Hello Buddy,

I have been taking Invega for about a month now and it seems to be working really well! My psychiatrist put me on it because I tried Risperdal and it did not work as well and the mood swings were still there! Now I still have the occasional mood swings but they are more controlled and less drastic! I am still not 100% where I need to be, but then again, I don't know what that is! All I know is that there was one time when I did not deal with this devastating state of mind! However, I am feeling a lot better and I am going to ask my doctor to up the dose and put me on a mood stabilizer because the two work well together!....But to answer your question, Invega definitely works better for me! It seems to work all day as opposed to the immediate release risperdal! I am on 6 MG and I am a lot better than when I got on the medication! It might also help to be on an antidepressant like Paxil, which I take along with the Invega! also, I am occasionally put on Ativan to help me sleep during stressful situations! But I would definitely stick with the Invega! In my experience the higher dose definitely helped! I started on 3 MG and that did not work quite as well!

I am being prescribed invega and will start tomorrow and i am a little bit afriad of the side effects, does anyone know anything about this drug?

hey baby bunny, i have been taking invega 3mg for a month now and what is your question about it? I can answer it the best i can
Nicole

I took 3 mg to start of Invega and then was upped to 6 mg. It was a disaster! I was so supremely exhausted that I was falling asleep at my desk. I was then weaned off and put on Haldol for the 1st time. That was even worse. Bad rapid cycling, bad mixed states, high suicidality, etc. Now that I'm off, I've just been plunged into a really bad depression.

Don't take my word for it though! I think I might just have some sort of "allergic" reaction to anti-psychotics...

Good luck!

Hello. I've been on Invega for about a month - a replacement for Risperdal. I started out at 3mg twice a day, then up to about 12 to 15 mg - which was too much. I did notice that if I was feeling down, the Invega worked to bring me up again, and if I was feeling to manic, it brought me down to a more level place.

My doctor just switched my does to 9 mg in the morning, this is with my Lamictyl and Lexapro, and Klonopin for anxiety.

Hopefully this combination will work because I'm so tired of things not working. I've gotten hopeless and really down the past couple of weeks - doubling up on therapy and visits to my pdoc. I'm afraid I won't be able to function at work later this week when I go in.

I wonder if anyone thinks being bipolar is fun?