Thanks so much for the response and the information, No-One. Last weekend was a very trying and emotionally-draining one, but some good news is that we made it through it, and she finally filled out her disability paperwork on Sunday & Monday, and mailed it out on Monday.
That definitely made me breathe a sigh of relief... made it through this particular bump in the road (though I know in my heart that the roller coaster ride is far from over). On Monday night, I slept better than I have in a long, long time.
Is she hoping to go back to work? I'm suspecting that isn't likely.
I agree it's not likely. She worked for about 5 years after we finished college, got married, and had our daughter (working from 2002 to 2006 or so), but then had to stop at that time due to both her mental and physical health issues. She tried going back to work in 2013, I think it was, but was unable to continue after a few months.
Still I hold out some home that someday, if she's able to bring her pain and BPD under control, that she'll be able to at least get some sort of low-stress, part time job or the likes, but I'm certainly not banking on that.
Has the psychiatrist acted as a therapist or to just provide periodic short sessions to prescribe meds and adjust them?
Over the years her psychiatrist has been pretty much 99.9% med management, I'd say (even though she bills for both psychotherapy and medical services...) For the past few years she had reached a point when she was only seeing her about 4 times a year, but since the incident in June, it's been more frequent. Her next appointment is next Friday, and I may go with her, to talk with them about therapy vs. med management, etc. My wife did start seeing a pain psychologist more regularly earlier this year, though she hasn't seen her in the past several weeks due to the PHP program she went through.
Thanks so much for the information/resources you shared with me about DBT. Her intake to the DBT group is next week, actually (not this week as I had thought), and I remain hopeful.
Thank you again for your support.
Best,
Muld