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[saffie]

I am glad you went to see the psychiatrist. It will take a while - weeks - for the meds to kick in and even then they may need fine tweaking but it is definately the right thing to do. Try and get some counselling set up with a psychiatric counselor as well. The psychiatrist tends to deal with the drugs side of things whilst the psychiatric counselor will try to help you heal mentally.

Try and think what it was that made your wife say there may be a chance she may want to come back at some point. Did you tell her you had sought professional help? That might have made her think feel more positive about the future if you did - it may have shown her that you are taking positive action. Just try to be as positive around your wife as possible. If you need help while the medication is taking time to kick in then go back to your doctor - somthing like valium may help calm you in the interim period. The fact that your wife said what she said shows that there is hope.

(((((HUGS)))))

Saffie