RLay, Hope is not lost - MLC time is so very sloooooow - I did a timeline and I reckon my husband was showing signs 10 years ago ....anything which has been brewing since he was 15 and starting to show 10 years ago is going to take ages to work it's way out of his system.
Your husband's MLC started way back before he knew you probably and he has to travel this journey alone. There are thinsg you can do which will slow his pace through it BUT there is nothing you can do which will speed it up.
For us LBS, time passes quicker when we are not moping around and thinking of our husbands and what they are doing and what if...... Devise strategies for you to keep yourself busy and detached from him and you will benefit in the short and long run. i ahev the tidiest kitchen cupboards this side of the pond.
Keep reading and rereading the MLC resources and read up on anything you can about depression - your knowledge and understanding will help you face him better and more compassionately (I have found this to be the case). I printed off a 'lifesaver' folder and carried with me and I read it when I wanted o call him or cry or just needed a boost.
Focus on you and your chidlren and how you can be the best possible version of you - someone you would be proud to be with and not have issues which will cast shadows into your future relationships (either with your husband or someone else maybe).
The LBS journey is a hard one and you are doing so well - but remember the journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step.
((hugs))
lalxx
Choose Life Me: 45 Him: 44 S:11 D:8 Met in 1992 Married in 1995 Bomb drop September 30th 2009 Divorce final April 16th 2011 exH Marries OW June 17th 2011