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#1
Nov 03, 2015, 11:50 AM
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I'm just curious if anyone else here has been prescribed Invega. I see that it is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and schizoaffective, which I have never been diagnosed with. At the time when it was prescribed to me I was having irritating visual hallucinations and my psych nurse told me it would "keep a lid on them". She gave it to me to replace risperdal because it was giving me some bad side effects. The drug seems to be working for me I guess? Although I still have visual disturbances from time to time (like this morning). Does this mean I have schizoaffective disorder? I have had multiple diagnoses from different doctors of Bipolar 1, but I seem to have these mild hallucinations pretty much all the time. Also the paranoia. Last night someone came over and I had paranoid thoughts that they were planting recording devices in our house to spy on me. I guess I just want to know the difference between schizoaffective and bipolar 1. Anyone?
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Nov 03, 2015, 02:39 PM
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Technically It's whether you have episodes of psychosis Outside of mood swings. Most doctors thou h Will keep it as bipolar one unless a serious episode of psychosis happens.
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Nov 03, 2015, 07:12 PM
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Miguel'smom explained it perfectly. I have been dx'd both BP1 (2012) and schizoaffective disorder (2014). I get Invega shots. I have a cousin with schizophrenia. He hears and sees things. Plus he's very paranoid. His brother is schizoaffective too.
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Nov 03, 2015, 07:21 PM
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Thanks guys. Cocosurviving, how do you think Invega has helped you, what do you think of it?
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