Having a hard time recovering from general anestestia

I recently had two, back to back surgeries to find and remove a perianal fistula and I am struggling so hard to bounce back from the anesthesia. I cannot stay focused, I struggle with depression and I am having anxiety attacks for the first time in years. I sometimes, can't complete my sentences and sometimes, even words. I am a small business owner, local in my community and have to network, DAILY, and it's embarrassing because I can't communicate what i am trying to say, ever. It's been three weeks since the last surgery and just three weeks before that was my first, and I realize that I need to be more patient. Unfortunately, I'm not 100% convinced that the fistula is even totally removed. In which case, I will have to have another surgery. I'm turning 37 in two weeks, I have no children, but i am completely exhausted all the time and without wine or sleeping aids, if i do get sleep, i have insane dreams, like i'm rescuing a littler of baby cows, but visually, they aren't cows at all, they all are replicas of my dog. I recently went in and wiped out my companies schedule for november and December without remembering and ordered a $200 vegetable juicer with no recollection at all, not to mention, no $200 to pay for it. I feel like I am completely losing my mind and no one around me understands. I feel stupid and I feel like everyone else thinks i'm stupid or that I'm on drugs. Please, someone tell me this will end soon. I am not one to get on the internet and beg for understanding from strangers, but surely there is someone out there who understands and can tell me that I will get better. I don't want to feel like a 37 year old dementia patient; the fistula alone has been much like a cancer. I just feel like crawling up under a rock and staying there, and that is not me. I can't work, and that is DEFINITELY not me. I am just, hopeless.

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  • wendyweneki

    I am having some of the same issues. I am 8 weeks post-op and it has improved but now I am noticing nightmares every night which are causing the anxiety during the day. The surgery has triggered some past traumas that I was completely healed of and now the anxiety and feeling crazy and edgy has all come back. I never thought this was going to happen. I hope you are doing better now. Please keep in touch and let us know if it improves over time.

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  • Thomas123789

    Also, talking to a counsellor will help you a lot. They just help you solve your problems and let you just get everything off your chest and have some answers. Like a professional, effective, reliable, consistent parent.

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  • Thomas123789

    You need a holiday.

    Get someone to take over and rest. Rest is what you need. Everything you are feeling is entirely normal but you must relax and rest. Take time off. Let your mind, body and soul re-align again so you feel calm and relaxed. You are just suffering from stress. You need to do nothing for a while. You need to find some happiness. Maybe take up a sport? Try yoga, it is very good for you.

    You just need to give yourself a break so you can unwind. Go use a sauna, jacuzzi or steam room.

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