Sorry to everyone for leaving in a flash this morning.  I needed to collect myself and work through some things.  I had an appointment today at the VA and I thought a lot about what I am going through right now.  Talking with the docs, one thing has become abundantly clear, the clinical depression has evolved.  Co-morbidity is a bitch.  What the docs have evaluated in my behavior now indicates I have substantial bi-polar tendencies that are screwing with my sense of stability.

That would definitely explain the short bursts of motivation (manic behavior) followed by long periods of lethargy, apathy, and emotional withdrawal.  So I will be spending the rest of the day thinking this all through and trying to come up with a plan to work through all of this with my wife.  Signing off for now.  Knowing what you are facing makes you fell less helpless.  At least I have that.