Thank you Christina and Mrs Average for your replies. I'm not sure how much I should be posting on this particular "newbies" forum and when I should perhaps write a fuller account on the Mental Health forum itself. We have an excellent GP and she suggested I should look at the MIND website for other...

Hello I am Peter aged 73 caring for my wife who is suffering from acute depression, anxiety, panics and occasional migraines. My wife is 70. She has suffered these symptoms on and off for years, and she describes it as living on the edge. A few years ago she had a bad bout which was treated fairly s...