If I am required to take anti-psychotics (probably for life), should I ask for depot injections or not or is that only for non-compliant patients?
Can you drive after getting an injection or is someone required to drive you home?
Do any of you prefer injections to oral meds?
Do they hurt for very long?
Injections do not hurt for very long.
Injections are preferred because I donāt have to remember on taking pills everyday.
I can drive perfectly after getting an injection. An injection is just a poke of medication, thatās all.
Anti-psychotics will have to be taken for life unless otherwise suggested by your psychiatrist.
I hate the injections since they make my arm / butt sore for days and days, plus sometimes it gets a lump. Iād rather eat pills.
I wish I could get injections but clozapine doesnāt have injections.
The main drawback to injections is the price but if you have trouble taking your meds properly then it is a good way to go. I donāt take injections but some of the issues are obvious. Of course I guess it would be a mess if you were taking it for the first time and it was the wrong med for you.
Any side effects you get are guaranteed to plague you for the length of the injectionās life span. Aside from that I guess itās cool, but itās not the only medicine I take. What would be the point of not having to take my AP if I also need to take my Depakote? Depakote is still a pill, so I still have to remember to take meds, rendering the injectionās benefit kind of moot. To each his own, I suppose.
I get lumps in my arms from the repeated injections. But my doc wonāt take me off them because I am non compliant with pills. I am on the injection for life. I feel trapped. But its kept me out of the hospital for 2 years 5months so it works.
How long would you wait to see if a med is okay for you before you take a shot? I was started on risperdal, the dose was upped a few times and then I got akathisia about 2 or 3 months later and went nuts (more nuts that I already am)
Are shots given at a family medicine clinic or at a mental health clinic? My PCP has pretty much let me know I will be seeing a psychiatrist on a regular basis indefinitely.
@trelos, I am perfectly compliant with all of my medications. I take Risperdal Consta injections because the Risperdal pills make me intractably constipated. The injections donāt have this effect.
Iām not capable of driving with or without injections.
I prefer oral meds to injections because the injections are painful. To decrease pain, I receive the shots in my hip, and use a prilocaine/lidocaine cream on the injection site before injection. And no, it doesnāt hurt for very long.
I prefer the shot because itās less side effects. It hurts though.
Sheryl,
you say shots have less side effects. Can you elaborate? Is that for a particular med or anti-psychotics in general.
I have not been very compliant so far with Risperdal due to mild akathisia and am figuring itās only a matter of time before I get led into a small room and walk out limping.
Yeah shots have less side effects. I know with haldol it does. I heard the other meds have less side effects when you get the shot too.
Hey, are you Greek? Your nickname means crazy in Greek
Yeah jabs all the way for me - just so much easier. On pills as well but my main drugs go in the bum. Im not always med complient lol. Less side effects too. Once a month and i get on with my lifeā¦
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I am not Greek but took greek for years at a greek orthodox church. I was rather surprised to find someone greeting me in Greek. My mmpi-2/ mcmi iv profile said I fit the profile of someone who needs to live in a secure psych hospital so I figured ĻĻĪµĪ»ĻĻ was appropriateā¦I hope that doesnāt offend anyoneā¦ itās just me accepting my situationā¦
Lol. OK. Nice to meet you
I prefer the injections, but I canāt afford them anymore.
I only have experience with the haldol intention, though. But I really like it. A lot fewer side effects than the pills. Thatās why I took it. I needed a higher dose but the side effects of the pills was too much.
If you got to take other meds at the same time then I wouldnāt hassle with a dr appointment to get the shot. Thatās my situation
My wife is a nurse and they give people depot injections. She assures me they will hurt for days so I donāt know what to do at this point. I hyperventilate when I as much as see a needle.
I prefer shots because less side effects like sleepiness and constipation. I also forget to take pills.