Caring for someone on anti-psychotics, what side-effects are normal?

Hi friends,

My husband has recently emerged from 2 awful years in psychosis, experiencing paranoid persecutory delusions. The intense irrational fears pretty much consumed his thoughts day & night. He was finally involuntarily admitted to hospital and put on monthly anti-psychotic injections. He is heaps calmer now and the delusions have completely stopped, although he is yet to develop insight that he has been very unwell. My question is around medication side effects. He says he feels quite spaced out, needs to rest more than usual, has blurry vision & other weird physical symptoms. From my perspective his appetite seems to have reduced quite a bit and he seems emotionally a bit flat compared to his normal self (he's normally got a good sense of humour and is quite deep thinking & feeling). He just seems a bit spaced out and detached but he's said he's 'trying to be normal' and just get on with life. He also seems to fall asleep earlier than usual.

It was horrendous seeing him in psychosis just stressed out of his mind, and now it's sad seeing him not himself on the meds. It's also a bit scary because we are a single income family under huge financial stress, and I'm hoping he can keep his job so we dont go under (I'm full time carer of our little kids and trying to hold things together on the home front).

I don't know if these side effects are normal with anti psychotics? Do they fade over time as someone adjusts? He's been on the meds probably 2 months now.

The hospital team have been a bit vague on how long he'd have to be on them. One doctor said 2 years - or lifetime if he skipped the meds/relapsed.

I don't know if i should be pushing for the meds to be tapered yet, or if that would hinder his long-term recovery. Is this just the best we can hope for now?