Last couple years took a toll on me
Hello, I am new here. I have been suffering from depression and anxiety for decades now but the last two years took a large toll on me and I have had issues controlling them again.
It started when I broke my wrist and elbow last year and had to have surgery. During recovering from that I was stuck home alone for months in a fugue state. My friends at the time that I was very close with started to talk to me less and didn't seem to want to hang out as much. As I was getting my self back I got covid and it hit me hard for a bit. I finally recovered from that tried to get my life back in order. But things were different. Not only was I different but like I mentioned my friends were different.
As I was recovering, March of this year I started having multiple health issues. I started the journey to figure out what was happening and in the end found out that a large part of the issue was very low oxygen levels in my sleep. I have since got things to help with that but it still needs work. I also found I had white matter damage. Likely from multiple things but some could have been the oxygen issues.
But a side effect of the low oxygen was that most of the year I was in a bad brain fog and couldn't think right. And was becoming my more more isolated as those friends talked less and less to me.
In the end the last couple months I have been able to finally think again, not much brain fog. I have been able to look back on the last two years and everything that I can remember. I tried taking to my friends about feeling like I was pushed away and them not wanting to do things but I never have been good at those conversations and in the end things didn't go great. I feel like we went from best friends to just seeing each other at group events with other friends.
I have become very frustrated, annoyed, tired, depressed, feeling very alone and more. I am trying to get help; therapy, different meds and more. But it is taking time and I just am tired.
So I am posting here as a means to just get things out for now.
@lightBeach4742
sometimes just getting it out helps.
What you have described can and has happened to many a person myself included i got ill and a depression episode and now even when I have recovered the forget to call or include me in activities we once did .... i used to be upset but see it is life nudging me to spread my wings and find new things or people to hang out with.
Thanks so much for sharing. It can very much be an up and down battle. It sounds like you are working hard.
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Did you want to keep telling us more? You deserve some peace and lots of strength. You are going to find your way to feeling better again. It just takes lots of time and effort. @lightBeach4742