Sounds like a better idea to stay on the injection if you have the risk of going off of meds if you use tablets.
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you need a med change…try generic prolixin, fluphenazine, lost all my extra weight on this med…no sexual side effects…feels like you’re not even on meds really…great med…older med…frowned upon…but tardive I hear is rare. I now have passed the trial years period for tardive so i will never get it on this med now my pdoc says…so happy.
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I talked to mental health dept today about my concerns. The nurse just asked me how do i manage my diabetes and do i do any exercise? He had no advise, no solutions, not even encouragement.
Im done with these side effects so im refusing my depot. I feel good now ive finally decided.
I will have to manage with willpower and persevering
I don’t know how you think you’re going to do that off meds when you couldn’t even do it on meds.
You’re not thinking clearly and should stay on your depot.
Your husband already said he’d leave over it if you stopped.
I strongly disagree with this decision. You need your depot. Are you saying you want a divorce?
My mum thinks hes just bluffing about leaving, but i don’t care either way at this point. I love him but i need him to support me in my decision.
Your right it will be hard but the meds aren’t helping with anything so im going to be just as unstable off as on. Except my emotions and weight will be better
I have to try
Some people do well off meds.
But those are usually the people who were able to get their lives in order while on meds,
And be lowered off medication with approval from their doctor.
Do you have children?
No i don’t have any kids
In that case,
Do what you want.
But I’d have a good plan of action in case your husband leaves you.
I hope he’s not your financial support.
I can offer my perspective from the outside. My mom has schizophrenia or schizoaffective. She was on haldol depot every month. We had the best relationship, she was back to her normal self and then suddenly she decided she didnt want to deal with the flatness and was scared of permanent side effects like TD or twitching…she went to abilify, started binge eating sweets, went psychotic because it didnt work for her. Doctor wouldnt put her back on it and she refused to go back on it, then because of the blood sugar issues—her ankle broke, she had to do reconstructive surgery. Haldol is the best medication for diabetes or has least side effects i researched. I thought it was a bad idea. My mom is now in a wheelchair.
It really hurts to see family members slip into psychosis and sometimes never come fully back to how they were.
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Thats really sad what happened to your mum, sorry for your mum
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As someone off APs, this is not a good idea.
You have problems even on meds…how will you cope off?
It takes a lot to go off of APs and stay sane. And you have to have a lot of insight. That is, knowing when you need to go on or stay on meds.
Giving up your marriage isn’t a sign of a sound mind.
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That quite interesting that you get no sexual side effect from generic prolixin which is a first gen med. I been looking for a AP that has less effect on the trooper, but I doubt my Pdoc would allow me to switch to a first gen med, I mean she won’t even let me try different second gen meds. 
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This has been my worst month for indecisiveness
I have been torn almost everyday between staying or coming off meds
Thanks for helping and i go for depot in the morning
My poor husband ive put him through stress with this
I don’t know why my mind is so confused lately but my latest dr appointment was cancelled and that hasn’t helped. There getting me another one asap
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Hopefully you and your husband can come to a compromise that works for everyone. 
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I had my depot it was increased
It has properly kicked in now and i feel zombfied, numb, no thoughts hardly, struggling to write
I wish i hadn’t had depot now what a pest it is
you really need to find a way to speak to some kind of specialist about this, even changing practitioner if necessary. this is absolutely awful and no way to live, and there must be some kind of middle ground.
YOU have the right to make medical decisions for yourself- but you also have the responsibility of making the right decision.
really hoping you can do something about this situation that youre in.
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Thanks i appreciate your reply
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I totaly feel for you @anon29983254 . I am supposed to get my depot today. But I postponed it for tomorrow. I know you had it last week and takes few days to kick im to the max. Slowly will get off again but the first two weeks really sucks.
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You need to tell your husband that you want to do something else, and if you want your husband to help you, say look I want to come off this and see what other options I have, if I have any. Your husband is probably honestly coming from a good place, its just that feeling a lack of joy or emotion can be so soul crushing, it can affect your health in other ways, and your relationship in other ways.
Kudos for your husband to try to keep you in treatment, but if you need a change work with him to see if you have other options. I doubt your husband is coming from a bad place. He probably really wants to keep you well, and love you in through this.
Start looking for a psychiatrist and options for managing costs.
If your husband needs to save up or if you’re both working, or in any capacity about the money issue is also a time issue, please stay strong. It is a terrible illness and my most sincere thoughts go towards you in your situation and how this has hurt the people you love.
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