worried about ex who is schizophrenic

my now ex-boyfriend is 23, schizophrenic (apparently it's too general to diagnose into one of the three sub-categories), and has been for roughly 4 years now. we had been dating for going on 5 months now and last night he, out of no where broke it off. he told me that he had been feeling like he didn't like me that way anymore for the past couple months and that he had been trying to be the "bad boyfriend" to get me to break up with him. While he had done some things that could fall into the "bad boyfriend" category, a lot of what he did was quite the opposite. it's rather contradictory. I wouldn't have thought too much of it other than the fact that he has also been having mental issues starting a couple months ago as well. earlier today i wrote him a note expressing my feelings on our breakup and tonight he was up way past his normal bedtime (due to his medication generally making him tired) and along with that was in what i tend to describe as his "freak out mode." he was very hyper, in a not so good sort of way, not making too much sense and was talking really fast. I've noticed this tends to happen when he's overly stressed/having a panic attack. i suppose my real question is this: could he have broken it off due to his having issues lately? What can i do to help him and possibly fix this? I just can't get him to sit down and talk about it. While i'm hurt about it i can't help but worry about him and whether or not he's declining again. He was having similar issues about this time last year. thank you in advance for responding

Hi, ninness92! Your ex must be going through a lot right now. Maybe he can't even be sure why he did it. You could wait until he starts to feel a bit better and talk about your relationship or at least about why he ended it, then. I know someone who has psychosis (not schizophrenia, I know) and when it's bad, they just have to work with their doctor and maybe talk to a therapist about their problems too. It might be what your boyfriend needs now. Have you talked to his family? You could tell them why you're concerned about him and ask them to contact his doctor or convince him to do it, so that he can get what he needs.