Hello Everyone
I would really need some advice or suggestion from your experience.
My husband has been diagnosed with acute psychotic syndrome, breakdown happened on 1st March. I am not quite sure what exactly happened because I wasn't with him for last 3 month ( I had moved abroad for job search and he had recently joined new office so we couldn't travel together). During these 3 month he often complained me about his colleagues that they are treating him bad, not giving him work to do judging each of his decisions etc. He started to use alot of alcohol, like drinking every day just to be able to sleep, smoking 2 packages of cigarettes daily etc.
After all this my husband believes that there are corporates after him(he believes that one of his previous office he was working for doesn't even exist but it is some kind of fake organization made just to humiliate him/or made to spy in other country and he has discovered it) , government is after him, our house is bugged, all his family including me are against him and trying to harm him etc.
In the begining he has taking Zyprexa 20 mg and Remeron 30 mg (he actually also was cheating with medicines - spitting them out and not taking them properly as it is poison and we are trying to kill hi) We changed psychiatrist and new one prescribed Serenace 15 mg a day that we give 3 times daily with Kempro, and clonozopine for sleeping.
My worry is that medicines doesn't seem to work properly, yes he is calmer, he doesn't have so many delusions (like by seeing news on TV he would say that corporates/government or whoever is giving him some warning) or smth like that, but still he has these delusions. He just doesn't talk about them so much, I think he tries to hide them as he has attitude I am perfect, I am fine. Doctor by seeing and talking with him is ready to reduce dose of medicines and only after we confirm that there still are delusions he leaves previous dose.
Even now he is saying me that I should leave this country and go back to search for job because corporate are after him or something like that.
In the same time he is very depressed and worried about future, his job, carreer, me, my health. He is smoking approximately 1-2 packages daily
we have also taken him to psychotherapist for now there has been only one session.
Reason why I am writing to you is just to confirm if it is normal that he until now has these delusions and for how long it will continue? He is using Serenace for more than 2 weeks now.
I sometimes think that medicines are not working properly (even though doctor says it is part of recovery process) Do I want result too fast?
How recovery process happens? He is until now convinced that we all are just after him and trying to harm him by taking him to doctors, giving him medicines etc.
I dont know what to do to help him, can someone suggest something? Please...