INVEGA Reviews (PALIPERIDONE)

Average Rating: 2.1 (284 Ratings)

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INVEGA  (PALIPERIDONE):  This medication is used to treat certain mental/mood disorders (such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder). This medication can decrease hallucinations and help you to think more clearly and positively about yourself, feel less agitated, and take a more active part in everyday life. Paliperidone belongs to a class of drugs called atypical antipsychotics. It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances in the brain.   FDA Approval Date: 2006-12-19 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 4  Bipolar Schizoaffective I'm still taking this medication. My dosage has been cut in half, but all of these side effects are still ongoing. I'e just gotten used to them after 5 years. F 47 5 years
75 1X M
3/14/2024
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 3  Schizoaffective disorder Anhedonia, sexual dysfunction, weight gain It helped get rid of the noise, but I have lost interest and pleasure in activities. M 38 2 years
9 1X day
2/18/2024
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 1  Schizophrenia I am not ambitious. Dr. does not monitor my weight and I forget my words. My heart beats fast and I don't go to sleep like I used to. I'm lactating i look pregnant I gained 30 pounds. My blood sugar is higher. I am falling easily. My eyes move all the time. I am not having and skipping menstrual cycles. I am going to se an obgyn. I am stupid. These are more side effects I am having. The doctor and the judge. The judge doesn't do anything for me. He just says ok I'll do what the doctor says ok I will make her take the drug. He doesn't respect me or doesn't treat me like a person. He is holding me hostage to be abused. I am a person. The doctor is a dumb man writing orders and blaming me. He treats me like a pet. He does not respect me. This is malpractice. I am confused lots of confusion. I lost everything i had went to psychiatric hospitals am allergic to all the medications and went to shelters after loosing everything I owned and loosing jobs since 2012. F 47
158mg 1X day
7/21/2023
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 3  Schizophrenia Anhedonia, Sexual dysfunction and Akathisia Invega can work for some people but it comes with a huge price. Is it worth for you to never enter a psychotic episode again for the price of some serious side effects? You make that decision. M 22 7 days
150 1X W
7/7/2023
 2  Schizoaffective Disorder Anhedonia, Hyperprolactinemia, Avolition, Flat Affect, Suicidal, Weight Gain, Increased Appetite and Amenorrhea. As a person who eats only raw plant foods (Raw Vegan/Fruitarian) I still gained weight on the 150mg monthly depot. I used to be stable on the 3mg tablets and 10kg s lighter with minimal side effects except for a very slight adiposity (compared to most raw vegans) with high prolactin. A CTO has me under the monitoring of a psychiatrist who does not want to lower my medication yet when I am stable, only experiencing side effects of the medication I am on. F 40
150mg 1X day
4/19/2023
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 1  Misdiagnosed schizophrenia This drug is a chemical lobotomy ment for people who are severely mentally ill. As a sane person who got screwed over by a psychaitrist who didn't do his job and lied to judge I was forced this drug against my will. This drug is not meant for sane people. It causes the very symptoms it's supposed to relieve. Weight gain severe weight gain. Anxiety. Suicidal thoughts. Mood swings. Severe agitation. Can't feel caffeine anymore literally doesn't give me energy it does nothing now. I've been bed ridden for like 8 months now got off of it 2 months ago almost. It made me hypersexual I was masterbating 5 times a day. Made me impulsive. Couldn't control my emotions. This drug is not meant for people who are not schizophrenic. Terrible drug. Should be banned. Should have to take a brain xray before getting prescribed a drug like this. M 25 6 months
150 1X M
3/11/2023
 1  Schizoaffective disorder Restlessness, memory loss, lower IQ, Confusion, thought blocking, tiredness, muscle spasms, sleepiness Invega helped with psychotic episodes, and panic attacks but the effects are more than I can handle. I find myself having effects and I'm sometimes forced to look at treetops and roofs of buildings. I usually take some medication for this, so I've become dependent on it. I want to withdraw from the use of invega and this other drug this month but I'm scared of the withdrawal effects. Kindly contact me if you have been able to stop taking it completely and are leading a normal life, no tics, no muscle spasms, no confusion. I wouldn't want even the worst of my enemies to go through this. Invega is a really bad drug F 22 7 months
100mg 1X M
1/18/2023
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 1  I was forced to take paliperidone Hallucinations, brain zaps, stiffness, insomnia, constipation, anxiety, dryness of skin and mouth, taking telfast. It's third month since I stopped the injection and still no sign of recovery. Before the injection I never heard any voices, now three times a day hearing voices. I was suffering from sexual harassment therefore the doctor forced me to take the injection. I have never had schizophrenia, don't understand why they gave me this injection. I have not given them any consent. I am going to sue the hse in Ireland. God knows how long will I be suffering from this. NEVER TAKE THE INJECTION, IT'S A POISON. Now I am taking antibiotics because the poison got into my kidneys, having kidney infection at the moment, don't know what should I expect next. It's a toxic poison for the body. F 48 3 months
175 1X M
11/5/2022
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 1  Misdiagnosed with schizoaffective Lack of emotion, blank mind, memory loss, severe cognitive issues, depression, anxiety, no feelings of joy, anger, humor. No critical or analytical thinking skills. No creativity. It has zapped me of my life. It is truly a chemical lobotomy. I pray to God these side effects are not permanent. Has anyone ever come back from this. I'm hoping since I wasn't on it too long the side effects may wear off but my brain feels damaged severely. God help us. This drug is evil Please do not take this drug. M 39 4 months
6-9mg 1X day
11/5/2022
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 3  schizophrenia Loss of iq and memory and tiredness also cognitive impairment I come to depend on it and cant get off it M 55 2 years
12 mg 1X day
9/20/2022
 4  Schizoaffective No periods anxiety agoraphobia It's ok F 33 0 years
12mg 1X day
6/10/2022
 5  Bipolar disorder Sleepiness I actually have been on several different doses at different times. We tried so many different things to help me. Nothing worked as well as Invega. I kept telling people it made me who I would be if I wasn't bipolar. I was calm and patient instead of angry. I didn't yell as much. I could finally sleep at night and function during the day. I waa finally balanced instead of existing at one of the extremes. Unfortunately it ended up interacting with something else I started taking later on from a different Dr. Because of the side effects my Dr stopped the Invega. We tried other things, without success. I'm thrilled we are finally able to try Invega again. Finally sleeping better again already! I never had lots of side effects from Invega like I have with other meds either. Invega has been my miracle drug for my sanity. I'd be lost without it. It calms the constant racing thoughts. And helps the severe depression so I don't have to keep crying myself to sleep at night. It also prevents the mania, which is exausting when it crashes. So thankful to have it back! F 37 2 years
6mg 1X day
1/15/2022
 1  Schizophrenia Insomnia, Agitation, Weight gain, Weak muscles, Extreme Akathisia I was forced on Invega ER in a state hospital. I finally changed Dr.s and got off of it. It didn't help me. M 61 8 months
3 mg 1X day
1/15/2022
 1  Forced by hospital I was forced to take this through malpractice at an adolescent psychiatric hospital. They gave me the option to choose between an antipsychotic tablet or this injection. I wanted neither and so they gave me a day to decide. When I decided on the tablet they said "sorry we have already decided you will be getting the injection". I was just a child with too much energy who they couldn't control, disrupting the quiet in the hospital. This drug caused so many problems for me. I come back here now about a decade later to give hope to anyone else reading this that you can heal from the damage this caused. I remember reading forums and just praying for my death, as discovering how long it takes for this drug to leave the system left me feeling like I could not get through the suffering. I had akisthisia and anehdonia. I would wake up and cry that I woke up again. I could not feel any emotions and wanted to die. The restless feeling in my feet and body tortured me 24/7. This was one of the darkest times in my life. Stumbling accross this now is a reminder for me of how I got through something I didnt think I would. And you will too. Please dont give up. On receiving drug testing for other reasons over 5 years after receiving this drug, I was told that invega sustenna showed up in the results. According to the half life the drug company states, this shouldn't even be possible. This drug causes harm. Please do not take it if you have the choice. Feel free to contact me if you are struggling and need support from someone who knows what you are going through. F 24 2 times
2X O
1/14/2022
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 1  Bipolar Look up the reviews before taking this crap glad I did seems to be a crappy pill with to much side effects and no benefits from it. Hopefully all of you that had bad side effects recover fully. M 37 0 days
3 mg 1X day
1/9/2022
 2  Bipolar schizoaffective I had no motivation and a lack of emotion. It was hard some days to find a reason to keep going that's how low it made me feel. The reason I gave it a 2 is because it did help take away the psychotic symptoms and I had more self awareness but now I'm on a much better med after crying to friend, family and doctors for over a year that I didn't feel myself and I felt lost. I'm now on Geodon best drug I've ever been on so far. F 27 1 days
150mg 1X M
12/9/2021
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 1  psychosis Destroyed my life completely..i'm going to commit suicide by overdosing on meds i cannot take this any longer Takes 150 to 300 days to get out of the body M 34 2 months
150 mg 1X M
12/9/2021
 2  Schizophrenia 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 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. F 47 3 years
30 1X M
11/17/2021
 5  Schizoaffective disorder Anything from A to Z M 68 4 years
6 mg 1X day
10/29/2021
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 3  Psychosis Somewhat satisfied with invega. I hate what these meds do to you though make you a shell of you once were Invega is the least one that does, so far. The Eps, tardive diskinethesia is no walk in the park!! These two new meds approved for TD are somewhat of a joke "May cause tardive diskinethesia" or Parkinson's. Really? + Please make medications that don't have a risk of Eps or TD that alone makes you depressed, and anxious to try anything. Also lactose shouldn't be a ingredient in the 3 mg tablet & 4.5 mg tablet should be made by the company No voices, no delusions, less paranoid. **Use with caution** May make your TD worse, or give you TD. 2 years
4.5 1X day
9/29/2021
  

INVEGA  (PALIPERIDONE):  This medication is used to treat certain mental/mood disorders (such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder). This medication can decrease hallucinations and help you to think more clearly and positively about yourself, feel less agitated, and take a more active part in everyday life. Paliperidone belongs to a class of drugs called atypical antipsychotics. It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances in the brain.   FDA Approval Date: 2006-12-19 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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