I've never done genetic testing. But invega has changed my life. I've been on it for two and a half years and I haven't had a manic or mixed episode since. I was cycling pretty rapidly, every two weeks or so, and dealing with mania and psychosis. It was debilitating. Now on invega I have none of that.

The only thing is it has raised my prolactin, which means I stopped having a period and I can't get pregnant. The raised prolactin (along with poor diet of course) has also caused me to gain a lot of weight. Before my prolactin got so high I didn't gain any weight though so it's not really the invega that caused the weight gain. I get the shot every month.

It doesn't do anything for my depression though so I take an antidepressant as well.