Thanks Veiled,

My wife has been diagnosed as having pstd by a psycologist she has seen weekly for 6 months, every week my wife talked to her as though they had never met before, weird or what. is a psycologist well placed to comment on ptsd ?.

Our next step is to see a psychiatrist. we are waiting for an appointment.

having read your comments i now have a new theory, could my wife be in that shell shocked immediately after accident stage still now after all this time due to her memory being 5 days ?

It would explain alot, she cant go out of the house alone or perform household chores and yet she has taken up knitting !!!(shes only 42!!)and her freehand drawing is exceptionally good(it wasnt before accident)

Alcohol abuse is not an issue because she cant drink on the tablets,

the cocktail of drugs might be inhibiting recovery of memory but it didnt cause it, my wifes memory has been consistant from the start, before she started the drugs.

the emotional side is strange, usually my wife would be all soppy over babies but now she isnt(she has to fake it so as not to upset our friends !)

thanks
steve
uk