I can't even tell you how much it meant to me when I searched "post-op depression" and found all these comments/notes!! I had NO IDEA this was a real thing and that so many were suffering from the same thing I was! I have a history of depression and have been on meds almost all my life. But I have never felt anything like this; it hit me out of nowhere and I have never been in such a DEEP and DARK place. Shortly after coming off the pain meds (and getting through that horrible withdrawal), this depression and fear/anxiety settled in. I was terrified to get out of bed every morning, and terrified to stay in bed. I cried and cried, my poor husband just held me and told me these feelings would pass. I wanted to believe him, but was scared to death that they would not. I couldn't bear to be without him by my side 24/7 (thank goodness, we own a business and work together!). I had always been a person who loved my "alone time" ... and all of a sudden I was scared to death that I would have to spend even one minute by myself. Thankfully, my family doctor gave me a prescription of Ativan, which taken as needed, helped me through the hardest parts of each day. Little by little, I started having moments when I was seeing light at the end of the tunnel ... and started believing that maybe I WAS going to be ok after all. I am seven weeks post-op now, and about 90% back to "myself" mentally/emotionally. (Physically, I'm doing great!) I am also seeing a therapist for a period of time, which is nice, just having someone to talk to about things. I just wish there was more information given BEFORE surgery about things like this ... If I'd known to expect this, perhaps it wouldn't have hit me so hard and been so scary. I encourage people to reach out and talk to people about what they are feeling; talking about it takes away most of the fear.