My wife suffers from schizophrenia and she's 3 breakdown within the past 3 years, each of which has resulted in a psychiatric hospitalization. She does practice "alternative treatment methods," including meditation, exercise, she's even tried hypnosis. However, when she is not on medication slowly, but surely, her symptoms (delusion, paranoia, hallucinations) begin to bubble up until she becomes COMPLETELY irrational.

We have discussed this many times together but she still refuses to take psychiatric medication. I have found a psychiatrist who specializes in "alternative treatment methods" but she also refuses to see him too.

This has made for a terrible strain on our marriage. In fact, a few months she ago left me to return to her family. She comes back to me in early October.

Any suggestions/comments will be welcomed.

Thank you.