My schizophrenic boyfriend broke up with me

My boyfriend was diagnosed with schizophrenia about three years ago and has never really been able to find the right treatment for himself yet. I started dating him approximately six months ago and he has said that this is the hardest time in his life that he’s ever had this illness.

We spoke yesterday and he wants to break up with me and the reasons he wants to break up with me or because he feels that I deserve better and he feels that he’s holding me back. He says right now he can’t give me what I need and he feels horrible about it. He says it’s selfish of him to keep me when he can’t support me the way I support him.

We spoke a lot and he reiterated that he loves me so much and that this is really hard to do, but he thinks that he knows what’s best for me.

I love him and I want to be there to support him, I don’t wanna break up with him and I’m wondering if any of you have experienced this. Have you tried to break up with your partners because of your schizophrenia? Is there anything they could have said or done to help you realize that you are not a burden?

I love this man very much, and I love taking care of people and I’m happy to step back and give him the time that he needs, but I don’t want to break up. We ended our phone call saying that we’re still together but I wanna know if there’s something I can do or say to help reassure him that I love him and I’m not leaving or abandoning him. I tell him that all the time.

Any advice is welcomed and appreciated, thank you so much in advance

ETA, I asked him if one of the reasons he was breaking up with me is because he thinks I’ll leave him when I see how bad it gets and he said absolutely. Every other woman he’s dated has left him when they’ve seen him at his worst.