I’m thinking about changing from Loxapine to Invega. Do you have to take it with food?
Anyone out there find it to be a good AP?
I also want to get off Abilify.
And if my Pdoc doesn’t want to do Invega I plan on politely asking on tapering off the abilify and loxapine.
Wish me luck!! 
I have always been very reluctant to change an antipsychotic I am on. I have only been on Clopixol injection and now Seroquel. And I had good reasons for changing to Seroquel.
Yeah, I’ve read that changing medications can rearrange the chemistry in the brain.
Does Seroquel make you very sleepy?
It has in the past, but the sedation for me wore off after taking it for 3 months. Sedation is not a problem at all. It’s too much of a long story to describe my whole experience with Seroquel. 
I’m on Invega pills 9mg. I take it in the morning after I eat breakfast. It is a good med but some people don’t like it. It works great for me 
Awesome @anon51414962 
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I’m happy you found a med that works out well. I was on Invega before, so I don’t know how well it will work for me now.
For how long have you been on this med? If you remember… I have no positive symptoms since more than a year while on this med. It’s a good med…
Yeah I’ve been reading a lot of good things about it.
I think I was only on it for about a few months. I didn’t take it how I was supposed to though, and ended up in the hospital.
Maybe if I go back on it and stay med compliant things will be better.
I was on invega sustenna shot. I got off that poison 5 months ago. I would have never taken it had I known I’d feel this way. It blocks your dopamine and serotonin receptors. It’s horrible. I wouldn’t recommend this medication.
Invega is working very well for me. I take it in injection. I have been on it since October. I am much more active and engaged than I used to be. It’s given me more of a life.
It has been good for positive symptoms. Not quite as good for negative symptoms.
I’ve had side effects of aching legs solved by a deep tissue massage. And also I notcied I moved them around quite a bit.
Injection also tends to wear off a few days before the next.
Where do I find this info
Plz stay away from invega. Plz remember the threads about it.
Hahahaha just realized how old this is
LOL! Zombie thread.
I’m managing well with invega with extras like prozac, suntheanine and hydrogen water machine.
I just started hydrogen water 2 weeks ago so it might get better within two months based on one study.
As far as controlling the voices risperdal and invega have been the bronze standard. I still have voices and have gained a ton of weight. Otherwise I’d call it the gold standard. No other drugs have done as well. I would say Invega works better than Risperdal, but at the time the highest dose of risperdal I took was discontinued after a month’s time due to the weight gain and the lack of immediate real improvement at the time in the voices. Otherwise I lived with voices that only quit when I slept, listened to jazz, or read a book. Invega didn’t have those requirements for voice cessation but they still came back and forth. You can’t always expect perfection.
How did Invega work out for you?
Monte are you on invega after two years? Just wondering hugs.
Hey Rox, I’m only on Loxapine now. I did successfully come off Abilify though.
Take care, hugs.
I’m on Invega sustena a once a month injection. I don’t have any positive symptoms but I’ve put on 10lbs very quickly and am also emotionally flat. I barely laugh anymore. This medicine makes me so lazy. I have trouble getting the motivation to get out of bed most days.