Has anyone here ever gotten off of invega?

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What med did you replace it with? Did you have rebound psychosis?

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Rexulti. Yes.

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Yes and I went into psychosis while taking invega so I had to try something different

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Abilify, no problems switching.

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Invega was a bit of a nightmare for me, only med I ever took via injection and it gave me terrible akathisia. I’d walk in circles all day in tears unable to sit down. I only had 3 total injections (1 each month) and when we stopped it, it took a full 6 months for the akathisia to go away. Injections just stay in your bloodstream longer than pills. Biggest medicine regret I ever had. Won’t ever do an injection ever again, pills only in case something goes haywire.

I’m on Zyprexa pills now, as I have been for the last 5 years, with much much less akathisia.

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I hated invega. Side effects were awful. I switched to aripiprazole a few years back. I don’t remember having anything terrible coming off invega.

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I was on the invega injection but insurance refused to cover it because I am med compliant. I’m now on its pill form. It’s worked very well for me.

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I’m on Invega and don’t have many side effects except SD. They gave me Abilify for that. If it doesn’t resolve I’ll probably switch meds.

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I just want to tell you that if you’ve been on the same depot injection for more than a decade you should stay on it for the rest of your life.

I’ve been on the Clopixol injection for almost 30 years and I know my brain has adopted tó this so much that going off of this would mean permanent brain damage.

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