Fiance won't get help

Hi, and welcome to our forums. From what you’ve described it sounds like a very typical paranoid type of schizophrenia - many of us have been there.

The important thing is to get him into treatment as quickly as possible. Like all major illnesses - the sooner it gets treated, the better. It will ideally include therapy and medications (generally as low a dose as possible - but you want to minimize risk of relapse, so its a balancing act).

Are you close to any of these early psychosis treatment centers - these are usually the best, and frequently free:

Let us know how it goes… you sound like you’ve learned a lot already - and are making the right steps to get him help.

I also recommend you read this “first aid for psychosis” page on our site - so you understand how best to deal with your fiance when he’s psychotic:

http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005561.html

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