I think that if your wife is actively suicidal she should see a psychiatrist immediately, for among other things medications that the PM - who unconscionably dumped her - might not have thought of and an evaluation of RUL ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) which ain't a bad treatment of depression and shows some promise for the treatment of CPRS. And whatever your views on psychotropic meds and/or ECT, I would urge your wife to be seen by a good psychiatrist ASAP. (As in yes, suicide is her decision, but it should be a truly informed choice, not overlooking any of the available options.)

As to ECT, please see the thread "RUL ECT as just maybe a cure for RSD (in perhaps 2 out of 3 patients)" at http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread42529.html. Plus, with a suicide attempt, insurance would approve even in-patient treatment, which might alllow for the use of ketamine anesthesia in the procedure, which could all but eliminate any short term memory loss in the treatment and might serve as a catalyst that would improve the likelihood of successful relief from pain.

Now, in terms of seeing whether we can suggest good specialist, may I ask where you live?

Mike

ps As for the actions of the PM, it was probably caused by fear of over zealous actions from state and federal drug enforcement agencies. Oddly, this tends to be a regional problem, worse in the Southeast and all but nonexistent in California.