Needing Support

My wife has been suffering from depression for over two years. She suffered from post partum depression after our first child was born in December of 2001 but through medication and cousuling she seemed to have beaten it. In October of 2006 we had our second child and she went into a deep depression that she has never rebounded from. We had a series of events in our life in 2007 and 2008 that drove her depression down to the point where my intervention was unavoidable. I began to notice severe mood swings, excessive drinking in the middle of the day, lack of modivation, fatigue, sadness, and lack of self worth in my wife. In 2008 she refused to see a Doctor and I had do the one thing I never wanted to do in our marrage.....I had to give her an alternative of either seeing a Doctor or me leaving her with the kids in hand. Reluctantly she has been seeing a Doctor since October of 2008 but it has been a long, hard, bumpy and expensive road for our family. This problem has put undo stress on our children and our marriage. It is also affecting my performace at work. Luck for me my supervisor has been understanding but I don't want to take advantage of him. I'm looking for others that are going through or have gone through this hell. Many times I feel alone and helpless. I just want the woman back that I married 14 years ago.