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Originally Posted by prettybear
He's still quite young (21) and his diagnosis is pretty new. He was hospitalized before we met and his healthcare team has been working with him since then to figure out a plan. He's against medications, and from what I've read it seems like medications make the biggest difference. Really, if he could just take a mood stabilizer he'd be okay. His psychosis isn't a problem for him as much as his moods are (but from my research it seems that mood stabilizers tend to make psychosis worse). I just wish he'd consider it, because his current "do nothing" approach isn't working and it's getting increasingly harder on me and our relationship.
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It might be time to consider laying down a few rules and boundaries for the relationship. You could try telling him how its affecting the relationship and that you want it to still work, but that he has to work on getting himself better, and that you will support that, but not support him if he's not going to take care of himself. It's about not being an enabler or having a co-dependent relationship with him.