((whoamI)) - good for you for knowing when to ask for help. It took a lot of courage to get yourself admitted to the hospital. I hope things went reasonably well at work today. It usually takes me some time to get settled back in the outside world after a hospitalization.

As for feeling like a bad wife and mother - stop those thoughts right there. If anything, you are a *good* wife and mother because you knew something wasn't right and took the steps to try to become well again. If you had a broken leg and couldn't get off the couch, would you feel like you have failed anyone?? Or if you were having problems controlling your blood sugar?? Our brain chemistry and wiring is often as much out of our control as any other physical illness (note I said "any other" - because many mental illnesses are just as physical as "regular" illnesses!). It's just that the brain is affected instead of the heart or pancreas.

Have your husband and kids come home yet? Has he been supportive? I hope so. Oh, and I don't think you've posted in the wrong section.

Welcome to PC.