Ex wife suffered from a young age, we had very big waves of good and bad. When things were at the worst I couldn’t say anything right. I just had to leave her to get on with it, which was very hard to do as I never knew what I’d return to.
Meds worked for her to a point but as everyone says, once they kick in people feel that they no longer need them. In the end she got involved with hypnosis, this seemed to sort her out and I believe it’s now what she does for a living.
I’d say the important thing is to keep yourself stable. I found that if I got too down then she’d get worse due to feeling guilty but if I was up too much then she’d feel rejected, etc. The depression caused us to split up in the end … me getting kicked out with nothing but a sleeping bag as the guilt of that would be easier to handle than the on going day to day stuff we’d had for 7 years.
Sorry for rambling 😉