More details revealed about the lead up to Kanye's hospital admission

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were fighting in the weeks leading up to his breakdown, a new report claims.

In the aftermath of her Paris robbery ordeal the reality star apparently felt like she couldn't lean on the 'workaholic' rapper, who was becoming increasingly 'paranoid' and not sleeping, the Daily Mail claims.

"It's just been hell for them," a source told Us Weekly.

The 39-year-old Famous hitmaker had apparently become "unbearable" to live with and the duo, who share a 11,000 sq ft Bel Air home together, were fighting a lot.

"He would be up all night ranting about things," said the insider who added that Kanye "unraveled" when he realized he couldn't do it all.

"He'd be up drawing, writing and sketching, or pacing and doing push-ups. he would not calm down and go to bed.

"Kanye's so used to getting her constant support and coddling, but it's not always about him," the source told Us Weekly.

"She didn't know if she could take it anymore, and this time she refused to support him," a source close to Kardashian revealed.

It all became too much for Kardashian, 36, who, at the time of West's breakdown was planning her first public appearance since the jewellery heist at the Angel Ball in New York to honour her late father Robert.

But as she left for the east coast, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star informed her husband of two years that she needed a break and told him she didn't want to talk to him, according to Us Weekly.

A source said Kim felt like West had bailed on her and that "she felt like she needed him to be stable and her rock instead of the other way around".

While Kardashian, who suffered nightmares and flashbacks, was "disappointed at the lack of support" from her husband after the October 3 heist, he himself was struggling to deal with the terrifying incident.

The "near death" experience reportedly left West "completely freaked out" and the fact that it happened near the nine-year anniversary of the loss of his mother Donda only deepened the rapper's distress.

Kardashian got the emergency call just as she'd landed in New York informing her that Kanye, who reportedly hadn't slept in a week, was acting "paranoid and psychotic and struggling to identify what was real".

It seems the E! star is now hoping that West's hospitalisation and well needed break will save their marriage.

"Kim is relieved he is getting the help he needs," a source told Us Weekly.

According to TMZ, West suffered a "nervous breakdown triggered in large part by the anniversary of his mother's death".

Donda died at the age of 58 after suffering complications from elective surgery. Her funeral was November 20 - the same day Kanye cancelled his show at the L.A. Forum.

The following day West cancelled the rest of his tour and was later taken to hospital.

- NZ Herald