With the injections I only need to get one injection per month. It hurts a little but it’s worth it. With pills I had to try to remember to take them every day. I would also start to feel better and stop taking my pills. One time I threw all my meds away and my dad had to help me get more meds.
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I’ve always been open to the idea of injections, sometimes it seems it would be convenient.
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It is really convenient.
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They’re very convenient, but also very expensive.
expensive, i get my for 4 euro ?
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I prefer injections too,
but i only have one ap in injection form,
the other two aps are oral
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I agree. I dont even feel different on mine anymore. But i have it - in case my “normal” goes up the creek.
I had a row with the team the other day funnily enough - cos they give me the needle, and then expect me to get on with it for 4 weeks, like its a cure all. Nevermind i go bonkers sometimes cos i dont see no bugger for days, and the endless tv does my nut in lol.
I almost miss my voices - cos at least i was having a conversation with “someone” lol.
Mine are not even abusive, they were angels lol. I was happily deluded hahaha 
I started off on invega injections but have switched to abilify pills. I prefer to have control over my meds so I prefer pills.
They cost around $2000/ month where I live
Yeah, invega injections were over $2500 for a month I think.
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oh my thats too expensive
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I take injection for over 10 years. It’s more convenient as you said.
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I’m considering going on the Abilify injection. I’m just worried about how expensive it might be
I’m the total opposite. I refused injections when they were offered to me. I can’t be bother taking the time to go to the hospital or doctors office, wait 30 minutes or even longer until a nurse can see me, and then get my injection. Plus I have heard numerous people on this website complain their injection wears off a few days before their next scheduled one and they feel like crap or have symptoms.
I have environmental allergies (pollen) and I use to have to get allergy shots when I was younger, they helped reduce my allergies, but I hated going all the time.
I have to take cholesterol and diabetes pills that don’t come in injection format so I have to take pills even if I got my psych meds through injections, the injections would just add more work to the process. so I take psych med pills along with my other pills.
Very occasionally I forget, but I’ve never had a problem. I’ve never done anything like throw them out or flush them down the toilet. I don’t like the fact that I have to take medication but they keep me healthy and stable so I take them willingly.
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A nurse comes to my house to give me my injection.
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That’s pretty cool, I never had an offer like that.
Yeah mine does. I lack the insight to always notice sometimes - but the mental health team remind me, when i start getting the arse with them lol.
I got the seraquol im supposed to take 25mg twice a day for that reason - but i would never get out of bed, so i only usually take the 300mg at night.
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for me my gp doc comes to give it to me.
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I’m really glad that you like the injection, and that it’s working for you.
I was on Invega Sustenna (monthly injection) for a little over 1 year. It was great at first. But I started having very severe pain and limited movement of the arm that received the injection, for weeks. I had to stop Invega Sustenna and switch to something else.
The severe pain might have been because of my fibromyalgia (chronic pain disorder). I don’t know, though.
I hope you can stay on the injection for however long you want to! Injections are convenient. 
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That’s service!
For me everything is done at a doctors office or hospital. I’ve never had anyone offer to come to my house to do anything.
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