When my husband died suddenly I was devastated. However, I did not go into an episode, at least not right away. I felt depressed, sure, but it wasn't an episode, it was situational. I did go into a depressive episode about eight months later that I had to have ECT pull me out of, but that could have been my natural cycle. I've been episode free for a year and a half, he's been gone for two.

I did find a therapist I could talk to about the grief, though. I would recommend that for sure if you don't already have a therapist.