Just had my Consta depot. The nurse would like to switch me to Paliperidone. Apparently with this mental health trust they prefer to use it rather than Consta.
I am wondering how others have got on switching from one to the other.
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Isnt consta working…??? Sometime change is good… like myself i switch to rispridal from zyprexa… i could sleep nice…!!! Cuz i dont have positive symptoms… only cognitive and negative symptoms…they are severe… no med gonna affect it…!!! Thanks man…!!! Waiting for min 101 and few other…
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yes made the switch from consta to invega sustenna a few years ago. Not that aps are great in general but felt awful on consta and I am not overeating like I did on consta since on invega. the other thing is that you would only have to get it every 28 days not every two weeks.
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I was only on risperdal of a short time years ago as I have bad side effects. I went from latuda and fanapt to invega. The invega really helped me.
I was on Abilify and switched to paliperidone, i think Invega it’s a good med
I’ll be honest.
I switched from risperidone to Invega and I suffered strange side effects.
Paliperidone also wasnt as potent.
It didn’t help my positive symptoms like Risperidone did.
Everyone is different.
I’ve never been on riseridal but I have been on invega for quite some time, 12mg. I still got breakthrough symptoms and delusions I had to work on and battle myself, the meds didn’t help them.
Sorry I probably wasn’t much help but I wish you luck!
Consta works quite well though not for my primary issue which is social interaction difficulties.
It seems to be the policy of the mental health trust I am now under to have people on Paliperidone rather than Consta though.
This is interesting to me.
In Australia, doctors prescribe seroquel for depression and anxiety in high doses very frequently. I think they use it as an alternative to benzo treatment.