persevererSenior Contributor
Concerned About Husband
Hi everyone,
For those who don't know me I left work last year to care for three adult sons and husband with mental illness. My eldest two sons are diagnosed with schizophrenia. They have had comprehensive treatment, are both on disability pensions, and although life is challenging, they have good support systems.
I often thought my husband has schizophrenia too, but a psychiatrist recently said he thought not, and diagnosed anxiety and obsessive compulsive personality disorder. What I have going on with him at present is extreme religiosity. He is playing online material such as rosary recitations at full volume often throughout the day. I can't get to bed because he is doing this in the bedroom. He is hardly sleeping and I am exhausted. But what worries me the most is his obsession with prophecies and spurious revelations. This is exactly what our eldest son was like before he had his first major psychotic episode. He is on olanzepine (interesting choice for someone who doesn't have schizophrenia) and this has helped to control his hallucinations. But I cannot help fearing he is deluded. He certainly seems to have no awareness of how his actions are impacting on others.
