effects. Almost been 3 hours so I think I’m fine. ---
**Author:** ![jukebox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/10 "2026-06-23T00:45:16Z")
that’s why I’m on this med…you never have any side effects…no sexual side effects…I lost all my extra weight on this med. it’s so great…I hope you get on this med…I love it and will never change. ---
**Author:** ![Mars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/mars/32/4869_2.png) [@Mars](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/11 "2026-06-23T18:01:59Z")
I had no side effects from it. Gonna ask my pdoc about it next visit. ---
**Author:** ![Dika](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/dika/32/9061_2.png) [@Dika](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Dika)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/12 "2026-06-23T20:00:43Z")
When I took Risperdal in 2005 it led to a complete remission for five years after I stopped taking it in 2007. It was marvellous. But last year when I changed from amisulpride to Risperdal, hoping to keep the costs down (amisulpride is so expensive!) Risperdal only worked for two months then I got a relapse again. It could have just been that my relapse was inevitable or maybe the Risperdal wasn’t working anymore. So now I’m back on amisulpride. It’s the best med for me, even though my relapses still come. If I increase the amisulpride it helps me out of each relapse like it did early this month after a two month long one. ---
**Author:** ![Mars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/mars/32/4869_2.png) [@Mars](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/13 "2026-06-23T20:21:46Z")
Yeah too bad they quit working sometimes. This one was working great for a while. ---
**Author:** ![sweetpotatopie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/sweetpotatopie/32/8234_2.png) [@sweetpotatopie](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/sweetpotatopie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/6449/14 "2026-07-23T14:29:20Z")