Hello I'm new here, I came on this forum cause I'm lost, overwhelmed and exasperated. My husband has schizophrenia. In the past 3 years he relapsed twice, once cause he reduced the dosage of risperdal in 2015 and about a month ago his voices came back and is delusional. He has been on 6 mg since his first relapse, he functioned the best on 3 mg. He hasn't been able to hold a job for more than 2 months since his first relapse. In April of this year doctor prescribed 3 mg Ablify together with 6 mg Risperdal but it didn't do anything for his depression.
In june he started working a new job but it was very stressful for him, in August i was visiting my home country for one month so he was alone. When I came back he had already quit his job, and started hearing voices occasionally.
Last month we tried to taper off ablify, first by cutting 1.5 mg and then half of that in 3 weeks. his condition worsened, he also lost his appetite. Dr said he should resume 3 mg ablify but my husband continues to take 1.5 mg.
he smokes more than before almost 2 packets a day, sometimes he can't hear me talking to him, he thinks he is an actor and that he is working.
The doctor doesn't know why he relapsed, he hasn't changed any medication.
Now I'm trying to convince his parents to look for another doctor.
Please note i live in a foreign non-english speaking country, so I don't understand the language etc. it's very hard for me. I'm trying to understand my husband but sometimes I get so emotional, it is hard to see him in that state. Also I don't understand why he relapsed while taking his medication especially such a high dose.
Sometimes I think I can't do this and just wanna escape, i'm reaching my limit, I don't see a future like this.
Sorry for the long post, I don't have anyone to talk to, I haven't told my family about my situation just my sister in law. This forum is the only comfort I get also when reading other similar experiences.
Thanks for reading and i look forward to your feedback.