Invega for Schizophrenia User Reviews (Page 4)
Invega has an average rating of 4.5 out of 10 from a total of 96 reviews for the treatment of Schizophrenia. 31% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 49% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Invega
- Saved...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- May 13, 2022
"Ive had a very good experience with Invega and have been promoted to Trinza which is a 3 month version. Did very well on Invega with zero side effects. Still had libido penis works fine and also I actually had decreased appetite and lost weight on this medication. I've been losing about 5 pounds every 3 months. Two meals a day and I feel full and disinterested in more food. For all those saying it didn't work, I had a similar experience with other drugs. This one works perfectly for me. Don't give up guys. It's not the meds fault some just don't work for many people but are perfect for others. Years of trial and error before this one finally worked perfectly."
- Katrina
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- March 25, 2022
"I used to have extreme rapid thoughts about what people were apparently thinking about me and that people were bullying me by gossiping about me and leaving me out. Due to isolation, abuse by my ex and my funding being cut off at school, I had an psychosis episode and ended up in the hospital. I took medication including invega because I felt forced but noticed my mind wasn’t working as hard uncontrollably so I chose to stay on it. Due to stress and lack of complete support (I have some) I take my medication as prescribed but would love it if I could function off this medication, my dad was still alive, I could be the parent I want to be, I didn’t have to be in the hospital in the first place, and I didn’t have unwanted thoughts of being abused. Please, reach out to someone on meds today."
Frequently asked questions
- Can you drink alcohol while taking Invega Sustenna?
- Invega Sustenna vs Invega Trinza vs Invega Hafyera. What's the difference?
- How to transition to Invega Trinza from Invega Sustenna ?
- How do you give an Invega Sustenna injection?
- JbSpa...
- February 10, 2018
"I'm not like these other people only side effect I've noticed is I seem to a flat emotional response. I consider it a improvement over the way I was thinking before. It's not a terrible medication for me. Just goes to show you everyone is different"
- Woman
- November 17, 2021
"Invega ruined my life until I actioned by myself the switch to another antipsychotic. Any side effects mean that the meds are not really working to treat the mental illness. I stopped sleeping for 3 years straight and gained so much weight I looked like a mutant. My body and face. I lost both my menstruation and sex drive so it was like sterilized. Well I stopped living my life obviously. I couldn't even get out of bed for those years. And I was totally going crazy. Much worse than before my diagnosis. I believe my psychiatrist gets kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies so doesn't really prescribe as a doctor. My new meds, just another antipsychotic still leave me with chronic insomnia but I fought for sleeping pills by now. And the rest, I am back to ME all the way."
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- Robert
- Taken for 10 years or more
- October 6, 2021
"I have taken Invega for 10 years on and off. It does stop the mood problems and psychosis, but at what cost? I'm 334 lbs and was 250lbs when I started. I have lost sexual function. I have night terrors and for years I have had panic attacks. I am insomniac because sleep is the worst. I sleep two hours and wake up. Then I wait till I'm tired again and sleep. I haven't slept 8 hours in 4 years. I'm diabetic now. This ought to tell you how bad schizophrenia is--I still take the medicine and never plan to stop. I'm about to get a Bachelors degree in two months and have had straight A's for a year. This is the best medicine I've gotten yet. When are we going to do better with pharmacy?"
- XxX...
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- November 17, 2021
"Hello dear people. Do not take any mental drug in the form of an injection!!! Just never!! Regardless which mental drug. I am taking Invega pills for years. For me it's GODSEND. I am over empathic highly sensitive and emotional to sickening degree and this medical blocks that mostly. I would be as good as dead without it. It also reinforced me mentally. Thanks to Invega and an SSRI (escipalotram 20mg/ Antidepressive ) I can live as a healthy person. Even many doctors do not notice that I am a mentally disabled. This medicine should be made available for EVERY person on earth to block over empathy; especially for males since women are definitely not interested in an empathic guy."
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- Tyler
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- August 30, 2021
"My son is autistic and has bipolar 1. His manic episodes were through the roof. Within a day of taking this on 3 mg., he turned back into a sweet, loving person. It worked for about 3.5 years, then slowly stopped working. We increased it to 4.5, then 6 mg. But it just wasn’t working like it used to. That is my only complaint is that it stopped working after time. Maybe all these drugs do. I don’t have enough history with the others. We tried Vraylar - he started hitting his head and became explosive, so we tried to wean him off of that to Seroquel and on the third day we had to hospitalize him for the first time. They put him on Geodon, but I’m concerned about its heart rhythm side effect. Hoping to switch to Seroquel. He’s an ultra-rapid metabolizer so Abilify and others don’t work for him. I’m hoping he can go back on Invega at some point again because nothing worked this well in calming him."
- Nobody
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- August 3, 2021
"paliperidone has worked both wonderful and not so wonderful. It calms me down enough to not disturb my neighbors when I have anxiety about bad memories. It has lowered blood pressure 62/42 yeah!!!! That's pretty good. The nurse says if I keep keep smoking it will go up. It gives me some headaches about two to three a week but it does shut me up. It definitely mellows me out. It helps to keep that demon who is trying to hurt me away! Hooray ra ra hooray!!!! I spikes my blood sugar though"
- PMGP
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- January 26, 2023
"I took risperidone in 2001 and had weight gain and sexual dysfunction. I changed to olanzapine and I was able to finish my college degree in engineering. The doctor changed me to aripiprazole but it did not work for me. For about 10 years I have been taking Invega. I feel good, and my head is clear. I am able to maintain a healthy weight that is managed with physical activity. I have no sexual dysfunction but lack motivation and feel flat."
- Anonymous
- April 27, 2008
"Clears my thinking and helps my moods."
- Anonymous
- January 21, 2018
"This medicine is horrible. As soon as started to take the injection It caused a severe depression. I've never been depressed."
- crowb...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- February 28, 2013
"I have been taking this for less than a week and it has already given me favourable results. I would recommend this to anyone."
- Anonymous
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- October 18, 2022
"Weight gain, sleeping too much, no motivation , bad decisions, not wanting to shower, memory loss, brain damage, delusions"
- Lithu...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- September 27, 2017
"Worst medication ever. Ruined my health. It's chemical lobotomy."
- tchana
- September 20, 2014
"I'm on Invega shots. Don't like it, gained more than 50 pounds, very unhappy but my doctor wont change the medicine."
- Rubynd
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- December 15, 2015
"After My doughter' s birth I suffered from this mental illness. Except of weight gain, invega is wonderful medicine."
- Fred
- Taken for less than 1 month
- May 5, 2023
"The doctors at the mental ward told me to take a shot for bipolar and it is awful"
- Joe...
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- August 24, 2019
"I still hear people all the time. I still feel like I can talk through my mind to people and devices"
- Scot...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- July 11, 2017
"This med made him permanently impotent."
- Herba...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 7, 2022
"I can't talk much or come up with any thoughts beyond a few words. Invega has lobotomized me."
- charli
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- January 15, 2023
"I would not recommend Invega. It has caused a large weight gain. I'm pre-diabetic and also have high cholesterol and weight gain can cause problems with cholesterol."
- Anonymous
- January 2, 2024
"Best drug for schizophrenia. Do not go by reviews. I've been using it for 7 years."
- Anonymous
- November 26, 2015
"I feel like this medication is OK minus the weight gain feels like I put on a lot of weight and is hard to loose"
- Jgano
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- July 8, 2019
"I am currently having blurred vision from the medication. Does anyone know if the blurriness will go away with time? It has been a month since I stopped taking this medication."
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"If you really have schizophrenia like I do this medicine really helps. Yes it can have side effects that really are as bad as the schizophrenia itself. The thing is skizophrenia is a illness that is up there with cancer its nice to have been offered medical care for it for once."