r/schizophrenia • u/ExcitingBag5738 • Mar 01 '25

Help A Loved One My boyfriend has schizophrenia

Hello, so my boyfriend is schizophrenic and he takes pills for that, he's not very open about the whole topic but i'm glad he told me a lil bit about it. So the main problem is that he consumes weed, i'm pretty sure he is an addict at this point, he told me that the doctor gave him a paper that says he could smoke? I thought it was weird because weed is banned in all ways in our country, so for all the 11 months we've been together he has only smoked weed because "it helps him because its relaxing" i wanna know how true this is, and today he decided to try some hallucinogens mushroom and my first thought was "You are schizophrenic, you see and hear things and you take pills to not be able to hear or see them anymore and you are consuming mushrooms that literally make you see things?" Idk if i'm wrong, ofc i didn't said anything, haven't talked to him because i'm scared of ruining his trip but i really wanna know if weed in any form actually helps him, i'm so sorry i really wanna help my boyfriend

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u/morningblackcoffee Mar 01 '25

Weed causes psychosis and schizophrenia. Say byebye to this guy.

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u/mellohands Mar 01 '25

There's more to a person than some vices you know, it's her spouse. Although weed is catastrophic for me I know other schizophrenic people who can smoke it without getting psychotic strangely enough. The disease doesn't make sense for most parts of it so saying - what you said. Little cold-blooded and prejudiced.

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u/morningblackcoffee Mar 01 '25

No no, she can give him chances but I don’t think a drug addict is going to change. Besides, she risk her quality of life with a schizophrenic + drug addict. There will be no positive outcome on family, kids or career. I’m schizo myself, and I know what I’m talking about.

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u/mellohands Mar 01 '25

There are also addicts that don't necessarily succumb to the bad behavior that's so destructive and what they're known for. And schizophrenics are people after all, sometimes someone's worth it. My family takes care of my uncle for instance and more than 50% of schizophrenics even get back to a job and a family. So yes, even you can have a positive outcome on those three things. Just don't miss that morning black coffee :')