Leaving mentally ill husband

[AuntieMeemz]

Ive been married 27 years to a man with paranoid schizophrenia and can't do it anymore! His family have serious mental health issues too. He is not violent etc, but has no capacity to think straight and is constantly causing problems.I've tried living separate lives but it's not possible, he hangs onto me 24/7. He will stay in dining room in the evening but thats it. We have 2 offspring, 1 at uni, the other starts this year. We can't afford to live apart. Anyone got any tips on how to disentangle from him? Offspring think it's not too bad, but they only spend a few minutes a day with him.

OP I didn’t want to read and run. I’ve no experience of this but is he on medication? Of course you don’t have to stay with him if you don’t want to. Is he under the care of a social worker?

What help are you both getting from the mental health team

He's been on meds for the whole 27 years, I've helped him through trying everything there is. He's happy with the latest ones, but it seriously affects his mental capacity. Had professionals involved all along, but they just says he's taking his medication, it's all fine.All carer support is daytime and we both work.we rub along, but every couple of days, he causes real problems mainly feeding personal info about dd to his mother, who is also seriously mentally ill. Most of what comes out of his mouth is absolute nonsense!