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Originally Posted by Kori Anders
I have to stop Invega because its causing really high prolactin for me
I saw an endocrynologist and she said that stopping Invega would be the best thing for me to do right now
I have tried other APs but they all have bad side effects for me or they just don't work. Like Abilify made me physically sick and it didn't work, Risperdal gave me the same problems are Invega, Seroquel and Zyprexa made me gain weight and eat a lot.
I am currently taking both Invega and Stelazine but my pdoc said she doesn't recommend doing that for a long time because it increases my risk of type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol. So she suggested either just taking Stelazine on its own or trying Clozaril
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Did you by any chance mention to her that addition of metformin could fix both of those problems, it will lower proloactin caused by risperidone or the active ingredient of risperidone which is invega and it's something they give to combat diabetes and pre diabetes. Clozaril is an atypical that causes a lot of weight gain so its pro-diabetic/metabolic syndrome as well.