depression

It could possibly have  been the chemical imbalance due to the anaesthetics reacting to your meds at the time. My partner has to be so careful with meds due to his leukaemia and now being depressed. His GP actually prescribed him anti depressants that he shouldn't have been taking. I too had an op last June , I felt not quite with it but it did settle down.  Following the op, I actually fell and broke my ankle...not recommended.!! I felt dreadful, it is only recently that I can now concentrate and read; something that I used to love to do. It is early days for you to feel the true benefit of the new meds. Don't expect too much ; be patient with them. I wish you well.

When he was in his 80's my dad had a fall and broke his hip. He needed an operation so that various bits of metalwork could be fitted. About 12 hours after the operation he became delirious and was convinced that he was on a railway station in India during the war. This faded quite quickly but his memory and other cognitive functions took a sudden drastic hit. I thought he had entered dementia almost overnight.

His doctor had a different view. He told me that anaesthetics could have a long term effect. His prognosis wasn't all that hopeful. He told me that many people gradually recovered but a significant number never did. I was lucky. He didn't sink into Dementia. Slowly but surely his mental functioning improved. Six or seven months later he was back to his normal self.

I did a little reading, not much. It didn't seem down to drug interaction, it seemed to be down to the anaesthetic itself. The older you were when you had the anaesthetic the greater risk you were at. But cases of people 40-50 had been noted. I think the longer you were under anaesthetic the greater the risk.

This was a while back now. I would Google Long Term Effects of Anaesthetics to see if Medicine still takes the same view. I hope what you are experiencing is depression. But if it isn't things are still far from hopeless. 

thank you for your advice i do feel hopeless ... i thought it was the operation so did my gp at first , maybe it still is that ... i have so much trouble concentrating and my memory is so poor , im at my witts end , i feel embarresed because of it , i dont want to go out because i have trouble communicating , i hope that i will start to feel better soon , but im just so confused , when i first came out of hospital i thought people were trying to kill me ... i kept going to the dr saying i didnt feel depressed just confused ... now i feel depressed as i cant get out of this .... im so afraid 

Thinking people are out to kill you is a psychotic symptom. If you are still getting things like that you might respond to an anti-psychotic. If things like this have disappeared, great. If they haven't it might be worth seeing your GP again.

thankfully i dont have these thoughts anymore , im just having memory problems and lack of concentration , which is making me so anxious , and depressed .

Maybe its the medication your taking ? I forget things and cant concentrate, I can go into the kitchen open the fridge door and think what the hell have I come in the kitchen for. I also started stuttering if I talked to people, anyone else had that ?

i have found i am doing this , words just wont come out , i dont think its my medication as this is a new lot of meds , been taking them for about 4 weeks now . but i was like i am before i started new meds , when even talking to my husband i cant understand what he says .. its like a living hell .

bradford73. I still forget what I have gone into a room for or even in the supermarket I forget only remembering when I get home. It is so frustrating but it isn't uncommon . The theory is if you get in to a room and forget what you needed , go out and walk in again .It is supposed to come back to you!! If a solution is widely known then we are not alone.

Mention it to anyone and they will agree with you as they are the same.

You stuttering could be part of your anxiety. If you are struggling with getting your words out then make a joke out of it. I do. Laughter will lighten the atmosphere thus relaxing your anxiety. 

Try taking a deep breath in , filling your lungs to capacity and then slowly letting it out through your mouth. I still do this if I can feel myself feeling anxious. It does work. 

Sometimes we are our own worst enemies; very self judging. We see our selves in a negative way; thus making us anxious. Those on the outside looking at us/talking to us don't see what we are feeling.

Have a great day.

Love, light + happiness. x