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What To Do For The Mental Illness?

My husband has tried suicide before and they had him in a mental ward for eight days and released him. Then just recently he tried to strangled me and told me that he could kill me and not think a thing about it. Now he is speaking to me in such a manner that it scares me. He does has a drinking problem and also he hears voices and talks to them. He is on probation from when he choked me and the court had him go through anger management course which made things worse. Court also said to go through alcohol treatment in which he did not do. Now he is drinking so much again that he is verbally abusive to me all the time.
Thu, 20 Feb 2014
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Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
The description that you have given states that he could be having symptoms of psychosis. He will need proper therapy with anti psychotics like olanzapine or risperidone or quetiapine etc. The effects of antipsychotics may start in 2-3 weeks and if needed you may contact the ER.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
                                        
Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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What To Do For The Mental Illness?

Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. The description that you have given states that he could be having symptoms of psychosis. He will need proper therapy with anti psychotics like olanzapine or risperidone or quetiapine etc. The effects of antipsychotics may start in 2-3 weeks and if needed you may contact the ER. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.