I was on a depot for over a year because I didn't want to take meds. I completely agree with Willow I found it humiliating and insulting. I should have the right to not take meds if I don't want to. But with the injection each time she would emotionally blackmail me into taking it saying things like 'please just take it for me'. I was on depixol to start with and then invega. With the depixol I got horrendous side effects and with the invega I found it gradually wore off earlier and earlier until I was on the highest dose and I might as well not have taken it.
I'm now on oral meds and I'm so much happier. I now choose to take them, and it is my choice.
I know some people find the injection helpful, I think it's good if you want to take meds and forget to take them.
But this is just my opinion.