The return of the raging relapse

The relapse has returned. Once again he finishes the prednisone and within a couple of weeks it comes raging back. Now I'm trying to deal with severe depression from afar. All we have is MSN and as soon as I type something he doesn't want to hear, he shuts me down and disappears. It's maddening.....grrr. I just don't always know how to help. Sometimes I think I make it worse but he needs to see the reality and not just the monsters he's created in his mind. He has an MRI tomorrow. I've lost count of how many of those he's had. Then to the neurologist on Tuesday to see what she can come up with next.