It is a terribly lonely place to live in as the Primary Caregiver/Wife. My husband has no problems talking about his illness, his diagnosis, or our situation with anyone, but in reality, who has time to socialize with anyone outside of our family?!? Our days revolve around his moods, his appointments, his side effects. With the running of the household, and trying to make sure the kids are also my priorities, we rarely are able to devote any time or effort to socializing.
As of today, Hubby is in hospital again. We went to his weekly appointment with his Psych last week. Since his release from hospital at the end of Sept, having controlled his racing thoughts, anxiety and hypomania with mood stabilizers and anti-anxiety meds. He hit a low, a very deep low that now meant an anti-depressant had to be added to his list of meds. After three weeks with no change, his PSych advised hospitalization again in order to be able to be more aggressive in new approaches and meds/dosages. That was a very difficult day. He'd been hospitalized in the summer twice for almost 2 months each time, but now with the kids in school it makes visits difficult. It makes my job as mom/wife/caregiver that much more challenging. And I'm now starting to feel that I'm reaching the end of my rope.
We are hoping to hear sometime this week what the next plan of attack will be. Hubby's Dr has been floating the term ECT around a little having also asked for a second consult.
worriedwife5: for sure we can compare notes!!! If we can make this lonely place of ours a little less lonely comparing notes and experiences would be very much appreciated!