Everyone makes VERY valid points.

Invega is a refined version of Risperdal, that is one of the most weight neutral meds for most everyone, it was for me.

Okay as someone who went off all my Psych meds and most meds for physical problem early this year. I will say the following...

I have had some rough situational stuff going on, and right now I’m struggling with more situational stuff.

I slowly tapered all my meds and factored in the half life of meds and then the weeks to possibly into a month or longer for my brain to function sans meds.

I was well prepared with a huge tool box of coping skills too.

I’m on Disability for Bipolar and chronic pain physical conditions.

If I were still needing to keep my job and take care of my family I’m certain I would stay on medication if they are keeping me stable as my career was/is a very high stress one.

Now if your meds aren’t doing well for stability and your having issues like weight gain etc then I’d say you would do well to work closely with your Pdoc to find a better medication plan.

It’s not been easy since I stopped so many meds but I was on 18-19 meds daily and I just felt like I was chemically overloaded and wanted to detox my body as much as possible, I still need things like my asthma medications, medication for Fibromyalgia and a biologic for my psoriatic arthritis.

So do consult with your Pdoc before making a change , sure most Pdocs are against people with Bipolar stopping meds because statistically it’s a very small number of people can have a good quality life and you also need to think of how it will effect your loved ones sans meds. Your Pdoc would likely work hard to help you find better medications.

Good luck in whatever you choose to do.