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Anxiety/Depression after spinal fusion surgery
Spine Health | Last Active: Apr 2, 2024 | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
I am sorry to have brought back those awful memories for you. If it makes you feel somewhat better, my surgery was a complete success.
How were you able to overcome your anxiety/depression without medication? I understand why you did it. You have to be a very strong person to wrestle with it as long as you have and come out of it. I admire you for that because I think it is a more difficult journey than the surgeries you are about to face. I wish you the very best as you continue to a full recovery without complication, physical or mental.
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Thank you very much for your kind words and encouragement.
As for overcoming the depression and anxiety, being a religious person, I listened to Psalm every night going to sleep and listened to a lot of uplifting sermons. It was very gradual... Prior to suffering from depression and anxiety, I had no idea the hopelessness and at times extreme panicky way one feels. I hope you find something which gives you comfort every day. I hope the dark feeling and anxious moments lessens for you, one day at a time. I am rooting for you.