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I wanted to tell you my story to give you some hope. It's been about ten years since I first displayed symptoms and about 5 since I started taking meds. It's only in the last year that I achieved stability. It really can take a lot of time. One thing that I would recommend is to find a family and friends support group. It can be as hard to be a caregiver as to have the mental illness. Another thing might be to talk with a couples counsellor. It may not help your husband's illness, but it may help your relationship.
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!
---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859.
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